The main accountabilities for this job include:

• Take ownership for the production of monthly trial balance and financial statements for each of the companies' legal entities
• Oversee the production of statutory accounts for the branches in Belgium, France and Germany with local accountancy firms, managing relationship with external auditors where applicable
• Oversee and maintain the statutory records for the USA legal entity, plus provide occasional support to the UK optimization process business
• Work with the Senior Finance Manager, Benelux and other finance colleagues to work with business stakeholders to ensure they understand their monthly actual accounting results
• Work with their outsourced global tax partners to ensure the relationship meets the companies' requirements for tax compliance in each territory
• Oversee all aspects of general accounting and bookkeeping tasks for the branches in Belgium, France and Germany - order to cash, purchase to pay and record to report, including managing local banking operations in each territory
• Work with Financial Controller based in the UK to ensure financial data and communications with the Corporate Centre in the UK are performed on a timely basis
• Work with the office manager to ensure all payroll activities and administration are performed on a timely basis, working with the outsourced payroll provider and HR teams where required
• Become a champion for risk and control activities in Belgium, France, Germany, ensuring business colleagues adhere to back office processes
• Maintain international approval flows via ExactOnline / Blue10 / Rydoo and look to enhance current automated processes
• Oversee the activities of a junior accountant / administrator in assisting the back office activities of the branches in Belgium, France, Germany