Senior Financial Accountant

Country: Belgium

For our office in Merelbeke we are looking for a candidate for the position of

Your role and the team

For our newly established Santander Consumer Lease branch and JV activities in Merelbeke we are looking for someone who wants to become part of our team, who can support the organization in our growth ambitions. A self-starter who has guts and dares! An accurate, driven, and independent Senior Finance Professional, who can look ahead and is proactive.

We expect you to manage the local unit Financial Accounting within the set frameworks in a way that Santander's primary and secondary processes are supported timely, correctly, and efficiently.

The team can best be described as an enthusiastic group with a lot of diversity. Result-oriented work is important. Both as a team and on an individual level. You report directly to the Manager Financial Accounting. The Finance & Control team consists of ten colleagues and one Manager Financial Accounting.

Who are you?

You make an active contribution within financial accounting. You manage the entire Lease process, such as:

Correctly, completely, and timely provide and manage financial data. This includes general ledger, debtors, creditors, subsystem connection, reconciliation of balance sheet accounts, etc.

• Correctly, completely, and timely provide internal and external financially related reports (such as CIT, VAT) and other financially related statistical reports.

• Monthly management reporting for both the local management as well as the headquarters in Madrid.

• Drawing up monthly and annual reports including the annual accounts according to Belgian GAAP.

• Support on the forecasting and budgeting process.

• Providing balance sheet and profit and loss data for the head office under IFRS.

• Correct application of financial, financially related, tax regulations and laws.

• Supporting internal and external audits as well as contributing to the preparation and execution of audit findings

• You contribute to formulating the data requirements and making available the information required for the settlement of projects/activities.

• You contribute to the improvement and creation of processes.

• You will be part of the financial team which takes care of both consumer finance and operational lease business.

You have

• Minimum 5-year experience in financial departments.

• Minimum 3-year experience in operational lease business.

• Relevant Belgium tax and legal knowledge, VAT, CIT, regulatory requirements.

• Advanced knowledge of Belgium GAAP, IFRS (plus), VAT and CIT (plus).

• Knowledge of financial services.

• Advanced skills in Excel, PowerPoint and PowerBI (plus)

• Fluent in Dutch, French and English.

We offer

• A personalized onboarding program, so you can get to know Santander and our way of working inside out.

• A laptop and other work-related tools.

• In addition to a market-based salary, you can expect a 13th-month salary, an annual performance bonus of up to 10% of your annual salary, and 27 vacation days.

• You decide how you commute to the office! Santander offers various mobility schemes for you to choose from. For example, if you use public transport, we will cover the entire trip with an NS Business Card.

• We encourage development and growth and offer various training opportunities.

• A remote work allowance (€3.13) for the days you work from home.

We are

We are part of the Santander Group, one of the largest banking groups in the world. With branches in more than 40 countries, the Santander Group enjoys the trust of more than 65 million customers. The fast-growing division of Operational Leasing in Belgium, Santander Consumer Leasing is housed in Merelbeke. Within the Santander Group it is concentrating on the B2B operating leasing services.

What makes Santander different and unique?

We work with a variety of nationalities both internally and externally. Initiative is valued, as is humor. We encourage creativity and brainstorm new ideas together. We have an open company culture with an informal working atmosphere, and we regularly organize parties and other activities.

Are you interested?

Join the team! You will become part of a close-knit, enthusiastic, and dynamic team that supports each other. Our enthusiastic financial team is eager to welcome you!

Want to apply?

This is your chance to showcase your talent in a dynamic, international organization. Are you enthusiastic and the perfect candidate for this position? Then send your application to [email protected].

* Screening is part of the application process. We check, based on the screening procedures in place within Santander, whether new employees are sufficiently reliable to perform work at Santander.

* We have a strong risk culture and expect all our professionals, regardless of their position, to have a proactive and responsible attitude towards risk management.

Acquisition in response to this vacancy is not desired.