This Senior Accountant position is based in Hoofddorp, the Netherlands and will work with our Finance Operations in Applied Materials France.

Applied Materials is the world leader in the development, manufacturing, and sale of high technology equipment in the fields of semiconductors, flat panel displays and solar photovoltaic products.

A multinational group of around 34,000 employees in 24 countries, our French entity is made up of more than 300 employees mainly located in Grenoble area as well as in Aix-en-Provence.

Our group is driven by the key values of commitment, trust, and respect in order to meet the technical expectations of our customers and make the technologies of tomorrow possible.

We are currently hiring a Senior Accountant that will report to the Finance Manager in France (Grenoble). The Senior Accountant will be located at the European Finance headquarters of Applied MAterials, in the Netherlands.

The Senior Accountant will maintain good record of accountancy for our French entity (70% of FTE), and will work closely with our external French payroll provider in order to coordinate and control payroll (30% of FTE).

Role and responsibilities:

Accountancy:

• Performs monthly, quarterly close activities.
• Prepares and inputs journal entries and assigns accounting classifications to various records and transactions within established procedures and policy.
• Prepares or assists with tax filings, government information reports and management information reports (VAT, Income tax, wage tax, statistical info., grants, R&D tax credit, …).
• Regular communication and coordination with R2R/P2P/O2C teams, to insure proper accounting process and documentation.
• Cooperate as and when necessary, with the external auditors, in the context of the annual audit of the French GAAP (statutory) accounts.
• Assist Finance Manager, with any matter related to statutory audits, e.g. income tax, value added tax, social charges, and other similar.    

Payroll:

• Compile data from different BUs and prepare the data file to be sent to the French payroll provider.
• Follow-up and control of the payroll files prepared by the provider.
• Main point of contact with the payroll provider.
• Liaise with French tax authorities regarding income tax, URSSAF regarding social tax, AGIRC regarding retirement social tax, CPAM regarding sickness, arduousness and other various related elements.
• Where applicable, point of contact for any questions from local employees.
• Ensure proper administration of time and absence (T&A) in Workday.  
• When needed, ensure alignment of HRIS (Workday) with local requirements.

Project-basis:

• Ad-hoc project management depending on local priorities.

You will work in partnership with the local Finance Manager, HR, BU Finance Controllers, and various teams in Corporate Finance.

Your profile:

• Holder of a Bachelor or Master degree in Finance / Accountancy / Audit.
• Hands-on experience in Accountancy and (French) Payroll Management concepts.
• Full professional proficiency in the French language is essential for this role.
• Fluent in English.
• Strong skills in Excel and PPT.
• SAP / Workday knowledge, is a plus.
• Agility, curiosity, open-mindedness. Can-do attitude, capacity to drive change.
• Strong interpersonal and customer relationship skills. Possesses the ability to work as an integral part of a geographically and culturally diverse team.

What we offer:

Our compensation package is composed as follows:

• Base salary over 12.96 months.
• Performance bonus, targeted at 10% of the base salary.
• Possibility to participate in our Stock program plan.
• Private pension.

Qualifications

Education:

Bachelor's Degree

Skills:

Certifications:

Languages:

Years of Experience:

2 - 4 Years

Work Experience:

Additional Information

Time Type:

Full time

Employee Type:

Assignee / Regular

Travel:

No

Relocation Eligible:

No

Applied Materials is an Equal Opportunity Employer committed to diversity in the workplace. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, national origin, citizenship, ancestry, religion, creed, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, disability, veteran or military status, or any other basis prohibited by law.