Our client is a leading global paints and coatings company, supplying market-leading brands and products to industries and consumers around the world. Their paints activities are focused on the Buildings and Infrastructure end-user segment, while their coatings protect, colour and enhance everything from ships, cars, aircraft and architectural components to consumer goods (mobile devices, appliances, beverage cans, furniture), wind turbines and oil and gas facilities.
What's on Offer
- Permanent employment contract
- Friendly atmosphere
- Flexible working hours
- Private medical care
- Sport card
Job Description
- Planning month-end closing activities
- Organising and setting timetables for the monthly close activities
- Preparing monthly close and reporting instructions
- Reviewing and validating monthly financial closing reporting
- Monitoring inter-company reconciliation process and driving and solving inter- company differences
- Reviewing and validating reports submitted by local units to ensure quality of reporting
- Ensuring monthly financial process for assigned Global/European business units, including management of all relevant central consolidation and elimination adjustments
- Leading harmonisation and standardisation of the reporting and consolidation processes within the BU/region
- Being focal point for local units, internal and external auditors for the financial consolidation processes
- Provide functional direction, training and support to local reporting units
The Successful Applicant
- Higher education in Finance and Accounting or similar
- More than 5 years of experience working in accounting and reporting
- Advanced knowledge of MS Excel and good knowledge of consolidation systems
- Fluent English
- Very good communication and analytically skills
- Ability to work under time pressure
- Strong attention to details
