As the General Ledger and Reporting Senior Accountant your primary focus will be to execute General Ledger processes for Eurofins Legal Entities (ELEs), ensuring compliance with internal procedures and documentation. You will act as a key partner to the NSC and Business, providing expertise and support in both accounting and process-related matters. Your role includes driving process improvements, participating in transition projects, and maintaining strong operational knowledge to support team continuity. This role plays a critical part in the month-end close process, audit coordination, and financial analysis, while also supporting continuous process improvements.
This position reports to the Team Leader.
Accounting operations in General Ledger Area
- Oversee and execute core General Ledger activities, ensuring a high level of quality, accuracy, and process efficiency across all tasks.
- Handle end-to-end Fixed Assets processes, including coordination with the business and NSC on assets under construction, reclassifying non-capitalisable items, performing asset additions and disposals, running depreciation, and resolving complex or ad hoc cases in line with accounting standards.
- Prepare and process journal entries, including standard SSC entries, ad hoc and complex postings, entries provided by NSC/business, and resolve AX processing errors to ensure accurate and timely financial reporting.
- Review and approve journal entries, ensuring accuracy, compliance with internal controls, and alignment with accounting standards.
- Perform Intercompany reconciliation by identifying discrepancies, requesting missing documentation, responding to standard queries, and independently analysing and resolving differences to ensure accurate financial alignment.
- Supervise end-to-end accounting processes for assigned legal entities, including Accounts Receivable, Accounts Payable, Inventory, Intercompany, and Treasury, with a strong focus on accuracy, compliance, and operational efficiency.
Corporate reporting package and Cognos reporting
- Manage the monthly corporate reporting package, including uploading data to Cognos, reconciling recurring differences, completing required forms (e.g., Balance Sheet, P&L, FA table, Aging), and investigating discrepancies to ensure accurate and timely reporting.
Internal controls and process governance
- Ensure accuracy and data integrity in the end-to-end financial reporting process by maintaining full compliance with Internal Control System (ICS) requirements.
- Manage and update internal documentation, including Desktop Procedures and ICS manuals, to reflect current processes and support audit readiness.
Account reconciliation and Balance Sheet review
- Prepare and review Balance Sheet Account Reconciliations (BSAR), ensuring transparency and accuracy in account overviews, documenting balances, and escalating unresolved items when necessary.
- Perform subledger reconciliations for AP, AR, and Fixed Assets by identifying and resolving standard differences, investigating complex cases independently.
- Process monthly Balance Sheet and P&L fluctuation analysis, identifying key variances and providing explanations to support financial transparency and decision-making.
- Ensure completeness and compliance in reconciliation documentation and follow-up processes, supporting audit readiness and financial integrity.
VAT, TAX & External reporting and Audit support
- Support tax reporting processes on a monthly, quarterly, and annual basis, and assist with tax audits and inquiries from tax authorities.
- Ensure timely and accurate preparation of VAT returns, reviewing all supporting documentation and calculations.
- Implement and maintain effective controls to ensure the integrity of VAT reporting and filings.
- Coordinate with internal teams and external advisors to resolve VAT-related queries and issues.
- Identify opportunities to streamline tax processes and implement automation where possible
- Support annual audits and tax return processes by collaborating with external auditors and tax authorities to ensure compliance and timely delivery of required documentation.
- Prepare and provide standard audit data, including downloading reports from AX, completing standard templates, and responding to routine auditor and tax-related requests.
- Coordinate internal and external audit activities, ensuring smooth execution and adherence to regulatory and internal control requirements.
Knowledge management and transition support
- Maintain up-to-date process knowledge by tracking exceptions or changes, updating process catalogues, and proactively proposing improvements in collaboration with relevant departments.
- Act as a knowledge resource by informing NSC and business partners about process requirements and staying current with country- or entity-specific processes, especially in back-up areas.
- Support transition activities by participating in knowledge transfer and checkpoint meetings, preparing GL process overviews for business stakeholders, and identifying and resolving issues during transitions to ensure smooth handovers.
Stakeholder management
- Actively manage client relationships, taking ownership of communication from identifying needs to delivering final resolutions while maintaining a professional and responsive approach.
- Adapt communication style to suit the context, ensuring clarity and effectiveness in both written and verbal interactions, including meetings and calls.
- Build trust and long-term partnerships with key stakeholders (e.g., Financial and Business Controllers), addressing escalations constructively and fostering collaboration through consistent, solution-oriented engagement.
Process improvement
- Actively identify and implement improvement opportunities within daily operations, driving continuous improvement initiatives to enhance team performance and process efficiency.
- Participate in process optimisation projects, taking ownership of accepted changes and supporting their execution.
- Foster a culture of continuous improvement by sharing knowledge and guiding less experienced team members in developing effective solutions.
Team support
- Support team development by training new joiners, acting as a go-to person for complex accounting and process-related questions, and guiding colleagues on cross-process (PTP, OTC, RTR) issues, while providing guidance and mentoring to build team capability and ensure best practices in accounting processes.
- Act as a support for the Team Leader when needed, assisting with organizational and administrative initiatives and ensuring continuity in team operations.
- Collaborate with internal stakeholders by responding to queries from Operating Companies, supporting ELEs and HQ on ad-hoc tasks, and maintaining high-quality service delivery.
Scope of responsibilities may be extended depending on the supported business area, process changes, organisational needs, or at the discretion of the Team Leader. This includes close collaboration with cross-functional teams such as Tax, Operations, and Business to ensure alignment on accounting treatments and effective support during month-end and year-end closing activities.