Symrise

About Us

Symrise is a global supplier of fragrances, flavors, food, nutrition, and cosmetic ingredients. Its clients include manufacturers of perfumes, cosmetics, food and beverages, pharmaceuticals and producers of nutritional supplements and pet food.

Its sales of € 4.7 billion in the 2023 fiscal year make Symrise a leading global provider. Headquartered in Holzminden, Germany, the Group is represented by more than 100 locations in Europe, Africa, the Middle East, Asia, the United States and Latin America.

Symrise works with its clients to develop new ideas and market-ready concepts for products that form an integral part of everyday life. Economic success and corporate responsibility are inextricably linked as part of this process.

Symrise – always inspiring more…

Your Role

As Finance and General Administrative Expert (m/f/d) within our Company you will be part of our Global Treasury Department consisting of 4 colleagues. Our offices in Brussels handle financial transactions with the subsidiaries. These are essentially intra-group loans as well as the management and invoicing of IP licenses that it owns and makes available to its subsidiaries.

This Position is a full-time position to be located in our offices in Brussels, Belgium.

• You manage all our Accounting such as daily, monthly and yearly end closings in SAP.
• You oversee and perform monthly reportings in HFM due to IFRS standards and reconciliation activities with Intercompany parties.
• You are responsible for our BEGAAP Financial statement closing and give support to our external service provider that deals with the drawing of our BEGAAP fin statement.
• You are the main point of contact within Belgium and provide support and explanations as well as meetings and provision of documents to auditors, such as Monthly Bank of Belgium compliance.
• You manage our recurring Treasury activities such as monitoring of cash balances and currencies, reporting and administrative activities.

About You

• You successfully completed your University in business administration, banking or a similar field of study.
• You have 5 years of professional experience in accounting or as a generalist in a finance department.
• You have good knowledge in accounting, especially in BE GAAP and ideally have working experience with SAP.
• You are experienced in dealing with auditors as well as bankers and government officials.
• You're fluent in English and ideally have a good command in another major language such as French.

Our Offer

Become part of our open and transparent culture. It will give you the opportunity to flourish and to develop inspiring experiences that contribute to the health and well-being of consumers in 160 countries around the world. Putting our employees in the focus fuels our strong company growth above market rates and makes us an excellent place to develop your career.

Come join us and embark on a fascinating journey with Symrise.

If you feel that you fit the above criteria, then please apply by using our online application system. Your application will be treated confidentially.