Senior Financial Accountant

Posted Friday, November 8, 2024 at 5 : 00 AM

At Bakelite, you’ll help us create a better tomorrow with sustainable and innovative chemistry today.

We’re Everywhere. Everywhere you look, you’ll find products enabled by Bakelite, from stronger homes to safer automobiles and everywhere in between. With more than 100 years of history and strong customer relationships, we boldly engineer sustainable products to tackle our world’s most challenging demands.

Join Our Team and Help Us Build a Stronger, Safer, Better World.

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Job responsibilities

Responsible for month end closing accounting process (according to Bakelite’s closing timetables and requirements)

• Ascertains compliance with Bakelite’s Accounting Policies & Procedures
• Preparation of journal entries and ensure that accruals are properly recorded and analyzed
• Globally responsible for Cash Accounting, GRIR, Leases, Cost Allocations and Intercompany
• Review and monitor processes
• Preparation and review of account reconciliations
• Preparation of supporting schedules
• Analysis of the various accounts and variances per legal entities, obtain explanations on deviations and prepare a summarized reporting on a monthly basis
• Subject Matter Expert for Bakelite for certain processes
• Participating in project groups in order to implement (new) accounting policies & processes.
• Prepare and coordinate documentation for internal / external auditors for annual accounts-, tax- and transfer pricing-audits
• Close interface with various stakeholders, Regional Controllers, Treasury and IT

Key relationships

• Corporate Finance (local controllers).
• Legal Department
• Treasury
• Internal and external auditors

Core competencies

Strategic Focus and Direction

Trust and Teamwork

Personal Leadership

Achieve Business Results

Finance competencies

Accounting Concepts and Principles - General

Closing / Consolidation

Financial And Accounting Skills - General

Reconciliations

Education / Qualifications

• Degree in Accounting; HBO (bachelor’s degree) or equivalent required
• 5-7 years’ experience mainly in accounting; chemical industry background an advantage
• Fluent English, additional language skills beneficial but not essential
• USGAAP experience
• SAP experience
• Strong communication and influencing skills
• Integrity and value driven
• Good interpersonal / problem solving skills.
• Highly organized
• Able to handle multi-tasks simultaneously.

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We are an Equal Opportunity, Affirmative Action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to gender, minority status, sexual orientation, gender identity, protected veteran status, status as a qualified individual with a disability or any characteristic protected by law.

In order to be considered for this position candidates are required to submit an application for employment through our career site, be at least 18 years or age, willing to take a drug test, submit to a background investigation as part of the selection process, as well as additional periodic background checks as required by the Chemical Facility Anti-Terrorism Standards (CFATS) or regulations adopted by the Department of Homeland Security or other regulatory agencies. Candidates are required to have unrestricted authorization to work in the United States.This company participates in E-Verify. For additional details, clickHERE .

If currently an employee of the Company, you must have satisfactory work performance. Disclaimer : We are not accepting unsolicited assistance from search firms / employment agencies for this employment opportunity. Please, no phone calls or emails to an employee about this position. All resumes submitted by search firms / employment agencies to any employee of the Company via email, the Internet or in any other form and / or method without a valid written search firm agreement in place for this position will be deemed the sole property of the Company; no fee will be paid in the event a candidate is hired by the Company as a result of the unsolicited referral or through other means.

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