Financial Controller

Brussel  ‐ Onsite
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Description

The position will be part of the Controllers group within the companys Europeans Finance division, reporting to the Europe Revenue and Technical Accounting Leader.
Europe Controllers Group is responsible for ensuring the integrity of the financials in partnership with the Shared Service Center and providing advisory support to the business teams across a number of areas including accounting & controls, deal structures and M&A.
The core mission of the jobholder is to assess the impact of implementing the new revenue recognition standard (US GAAP - ASC 606, Revenue from Contracts with Customers).
Description:
Assess the impact of ASC 606, Revenue from Contracts with Customers
-> Global project on new revenue recognition
- Review current sales arrangements to determine the impact of the new standard
- Validate the accuracy accounting treatment documented in business cases prepared by the Business Development Finance Team
- Update the business cases to reflect the accounting treatment under the new standard
- Leverage the business case to determine the appropriate accounting treatment
- Coordinate and report the impact to the US Controllers Group
Financial Integrity Validate Financial Integrity of Europe Region general ledger:
- Review sales agreements and verify the agreements are appropriately recorded in the general ledger
- Confirm the CRM system accurately reflects the economics of each sales agreement
- Coordinate with stakeholders to resolve issues identified to ensure financial integrity of the general ledger
- Promote and maintain a strong control environment
Other - Propose and implement process improvements and actively participate in ad-hoc projects (i.e. draft contract review, accounting summaries, etc.)
Profile:
- Min. 2 years experience in a similar position
- CPA or relevant accounting certification preferred
- BIG 4 audit experience preferred
- Strong knowledge of US GAAP is a plus and strong analytical skills and structure
- Excellent communication and organizational skills, high sense of initiative and urgency
- Good people management with developed interpersonal skills
- Fluency in English is required
- High PC skills with strong knowledge of Microsoft Excel, Outlook and Word
Tags: financial controller; "US GAAP"; Finance, "Big 4"; CPA; accounting
Start date
n.a
From
Harvey Nash BE
Published at
14.03.2016
Project ID:
1090882
Contract type
Freelance
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