Junior Financial Accountant

Clinigen Group; Wallonië; On-site; EUR 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

Clinigen, in collaboration with Korn Ferry, seeks a Finance Accountant to support Belgian operations in Mont-Saint Guibert. The role is hybrid, with three days per week in the office, reporting to the Financial Controller.

You will lead month-end close, statutory accounts, tax declarations, and audits, ensuring IFRS compliance and robust financial controls across the business units.

Qualifications

• Degree in Finance/Accounting or related field.
• Audit experience demonstrated in a corporate or professional environment.
• Knowledge of IFRS and local GAAP advantageous.
• Advanced Excel skills and ability to communicate complex financial information.

Responsibilities

• Support external audits and act as main contact for auditors.
• Prepare audit schedules and year-end statutory accounts.
• Ensure compliance with IFRS and local accounting standards.
• Coordinate audit timelines and respond to audit queries.
• Perform month-end close for management accounts.
• Ensure financial processing and authorization procedures follow approved policies.
• Assist in preparing statutory financial statements for entities.
• Prepare VAT, Intrastat and corporate tax declarations and support tax subsidies.

Skills

Advanced Excel

English (Business level)

French (Business level)

IFRS knowledge

Audit experience

Strategic thinking

Communication of financial matters

Education

Degree in Finance/Accounting

Job description

Do you want to work in a motivating, supportive environment where you help patients across the world get access to life-saving medicine? If so, we want to hear from you.

Korn Ferry is delighted to partner with Clinigen, as they embark on a large-scale programme of global growth.

We are looking to recruit a Finance Accountant to support Clinigen’s Belgian based operations.

Reporting to the Financial controller, the Finance Accountant is a key role within the group finance team. You’ll have responsibility for all matters relating to Management Accounting: accounting and reporting, internal customer support, you’ll also be responsible for the preparation and of the month end and year end close. This is a hybrid role, with 3 days per week spent in the Mont-Saint Guibert office.

Ways to add value:

As Finance Accountant you’ll be responsible for:

• Supporting external audits and acting as the key contact for auditors.
• Preparing audit schedules and year-end statutory accounts.
• Ensuring compliance with local GAAP, IFRS, or other statutory reporting requirements.
• Coordinating audit timelines and resolving audit queries efficiently.
• Performing month end for all aspects of the management accounts
• Ensuring financial processing and authorisation procedures are applied in accordance with approved procedures
• Assisting in the preparation of statutory financial statements for relevant entity in accordance with Local Accounting Standards
• Preparing tax related declarations e.g. VAT, Intrastat and Corporate tax
• Supporting initiatives to obtain tax subsidies

About You:

• Degree educated in a related subject
• Demonstrable Audit experience
• Successful track record gained in a similar environment
• Knowledge of in-house finance processes and practices advantageous
• Advanced Excel
• Business level English & French
• Ability to understand and communicate financial matters relating to the Business Units
• Knowledge of IFRS
• Strategic thinker, with the ability to define objectives and develop frameworks
• Ability to work both collaboratively as part of a global team, in an ambiguous, constantly changing environment

Clinigen is a rapidly growing global specialty pharmaceutical and services company with a unique combination of businesses, operating in complex global regulatory environments, to ensure that vital medicines are delivered, securely, on time, and wherever they are needed in the world.