Lead Accountant

eCarsTrade; Antwerpen; Sur place; EUR 70 000 - 110 000; Plein temps

Avantages offerts par ce poste

Company car

Flexible compensation

Résumé du poste

eCarsTrade operates a digital platform for the b2b resale of ex-lease cars and seeks an accounting supervisor to build and lead its international finance function. You’ll partner with the CFO, oversee the internal accounting team, tax advisors, and auditors, safeguarding the quality of statutory financial statements.

You will drive consolidation, statutory reporting, and financial analyses while migrating to a new accounting system and enhancing automation.

Qualifications

• 5–7 years accounting experience, incl. month-end close and VAT
• 1–3 years team lead or supervisory experience
• Experience with group consolidation is a plus
• Knowledge of Belgian GAAP and VAT/corporate tax
• Proficiency in English and Dutch or French

Responsabilités

• Build and lead the finance organization for a fast-growing business
• Act as the CFO's right hand and coordinate with tax advisors, auditors, and the finance team
• Supervise accounts payable/receivable, month-end close, and accruals
• Ensure timely tax and statutory filings (VAT, CIT, Intrastat, IC listing)
• Automate processes and manage accounting for foreign branches and consolidated reporting
• Contribute to budgeting, forecasting, and activity-based costing; migrate to a new accounting system

Connaissances

Statutory accounting

Analytical accounting

Team leadership

Consolidation accounting

Inventory management

Belgian GAAP

VAT knowledge

ERP systems

Excel

Tableau

Odoo

Exact Online

English (Fluent)

Dutch or French

Formation

Master's or Bachelor’s degree in Accounting/Finance

Outils

Odoo

Exact Online

Excel

Tableau

Description du poste

eCarsTrade operates a digital platform for the b2b resale of ex-lease cars. We have customers across Europe, and via our proprietary platform we sell a combination of our own stock and on consignment, via auctions and fixed prices.

We have a serious track record of profitable growth: 60% y-o-y for the last 3 y. To replace a departing colleague, we are looking for an accounting supervisor.

Are you an energetic, disciplined, digital native looking for a disruptive challenge? Do you have experience leveraging statutory and analytical accounting to make an impact on the business? Can you lead an end-to-end international accounting department. Then we’re looking for you!

We value commitment, loyalty, and dedication. We offer flexibility, incentives, and plenty of room for development. This role reports to the CFO.

Job Content

• You’ll be the CFO’s right hand, building out the finance organization of a fast-growing business
• You’ll be the key link between the internal accounting team, tax advisors, auditors and the finance team, together safeguarding the quality of statutory financial statements
• You’ll supervise operational accounting processes: accounts payable & receivable (incl. booking & matching), batch payments timely month-end + year-end closing (incl. accruals where appropriate)
• You will ensure timely submission of tax and statutory returns, including VAT, corporate income tax, Intrastat, IC listing, etc.
• You’ll use your understanding of accounting operations to improve efficiency by automating wherever possible. You’ll take a leading role in administering the accounting for our branches abroad, including consolidated reporting.
• While automating the accounting process, you’ll collaborate on enhancing the analytical accounting process, including budgeting, forecasting and activity-based costing
• You’ll take an active part in migrating to a new accounting system

Background

• 5-7 years of experience of which
• 1-3 years of hands-on general ledger accounting experience, including month-end close with VAT declarations
• 1-3 years of analytical accounting / controlling / performance management
• 1-3 years of team‑lead or supervisory experience leading a team of accountants
• Hands‑on group consolidation accounting is a plus
• Strong affinity with inventory management and inventory accounting is a plus
• Knowledge of Belgian GAAP and main tax (VAT, corporate taxation) and payroll principles
• Proficiency with Odoo and Exact online (including data import & export), analytical skills in Excel and familiarity with Tableau are big pluses – in general IT‑savvy
• Excellent English languages skills, plus proficiency in either Dutch or French

Profile

• Much more important than your education is your attitude and your ability to learn. A Master’s degree will get you through the door, but so will a bachelor’s degree with some experience – neither is better than the other
• Willingness to dive into the details, understand the nuts and bolts with the team, redesign and improve bottom‑up.
• Ability to structurally break down problems, set up analyses and draw conclusions that have a meaningful impact
• Eager to learn, balancing pragmatism with structural solutions: able to strike a balance between quick & dirty fixes that capture low‑hanging fruit and long‑term solutions that create structural value

What’s in it for you

• A very youthful start‑up environment where creativity and ambition is rewarded
• Unique opportunity to leverage your experience in accounting and controlling, and grow with the company into more senior roles
• A competitive compensation package with good extra-legal benefits either as employee or as independent contractor
• We’re a car company, so obviously you can pick a company car