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Business Company: OMRON Headquarters (HQ)

Location: Hoofddorp, NL

Employment Type: Permanent

Title

Sr. GL Accountant

Introduction

Are you an experienced Accountant? Do you like to work in a dynamic and multicultural environment? Then this might be a role for you!

About OMRON

Omron Corporation (Omron) established in 1933, is a leading, innovative multinational with more than 28,000 employees in 44 countries. Omron is specialized in the development, production, distribution, marketing and sales of products and services in a variety of industries, including automation, electronic components and healthcare.

OMRON is now seeking a highly motivated Sr. GL Accountant to join our Finance & Accounting Team.

OMRON´s EMEA Finance & Accounting team is located at its European Headquarters in Hoofddorp, The Netherlands. A dedicated team supports four different Omron businesses consisting of more than 40 entities and branches in Europe, The Middle East, and Africa.

To ensure success as a Sr. GL Accountant, you should demonstrate a sound knowledge of best practices in general ledger accounting and experience in a similar role. A top-class GL accountant, you are someone whose accounting expertise results in accurate financial planning and regulatory compliance.

Summary Of Duties and Responsibilities General

• Performing month-end close activities for multiple entities
• Collaborating with internal departments to gather, analyze, and interpret relevant financial information.
• Performing account analysis to ensure that journal entries and balances are correct.
• Gathering supporting documentation and performing recordkeeping.
• Reconciliation, review, and maintenance of all balances in the entity trial balance - In depth knowledge of the balances included in the trial balance and First point of contact for questions on balances
• Maintain general ledger accounts and perform month end balance sheet reconciliations
• Ensuring that financial information complies with professional and regulatory standards
• Keeping abreast of regulatory requirements and best practices in accounting.
• Responsible for ensuring the fixed asset register and GL accountant is up to date (including verification of assets).
• Responsibility to identify, flag issues and ensure actions are being taken to solve the problem either by solving the issue yourself or by prompting a different department in the company.

Reporting activities

• Scheduling and presenting pre-close meetings for all entities
• Preparing and reviewing (self-review) monthly/quarterly/ annual reporting packs before submission for approval
• Preparing the deviation file for all respective entities for the BS (Month-to-month, prior year)
• Understanding of the movements/fluxes on the P&L (Month-to-month, prior year)
• Completing the monthly closing checklist and ensuring proper sign off my respective persons
• Ensuring all manual journal entries have proper support and is signed off by yourself and approver.
• Explaining and actively solving IC differences in the financial data in collaboration with AOC
• Participating the closing meetings held by the Business companies.

Compliance and statutory reporting

• Support the Group financial controller in providing explanations and documents for external and internal audits.
• Support the Compliance managers in providing explanations and documents for external and internal audits.
• Responsible for ensuring the proper execution of JSOX controls

Required Education And Qualifications

• Bachelor´s Degree of Commerce or Accounting or equivalent.

Required Specific Knowledge, Skills And Experience

• Minimum 3 years’ experience in hands-on accounting role including month-end procedures.
• Experience in a shared service environment.
• Strong excel, word and power point skills.
• Knowledge of monthly and annual general ledger accounting and closing processes.
• Knowledge and application of accounting guidelines (US-GAAP, Dutch GAAP, J-SOX and IFRS).
• Knowledge of ERP systems and Accounting Software packages, preferably JDE and SAP4Hana
• Ability to work in a multicultural environment.
• Ability to participate in group meetings.
• Excellent analytical, time management, reporting, communication, interpersonal, problem-solving and administrative skills.
• Proactively addresses business issues arising and takes action to resolve.
• Flexible and able to work under pressure and meet deadlines. Ensure critical work tasks are completed on time, accurately and completely.
• Excellent communication skills and team player
• Self-starting and result / deadline oriented and accurate.

What can OMRON offer you?

• A diverse, international, and inclusive workplace where everyone can thrive.
• Hybrid working environment with flexibility to balance office and home.
• Opportunities to join trainings and courses for your personal and professional development.
• A competitive compensation and benefits package including:
• A good salary according to your experience.
• 29 days of annual paid leave (for full-time roles).
• A company laptop and mobile phone.
• Commuting allowance or reimbursement for public transport.
• Work-from-home allowance and equipment.
• Option to work from abroad up to 20 days per year.
• Opportunity to participate in company health insurance, and fitness programs.

This role requires working from OMRON Headquarters in Hoofddorp, Netherlands. Applicants must have the right to work in the Netherlands.

Interested?

We look forward to your motivation letter and your cv! Please click on apply!

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