Jr. Financial Accountant, EMEA

As a Junior Financial Accountant, EMEA at Brooks, you’ll be a member of the high-performing Finance team. The Junior Financial Accountant EMEA is responsible for assisting with general ledger accounting, month-end close activities and providing support for internal and external audits. The Accounting team works closely with all areas of Finance including Credit & Collections, Accounts Payable and Financial Planning & Analysis to ensure accurate and timely reporting across EMEA (Europe, Middle East & Africa) operations.

Everyone who works at Brooks is propelled by a company culture that sparks excitement, fuels collaboration, inspires creativity, and ignites innovation.

Your Job

As a Junior Financial Accountant at Brooks, you’ll be a member of our high-performing Finance team. The Junior Financial Accountant EMEA is responsible for assisting with general ledger accounting, month-end close activities and providing support for internal and external audits. The Accounting team works closely with all areas of Finance including Credit & Collections, Accounts Payable and Financial Planning & Analysis to ensure accurate and timely reporting across our EMEA (Europe, Middle East & Africa) operations.

Your Responsibilities

• Prepare and post journal entries for accruals, prepayments and reclasses.
• Post bank statement transactions and prepare bank reconciliations.
• Prepare and post monthly depreciation and amortization journals and assist with maintaining asset related records.
• Support preparation of intercompany entries and assist in maintaining intercompany balances.
• Support month-end and year-end close activities.
• Assist with balance sheet reconciliations and follow up on identified differences.
• Execute assigned internal checks over financial transactions.
• Support ad-hoc analysis and reporting requests.
• Assist with preparing supporting documentation for internal and external audits.
• Ensure all activities follow established processes and internal controls.
• Contribute ideas to improve processes and reduce manual work.
• Gradually take on more complex accounting tasks as experience grows.

Your Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or studying towards a degree in Business Administration, Accounting or Economics
• 1+ years of relevant experience in an international organization
• A working knowledge of Accounting and VAT
• Affinity with ERP systems and an advanced proficiency with Microsoft Excel
• Excellent analytical skills with strong attention to detail in planning, organization and execution of tasks and anticipating how a decision can affect our customers, our partners, our products or other departments’ operations and/or morale; “connecting the dots”
• Open-minded and creative problem solver who is punctual, takes ownership for your work, able to deal with competing priorities and challenges yourself.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Fluency in business English (absolute must), other European language skills are a plus (German, French, Dutch)
• Unwavering demonstration of Brooks’ brand values: Runner first, Word is bond, Champion heart, There’s no “I” in run, Keep moving.
• A passion for the running enthusiast and practicing an active lifestyle.