Accounting Team Lead

As a key member of the Finance Back office team, you will interact with senior stakeholders and key members of the organization as well as key external stakeholders. Your duties and responsibilities will include preparing asset, liability, and capital account entries by compiling and analyzing account information, documenting financial transactions, recommending financial actions by analyzing accounting options, summarizing current financial status, substantiating financial transactions by auditing documents, maintaining accounting controls, guiding accounting clerical staff, reconciling financial discrepancies, securing financial information, verifying, allocating, posting, and reconciling transactions, producing error-free accounting reports, analyzing financial information, summarizing financial status, providing technical support and advice on management, reviewing and recommending modifications to accounting systems and generally accepted accounting procedures, participating in financial standards setting and forecast process, providing input into the department's goal-setting process, preparing financial statements and producing budget according to schedule, directing internal and external audits to ensure compliance, supporting month-end and year-end close process, developing and documenting business processes and accounting policies to maintain and strengthen internal controls, communicating effectively with clients, contributing to a strong client relationship through positive interactions with client personnel, and communicating with Manager and/or Director on work status and client issues that arise. You should have thorough knowledge of basic accounting procedures and principles, including the Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (IFRS GAAP), awareness of business trends, experience with creating financial statements, experience with general ledger functions and the month-end/year-end close process, excellent accounting software user and administration skills, accuracy and attention to detail, aptitude for numbers and quantitative skills, a Bachelor's Degree or Master's Degree in an appropriate field of study or equivalent work experience, intermediate understanding of accounting and reporting standards, gaining experience in researching as it relates to accounting issues, experience with various accounting software, flexibility and ability to adapt to situations, agility and promoter of change, requiring minimal supervision, client-oriented mindset, partnering with the greater business, fluent command of English; Dutch, German, and French language skills would be a strong asset, reflecting and promoting the key corporate values.,