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Senior GL & Reporting Accountant

Posted 26 Mar 2024
Work experience
1 to 3 years
Full-time / part-time
Full-time
Job function
Degree level
Required language
English (Fluent)

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Your role:

It's your challenge to assist and manage different day-to-day for assigned CBUs (Central Business Units) and General Accounting tasks like general closing entries, clearing and reconciliation of monthly balance sheet accounts, prepare monthly reporting.

Main activities:

  • Complete monthly close activities, analysis, and reports in accordance with monthly close schedules
  • Prepare and/or review variance analysis on balance sheet and P&L accounts
  • Prepare journal entries and account reconciliations for assigned financial line items
  • Timely preparation of assigned account reconciliations
  • Identify and analyze unusual or reconciling items and take appropriate actions to resolve exceptions and reconciling items in a timely manner
  • Ensure that the management accounts in scope of responsibilities in full compliance with the Group rules and the statutory accounts fully compliant with local rules
  • Ensure control and validate some master data in SAP
  • Perform Intercompany reconciliations ensuring monthly / quarterly intercompany reconciliation and reporting
  • Participate to the preparation of statutory annual accounts, internal / external audit and other periodical reporting and controls
  • Take active participation to the continuous improvement of processes and SAP or other IT tools

About you:

  • Minimum bachelor in accounting or related fields
  • senior working experience in accounting preferably within a Finance department of a multinational company

As a person you are:

  • Analytical, accurate and pay attention to details
  • Able to work in team as well as independently
  • Able to organize your work and manage multiple deadlines autonomously
  • Enthusiastic and motivated personality and feel comfortable in communicating with different people, backgrounds and cultures
  • Knowledge of IFRS
  • Knowledge and user experience with SAP and advanced Excel skills
  • Good communication skills in English. Dutch or French is preferred
  • Willing to travel and work within Benelux to ensure proximity to the business if required

About Danone

At Danone, we are dedicated to achieving health through food. And not only that; we want our mission to benefit people of every age, in every social and cultural environment and in every part of the world - as many people as possible.

The Finance CBS (Central Business Services) Benelux provides business services for transactional finance and expert activities to all Danone business units in the Benelux. These activities include Financial Control, Accounts Receivable, Accounts Payable, Treasury & Finance, Tax and Internal Control. The primary location of the Finance CBS team is in the Netherlands, Zoetermeer with some positions in Belgium, Brussels.

We Offer

At Danone, we offer a complete package of benefits, with a competitive primary salary including bonus (range EUR 45K- 70K gross yearly - depending on education, seniority, work experience) and benefits like premium free pension, 30 days annual leave and several discounts on a collective health insurance and even on some of our products.

But more importantly, we will invest in your personal development, training on the job and trainings via our Danone Campus. There is a wide variety of roles within Danone, so based on your talents we will define your best next step!

What’s next?

Hit the “apply now” button. You have until the closing date to apply. Part of the interview process will be a telephone interview and first and second round interview. To comply with GDPR regulations, we cannot process your personal data without given consent. Therefore, we ask you kindly to apply directly via our careers’ website.

We believe that each time we eat and drink, we vote for the world we want to live in. This powerful idea is at the heart of the ongoing Food Revolution, a movement which is inspired by people who care about where their food comes from, how it was grown and how it impacts their health and the health of…


We believe that each time we eat and drink, we vote for the world we want to live in. This powerful idea is at the heart of the ongoing Food Revolution, a movement which is inspired by people who care about where their food comes from, how it was grown and how it impacts their health and the health of the planet.

Be innovative and entrepreneurial and the impact you could make might just amaze you. Join our movement for a healthier world. One Planet One Health BY YOU.

Foods & Beverages
Hoofddorp
Active in 2 countries
2,800 employees
50% men - 50% women
Average age is 35 years