Senior Accountant- EMEA

Sembridge; Dadri; On-site; INR 2,800,000 - 4,200,000; Full time

Job summary

Salute is seeking a Senior EMEA Corporate Accountant to oversee month-end close, balance sheet reconciliations, and statutory reporting across UK, Ireland, Netherlands, France, Germany, Poland, and Spain. You'll collaborate with regional finance teams and external advisors to ensure accurate financial statements and tax compliance, while driving process improvements.

The role emphasizes ERP-based accounting, control environment, and automation initiatives to support finance transformation in a

Qualifications

• Master's degree in Finance or Accounting.
• 5+ years of progressive accounting experience in corporate accounting or controllership.
• Experience in a multi-entity and multi-currency environment.
• Strong knowledge of month-end close, financial reporting, and balance sheet reconciliations.
• Experience supporting statutory audits and annual compliance activities.
• Familiarity with income tax and VAT compliance across jurisdictions.
• Strong analytical, organizational, communication, and stakeholder-management skills.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities and meet tight reporting deadlines.
• Proficiency with ERP/accounting systems and advanced Microsoft Excel.

Responsibilities

• Lead month-end close across EMEA entities and manage 10–30 balance sheet reconciliations.
• Support quarterly reporting, consolidation inputs, variance analysis, and deliverables.
• Prepare and post accruals, recurring entries, reversing accruals, and other ledger adjustments (20–100 journal entries per month).
• Assist with preparation and review of management and statutory financial statements (local GAAP and group reporting).
• Support statutory audits and annual compliance activities, including audit schedules and auditor responses.
• Coordinate income tax and VAT preparation across EMEA jurisdictions with external advisors.
• Assist in design, testing, and implementation of system enhancements and automation initiatives.
• Collaborate with regional finance teams, Group Accounting, and external advisors for accurate reporting and compliance.
• Contribute to process improvement, standardization, and automation across EMEA controllership.

Skills

Month-end close

Financial reporting

Balance sheet reconciliations

ERP systems

Advanced Excel

Stakeholder management

Automation

Tax & VAT compliance

Multi-entity / multi-currency

Education

Master’s degree in Finance or Accounting

CA/ACCA/CMA (preferred)

Tools

Sage Intacct

SAP

NetSuite

Excel

Job description

Salute is looking for an experienced Senior EMEA Corporate Accountant to support EMEA controllership and corporate accounting across a multi-entity, multi-currency environment.

The role will be responsible for core corporate accounting activities, including month-end close, balance sheet reconciliations, quarterly reporting, financial statement preparation and review, statutory audits, and tax/VAT compliance coordination.

The position will primarily support entities across the UK, Ireland, Netherlands, France, Germany, Poland, and Spain, while working closely with regional finance teams, Group Accounting, and external advisors.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead and execute the month-end close process across EMEA entities, including maintaining and reviewing approximately 10–30 balance sheet reconciliations.
• Support quarterly reporting, including consolidation inputs, variance analysis, and reporting deliverables.
• Prepare and post accruals, recurring entries, reversing accruals, and other ledger adjustments, with approximately 20–100 journal entries per month.
• Assist with the preparation and review of management and statutory financial statements in accordance with applicable local GAAP and group reporting standards.
• Support statutory audits and annual compliance engagements, including preparing audit schedules and coordinating responses to auditor requests.
• Work with third-party advisors on income tax and VAT preparation across EMEA jurisdictions.
• Assist in the design, testing, and implementation of system enhancements and automation initiatives.
• Partner with regional finance teams, Group Accounting, and external advisors to ensure accurate financial reporting and compliance.
• Contribute to process improvement, standardization, and automation initiatives across the EMEA controllership function.

Required Qualifications

• Master’s degree in Finance or Accounting.
• Minimum 5 years of progressive accounting experience, preferably within corporate accounting or controllership.
• Experience working in a multi-entity and multi-currency environment.
• Strong knowledge of month-end close, financial reporting, and balance sheet reconciliations.
• Experience supporting statutory audits and annual compliance activities.
• Familiarity with income tax and VAT compliance across European jurisdictions.
• Strong analytical, organizational, communication, and stakeholder-management skills.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities and meet tight reporting deadlines.
• Proficiency with ERP/accounting systems and advanced Microsoft Excel.

Preferred Qualifications

• Professional qualification such as CA (ICAI), CMA (ICMAI), or ACCA, or actively pursuing one.
• Experience working across multiple EMEA jurisdictions, particularly the UK, Netherlands, France, Germany, Poland, and Spain.
• Experience preparing statutory financial statements under local IFRS requirements.
• Experience with modern ERP platforms such as Sage Intacct, SAP, or NetSuite.
• Experience working in a high-growth or private-equity-backed organization.

Why Join Us?

This is an opportunity to play a key role in EMEA corporate accounting and controllership, working across multiple entities and jurisdictions while contributing to finance transformation, automation, and process improvement initiatives.