Accountant

Company Description

Eurofins Scientific is an international life sciences company, providing a unique range of analytical testing services to clients across multiple industries, to make life and our environment safer, healthier and more sustainable. From the food you eat, to the water you drink, to the medicines you rely on, Eurofins works with the biggest companies in the world to ensure the products they supply are safe, their ingredients are authentic and labelling is accurate. Eurofins believes it is a global leader in food, environmental, pharmaceutical and cosmetics products testing and in agroscience CRO services. It is also one of the global independent market leaders in certain testing and laboratory services for genomics, discovery pharmacology, forensics, CDMO, advanced material sciences and in the support of clinical studies.

In over just 30 years, Eurofins has grown from one laboratory in Nantes, France to over 50,000 staff across a network of more than 900 independent companies in over 50 countries and operating more than 800 laboratories. Eurofins offers a portfolio of over 200,000 analytical methods to evaluate the safety, identity, composition, authenticity, origin, traceability and purity of biological substances and products, as well as providing innovative clinical diagnostic testing services, as one of the leading global emerging players in specialised clinical diagnostics testing.

In 2020, Eurofins generated total revenues of EUR € 5.4 billion, and has been among the best performing stocks in Europe over the past 20 years.

Eurofins is currently looking for new talent to join their driven, highly skilled and diverse team of internal consultants and project managers.

Job Description

The Accounting team in Eurofins’ Brussels corporate office is in charge of the accounting of eight service entities, which support Eurofins operating entities across the world.

Our Accounting team is looking for an Accountant who will be responsible of the accounting, reporting and financial controlling (including preparation of documents linked to audit or tax requirements) of our eight Belgium service entities.

• Daily accounting for several entities, ensuring consistency with the Belgium and Group Chart of Accounts and rules and organizing appropriate supporting documentation;
• Weekly cash reporting, preparation of payments and cash forecasts;
• Accurate and timely Group reporting, on a monthly basis;
• Intercompany reconciliation, on a monthly basis;
• Accurate and timely local and legal reporting, on a monthly, quarterly or ad-hoc frequency;
• Data management (new suppliers or customers, payment conditions, bank details update, new Interco entities, …)
• Establishment of VAT declarations and reclaims of foreign VAT;
• Preparation of statutory annual financial statements, including notes to the accounts;
• Dealing with ad hoc requests from the Group Accounting and Controlling team;
• Dealing with ad hoc requests from other Group services teams (such as compliance, treasury, legal or other financial directors);
• Regular inventories (for intercompany agreements, physical assets) and reconciliation with accounting records;
• Liaison with external auditors for annual audit and tax consultants for corporate income tax declarations (providing with explanations and supporting documentation);
• Supporting definition and implementation of enhancements of the accounting/finance processes and procedures;
• Taking over new entities and projects.

Qualifications

Desired skills and experience:

• Bachelor’s or Master’s Degree in Finance/Accounting or in final year of study
• Experience from 0-2 years
• Strong organisational skills, with ability to manage deadlines
• Accurate and highly reliable
• Proactive, adaptable and flexible
• Fast learner, capable of agility and attracted to diverse tasks
• Independent
• Good communication skills
• Team player who enjoys working in a small team
• Eager to work in an evolving, dynamic and multicultural environment

Desire knowledge:

• French (fluent written and spoken)
• English (fluent written and spoken)
• Any additional languages are an asset
• Strong knowledge of accounting software

Additional Information