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Job Purpose:
We are currently recruiting an Associate Accountant to reinforce our Accounting & Finance teams. You may be located in Leuven, Belgium at our Donaldson EMEA HQ or directly with the BOFA (a Donaldson Company) team in Poole, UK.
Key Responsibilities:
- Process incoming expense reports for Donaldson (multiple entities).
- Expense reports for the following countries are handled centrally: Belgium, Netherlands, France, Spain, the United Kingdom, Nordic countries, and Germany.
- We have rolled out i-expense / corporate cards in EMEA as of FEB2023, entity by entity (controlled rollout).
- Flag and clarify any unusual or questionable items conforming to our policies such as the Donaldson global travel policy.
- Reconcile accounts payable transactions.
- Reconciliations of APAP-related accounts for almost all listed countries is managed by the team.
- AP Trade (automated), AP employee reimbursement (automated), AP PO, AP Manual accrual, AP T&E Suspense (credit card suspense account), Prepaid expenses, prepaid insurance, prepaid rent, prepayment to supplier/employees).
- Follow-up of unprocessed invoices with various parties (approval, PO holds).
- Today this is managed mostly by the Shared Service Center, however, the team supports where needed towards SSC & business.
- Correspond with internal parties and respond to inquiries.
- Assist with month-end closing activities. This also depends from entity to entity, prepaid entries for listed entities.
- You will also assist in the Accounts Payable department with the backup planning.
- Ad hoc accounting-related projects.
- Card administration for new card holders, updates, leavers, … (bank website / Oracle).
- I-Expense set-up & yearly maintenance of changing amounts (Ex. new entity, changes to mileage reimbursement amount, changes to allowances, etc …)
Profile:
- Bachelor’s degree in Accountancy, Tax is a plus or equivalent through experience.
- First experience as an AP Accountant is a plus (Assistant Accountant, preferably within an international environment.)
- You are familiar with analytical bookkeeping.
- You know how to set priorities and act upon them.
- You are accurate, have an eye for detail and respect deadlines.
- You are a true team player who is committed and motivated.
- You are a good communicator.
- You have experience with Oracle or any other ERP system.
- Fluent in English and any other language is a PLUS.
- PC literate with most common programs, especially Excel.
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