Senior Specialist External Reporting

Join KPMG as a Senior Specialist External Reporting

As a senior external reporting specialist, you are responsible for assessing the annual accounts of KPMG's new and existing clients and providing advice on how to substantively improve them. To this end, you assess the first review from colleagues or carry out this assessment yourself. These are annual accounts based on the applicable Dutch GAAP guidelines.

Your challenges

• Responsible for the final assessment of annual accounts against the applicable guidelines
• Consultation and sharing findings with the first reviewer
• Consulting and sharing findings with the audit teams
• Analyzing accounting issues
• Sharing knowledge within KPMG
• Training team members in the field of Dutch GAAP

This is what you bring

• Relevant university education RA title or international CPA is mandatory
• Postmaster External Reporting
• At least 6 years of relevant work experience with accounting issues
• 1 year or more of experience with testing complete annual accounts
• Extensive knowledge of Dutch GAAP
• Strong analytical and systematic skills
• A good command of English and Dutch is required

What will you do?

As a senior external reporting specialist, you are responsible for assessing the annual accounts of KPMG's new and existing clients and providing advice on how to substantively improve them. To this end, you assess the first review from colleagues or carry out this assessment yourself. These are annual accounts based on the applicable Dutch GAAP guidelines. A Center of Excellence Financial Statements Team (CoE FST) has been formed within KPMG with specialists in the field of external reporting. The CoE FST is an independently operating and growing team with an open culture with a team in the Netherlands and India. This team supports Audit colleagues by reviewing complete annual accounts. The team consists of first and second reviewers.

The CoE FST is part of KPMG's Delivery Support Group, which supports the audit teams in various areas and thus contributes to continuously increasing quality.

"The annual accounts are KPMG's calling card"

The team supports each other through internal discussions about accounting issues. Everyone is encouraged to contribute to mutual knowledge improvement through substantive presentations. There is also frequent contact with the Technical Department for mutual consultations. You work on your own development by following training courses. You will work from the Netherlands (Amstelveen office), where working hours are flexible (in consultation). The position can be filled for 24-40 hours and working (partly) from home is certainly possible.

This is what we offer

• A competitive salary, profit distribution, a fixed expense allowance and a work-from-home allowance
• 30 vacation days (on a full-time basis) and the option to buy more days or sell your vacation days
• A fully equipped home workplace
• A lease car+NS business card or the mobility allowance
• A laptop and iPhone that you can also use privately
• A flexible pension without mandatory personal contribution
• An extensive range of training and education that contributes to your professional and personal development
• Attention to vitality!
• Exercise at the office in Amstelveen or a discount at a gym near you and access to coaching, health and vitality programs
• 'Together' is one of our core values
• So you can count on various social activities such as team outings, drinks and events together with your colleagues