About the company
At Carmeuse, you’re part of a family that’s over 5.200 people strong. What we do all starts with limestone, it’s that simple. But the products and services you will help create with it are simply fascinating. You’re improving the everyday lives of those around you. You’re helping to build solutions that make our water and air cleaner. You’re helping the agriculture industry to grow and sustain the food we need. You’re helping to make the steel for our cars, computers and homes. You’re even helping to make buildings stronger and eco-friendlier and roads safer … all around the world. For industries. For communities. For life.
You may find additional information at:

• https://www.carmeuse.com/

Your position as a Senior General Ledger Accountant
As the new member of the “General accounting” team, you will participate to the monthly closing activity (statutory and group reporting) in accordance with BE GAAP.
You are also the person in charge of accounting from A to Z of certain entities within scope of WEU.

• You are in charge of the monthly closing from A-Z in accordance with BE GAAP, French GAAP and/or Lux GAAP
• You also review monthly balance sheet and P&L before upload in group reporting
• You prepare VAT and intrastate declarations / statistics BNB-NBB
• You take charge of the Group reporting in consolidation tool (Tagetik) and preparation of related additional information
• You verify intercompany transactions in Tagetik
• You support Credit collection
• You calculate the income taxes
• You prepare the annual statutory accounts
• You maintain regular contact with other departments (controlling, tax, treasury, corporate finance)
• You collaborate with the auditor
• You perform account reconciliations
• You perform ad-hoc analysis on specific GL accounts.

Your Responsibilities

• Take ‘ownership’ of the assigned companies – managing from A to Z and perform skeptical analysis on final figures
• Deliver reliable figures for statutory and group purposes
• Support Accounts Payable and Accounts Receivable department.

The Profile
Basic Requirements (Education, Level of Experience, Language)

• Educated to graduate degree in accounting or to bachelor's degree level in business management
• Knowledge of general ledger accounting under BE GAAP/LUX GAAP/French GAAP/NL GAAP
• Knowledge on Belgian VAT and income taxes
• Experience in a similar function: 5 to 10 years
• Ability or potential to train/coach a small team
• Language skills:
  • French environment
  • Good written and oral English language skills
  • Knowledge of written and oral Romanian language is a plus.

Needed Knowledges (Technical knowledge required by the position)

• SAP FI/CO
• ACCON (preparation NBB/BNB)
• Experience in group reporting tool Tagetik is a plus.

Needed skills (Soft skills required by the position as People management, analytical skills, problem solving…)

• Quick learner
• Autonomous / self-dependent
• Analytical thinking
• Managing own time effectively, handling multiple demands and able to meet deadlines
• Confidentiality
• Dynamic
• Communicator
• Proactive
• Open to new ideas
• Providing process and/or efficiency improvements.

The Team
The Accounting & Consolidation department is part of the Group Finance Team based in Belgium and has several responsibilities:

• Act as a guardian for statutory accounting rules and procedures in Belgium, Luxemburg, France and The Netherlands, but also for the Group accounting rules applied for Group reporting
• Serve as a reference for complex accounting matters
• In charge of Group consolidation and statutory accounting in accordance with B-Gaap and Lux Gaap. The Accounting team currently manages more than 20 legal entities
• Prepare the consolidated annual report
• Maintain relationship with the external Group auditors
• Administrator of our group consolidation system (Tagetik)
• Interact on a regular basis with the other departments of the Group Finance team: Group Controlling, Group Corporate Finance & Tax, Group Treasury.

The Recruitment Process
If you apply for this great position, you could go through these different steps:

• Olivia Braszko, our Talent Acquisition Lead will analyze your Résumé and cover letter
• A first "Teams" interview will be scheduled with Olivia. You will take 2 personality questionnaires. Olivia will want to know more about you, as a person and as a professional. She will assess your motivations and will answer to your questions
• You will have a second interview with Aurélie Mordant, the HRBP, and Kristof Pierlé, our Accounting & Consolidation Director.

You will be part of Carmeuse Americas, a Rock-Star team of 2500 workers and employees bringing with them their own culture and specific needs. The Americas headquarters are located in Pittsburgh, PA and have over three dozen production facilities across the Eastern U.S., Canada, Chile, Brazil, and Colombia.