Financial Accountant

As a Financial Accountant reporting to the Director of Finance & Accounting, you will ensure accurate, timely, and complete execution of assigned tasks in compliance with internal guidelines, SOX, and US GAAP standards. You will work on both N.V. and Inc. books, collaborating seamlessly within the team to meet timelines and requirements.

Your Role

This role demands deep accounting expertise, an ability to maintain oversight of the broader financial landscape, and a proactive approach toward continuous improvement and optimization. You will be responsible for:

• Month-End, Quarter-End, and Year-End Close: Contribute to a seamless close process for assigned areas, ensuring timely and accurate financial reporting.
• Accounting Transactions: Execute daily, weekly, and monthly journal entries, maintaining financial accuracy and compliance.
• Cash and Investments Reconciliations: Perform monthly reconciliations to ensure alignment with financial records and comply with guidelines.
• Fixed Assets Management: Manage tangible and intangible assets, including additions, disposals, impairments, and depreciations.
• Manual Journal Entries: Execute manual journal entries including back up and evidence and conduct necessary adjustments through manual journal entries.
• Accruals and Prepaid Expenses: Responsible for SG&A accruals, pre-paid expenses, and IP/legal accruals.
• Payment Controls: Oversee weekly payment batch controls to ensure accuracy and compliance.
• VAT Returns: Prepare and submit VAT returns accurately and timely.
• Cross-functional Support: Provide hands-on support to other accounting areas as needed.
• Reconciliations: Prepare reconciliations for month-end closing within your area of responsibility.
• Process Improvement: Actively initiate and contribute to improvements in financial processes.
• SOX Controls: Execute and document SOX controls in designated areas, ensuring regulatory compliance and contribute to process narratives.
• Internal and External Audits: Serve as a liaison for internal and external auditors, supporting quarterly and annual audit processes.
• Internal Controls: Perform routine internal controls and contribute to SOX controls on a regular basis to ensure adherence to financial policies and standards.

Your Profile

We are looking for someone with excellent interpersonal skills, with the ability to build strong working relationships. You will have an innate sense of urgency and strong attention to detail, with a high level of accuracy. You handle your cases and workload proactively, with a hands-on approach and a focus on continuous improvement. Ideal candidates will also meet the following requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related field.
• 5-7+ years of GL accounting experience or in similar function
• Proficient in accounting principles, with proven technical and hands-on experience in financial accounting.
• SAP experience is (highly) advantageous; advanced proficiency in Excel is essential.
• Language Proficiency: Fluent in Dutch and English, with the capability to work effectively across international time zones

This full-time role offers an opportunity to bring your accounting expertise to an international team, drive impactful improvements, and contribute to high standards of financial integrity and operational efficiency.

Our Offer

We offer a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to work with some of the best and brightest in the biotech industry. As part of Merus, you’ll experience a steep learning curve from your very first day in the job. And you’ll get to interact with a great international team of people who love what they do! To top it all, we offer a competitive salary, flexible working hours, an excellent pension scheme, a company bonus, and 30 days’ annual leave (based on a full-time position). Most importantly, you’ll have the chance to help us close in on cancer – everything you do matters at Merus.