Job Title:  Senior GL Accountant

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 audits on financial data to assure its accuracy and truthfulness.
•    Aligning general ledger accounting practices to support budgeting and forecasting.
•    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-class 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. 
•    English language proficiency. 
•    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. 
•    The candidate must be eligible to work in Netherlands 

What can OMRON offer you?

•    International, inclusive, and flexible working environment.
•    Opportunities to join trainings and courses for your personal and professional development.
•    Competitive employment benefits package in accordance with market standards.
•    29 days of holidays per year for fulltime employment
•    Commuting allowance or reimbursement of travel by public transport in line with the company policy.
•    Working from home allowance.
•    Hybrid working and home office equipment to set up your home office space.
•    Opportunity to work from abroad up to 20 days per year.
•    Opportunity to join company health insurance and fitness programme.

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