General Ledger Accounting Team Lead- Brasov & Bucharest

August 16, 2024

Carmeuse Lime & Stone

Brasov

OTHER

About the company
At Carmeuse, you’re part of a family that’s over 5.200 people strong. What we do all starts with limestone, it’s that simple. But the products and services you will help create with it are simply fascinating. You’re improving the everyday lives of those around you. You’re helping to build solutions that make our water and air cleaner. You’re helping the agriculture industry to grow and sustain the food we need. You’re helping to make the steel for our cars, computers and homes. You’re even helping to make buildings stronger and eco-friendlier and roads safer … all around the world. For industries. For communities. For life.
You may find additional information at:

https://www.carmeuse.com/

Your position as a Senior General Ledger Accountant
As the member of the “General accounting” team, you will participate to the monthly closing activity (statutory and group reporting) in accordance with BE GAAP.
You are also the person in charge of accounting from A to Z of certain entities within scope of WEU.

You are in charge of the monthly closing from A-Z in accordance with BE GAAP
You also review monthly balance sheet and P&L before upload in group reporting
You prepare VAT and intrastat declarations / statistics BNB-NBB
You take charge of the Group reporting in consolidation tool (Tagetik) and preparation of related additional information
You verify intercompany transactions in Tagetik
You support Credit collection
You calculate the income taxes
You prepare the annual statutory accounts
You maintain regular contact with other departments (controlling, tax, treasury, corporate finance)
You collaborate with the auditor
You perform account reconciliations
You perform ad-hoc analysis on specific GL accounts.

Your Responsibilities

Take ‘ownership’ of the assigned companies – managing from A to Z and perform skeptical analysis on final figures
Deliver reliable figures for statutory and group purposes
Support Accounts Payable and Accounts Receivable department.

The Profile
Basic Requirements (Education, Level of Experience, Language)

Educated to graduate degree in accounting or to bachelor's degree level in business management
Knowledge of general ledger accounting under BE GAAP
Knowledge on Belgian VAT and income taxes
Experience in a similar function: 5 to 10 years
Ability or potential to train/coach a small team
Language skills:
- French environment
- Good written and oral English language skills
- Knowledge of written and oral Romanian language is a plus.

Needed Knowledges (Technical knowledge required by the position)

SAP FI/CO
Experience in group reporting tool Tagetik is a plus.

Needed skills (Soft skills required by the position as People management, analytical skills, problem solving…)

Quick learner
Autonomous / self-dependent
Analytical thinking
Managing own time effectively, handling multiple demands and able to meet deadlines
Confidentiality
Dynamic
Communicator
Proactive
Open to new ideas
Providing process and/or efficiency improvements.

The Team
The Accounting & Consolidation department is part of the Group Finance Team based in Belgium and has several responsibilities:

Act as a guardian for statutory accounting rules and procedures in Belgium, Luxemburg, France and The Netherlands, but also for the Group accounting rules applied for Group reporting
Serve as a reference for complex accounting matters
In charge of Group consolidation and statutory accounting in accordance with B-Gaap and Lux Gaap. The Accounting team currently manages more than 20 legal entities
Prepare the consolidated annual report
Maintain relationship with the external Group auditors
Administrator of our group consolidation system (Tagetik)
Interact on a regular basis with the other departments of the Group Finance team: Group Controlling, Group Corporate Finance & Tax, Group Treasury.

Why Carmeuse?
We truly believe that where you work matters and, as a family business, we know what makes our employees happy!

Permanent contract
Home working policy
Competitive salary package and benefits
A lot of growing possibilities
A strong HR and training policy to develop your skills
Work life balance.

The Recruitment Process
If you apply for this great position, you could go through these different steps:

Olivia Braszko, our Talent Acquisition Lead will analyze your Résumé and cover letter
A first "Teams" interview will be scheduled with Olivia. You will take 2 personality questionnaires. Olivia will want to know more about you, as a person and as a professional. She will assess your motivations and will answer to your questions
You will have a second interview with Aurélie Mordant, the HRBP, and Kristof Pierlé, our Accounting & Consolidation Director
The last interview will be with Barbara Jonnart, our CFO and the local HRBP, Anca Dragoman, based in Brasov.