Traineeship General Accounting and Reporting

Job Description

Start your finance career in a global organization where learning, growth, and impact go hand in hand. Join our team in Oss for a traineeship in General Accounting and Reporting.

Welcome to our team

Our Finance team brings together our financial perspectives into our overall strategic and tactical decision making. We embrace emerging technologies and digital tools and use them for financial analysis, planning, accounting, reporting and performance evaluation. This allows the organization to continue advancing medical innovation and improve lives. We are passionate about ESG and are supporting our organization in realizing our goals around environmental, social and governance sustainability.

Are you excited to start new relationships? Our Finance team is in contact with local business controllers, corporate departments such as Tax and Treasury, our Business Service Center and our headquarters in the US.

Purpose of the role

You take up responsibilities for several internal and external reports for our company and multiple holding companies within the Group under US GAAP and Dutch GAAP. You work closely with the other 40 members of our Dutch Entities Controlling Group. Together we ensure our management and statutory reports for multiple legal entities are delivered timely and correctly. Your goal is to grow into the accounting and reporting functions of our company, ensure correct financial records are maintained, and identify and execute improvement initiatives. This is an excellent role for a starting financial professional who wants to work in a global organization, learn more and have a growth path in financial controlling.

Tasks and responsibilities include but are not limited to

• Perform General Ledger accounting following US GAAP, Dutch GAAP, and tax guidelines;
• Accurately and promptly account for all Headquarter accounting transactions;
• Prepare the annual statutory accounts for holding companies as per Dutch GAAP;
• Assist the lead accountant with internal reporting to various stakeholders and with SOX 404 audits;
• Prepare reports for the Statistical Office (CBS) and the Central Bank (DNB);
• Respond to ad-hoc requests from various stakeholders including Headquarters, Corporate Tax, and Treasury departments;
• Assist with the implementation of continuous improvement initiatives to enhance the efficiency and effectiveness of processes within your work area;

Your profile

• Accounting/Finance education or equivalent (Bachelor’s Degree); a Master’s in Accounting/Finance is preferred;
• Accounting experience in an international, production or pharmaceutical environment during internships would be advantageous;
• Good understanding of accounting guidelines and practices, including US GAAP and Dutch GAAP;
• Proficiency in using SAP, Excel, and other MS Office applications;
• Business-level proficiency in English, both spoken and written;

What we offer

We welcome you to a truly global, dynamic, and challenging environment with great opportunities for personal development and to show us who you are.

• Competitive salary, 8% holiday allowance and a 3% year-end allowance;
• 35.5 days of leave;
• Attractive collective health care insurance package with considerable reduction rates;
• Solid pension plan;
• Annual bonus based on individual and company performance;
• Travel allowance for commuting;
• Numerous training, coaching and e-learning modules for long-term job opportunities and development.

Required Skills

Compliance SOX, Financial Accounting Controls, Financial Instruments, General Accounting, General Ledger (GL), Internal Controls, Preparation of Financial Reports