Holdings Financial Accountant

  • Location:

    Amsterdam

  • Specialism:

    Accountancy & Finance

  • Job type:

    Permanent

  • Contact:

    Erin Wilson

  • Contact email:

    erin.wilson@altumconsulting.nl

  • Expiry date:

    2022-08-22

​Holdings Financial Accountant 

Altum have the pleasure of working exclusively again with one of our most prestigious client to support their search of a newly created Holdings Financial Accountant role. 

Our client is a multinational, revolutionary and innovative healthcare business who are highly advanced with the technologies and R&D of their products. They have a global presence and a European Corporate Head Office located in Amsterdam.?

This role will be working as a part of their Global Financial Head Quarters, reporting directly to the General Manager and supporting the wider FHQ team with an array of activities in a broad accounting function for the holdings. 

Role & Responsibilities  

Accounting

Full cycle accounting ownership and oversight including, but not limited to:

  • Coding dividends, loans, and capital injections

  • Check and approval of payment proposals

  • Ownership of booking keeping activities at FHQ

  • Responsible for the successful and timely completion of month end close

  • Ad hoc and regular reporting to FHQ management

  • Responsible for consolidation of FHQ budget, including analysis of actuals

  • Preparation of annual reports for FHQ entities

  • Preparation of all documents required by auditors

  • Responsible for balance specifications

  • JSox compliance

  • Responsible for provision of data requested by De Nederlandse Bank

  • Ad hoc reporting

  • Review of invoices by Baker and allocation to correct entity

  • Cooperate with divisions on booking of transactions such as acquisitions


Treasury

  • Oversight of management of bank accounts

  • Oversight of currency management

  • Responsible for time deposit analysis and recommendations to management

  • Create FHQ cash forecast and integrate to time deposits (focus on USD situ $ time deposits)

  • Support in creating loan documents, completing entire package (loan agreement, interest calculation, remittance form, Ringisho)

  • Responsible for loan schedules and loan repayment management

  • Support Dividend calculations and collection

  • Support Cash pool initiative

    • Ad hoc calculations and audits of fund transfers based on FHQ rules

    • Management of fund transfers

    • Development of automatic interest calculations for monthly deposits

  • Other projects


Tax

  • Responsible for entire VAT and corporate income tax reporting cycle


Compliance tasks

  • Communication about shareholder resolution and other documentation requirements for the subsidiaries with notary

  • Ringisho administration

  • Annual AGM documentation review (support)

  • Annual POA cycle (support)

  • Maintain dividend sheet and information


Other

  • Annual insurance cycle (support)

  • Maintain administration of documentation in line with legal, accounting and tax requirements.


Education and Experience;- 

  • Educated with a Bachelor degree in Finance, Accounting or equivalent 

  • 5+ years of professional experience working in a similar accounting function within a Holdings environment 

  • Highly proficient user of Excel with the ability to manage large data sets 

  • Strong communication skills and able to liaise with multiple business departments effectively and efficiently 

  • Proven ability of working autonomously and using initiative to problem solve 

  • Confident working within an international and matrix environment 

  • Fluency in the English language is essential 


This is a truly unique opportunity to join one of the worlds largest Healthcare businesses in a role that offers exposure across a variety of financial activities. 

To apply, please send an updated resume to;- erin.wilson@altumconsulting.nl