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Accounting Expert M/F
Luxemburg

DESCRIPTION

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LET'S TALK ABOUT THE JOB!
You report to the Accounting Manager and will service Shurgard's operations business in your market(s) with accounting and other administrative services. You will be responsible for maintaining accounting principles, practices and procedures to ensure accurate and timely financial statements. These accounting activities include mainly cash & receivable related activities, but also some more general duties such as general ledger preparation, financial reporting, year-end audit preparation and the support of budget and forecast activities.

You will have contact with local management (Market Managers, District Managers, Human Resources etc.) and third parties involved in the cash & receivable process of the company. You will assist the Accounting Manager to coach the team of Account Receivable Accountants and to ensure that work is properly allocated and completed in a timely and accurate manner.

LET'S TALK ABOUT YOUR RESPONSIBILITIES!

About your Accounting and Finance responsibilities

  • You manage all aspects of accounting and financial reporting of the subsidiaries in your market in accordance with IFRS and local GAAP in order to meet local statutory and group reporting requirements.
  • You collaborate closely with the Job Cost Accountant in order to manage the capitalisation process and depreciation and amortisation expenses.
  • You support the execution of mergers, acquisitions and the integration as necessary.
  • You ensure delivery of management reporting.
  • You ensure the preparations of annual (local statutory) accounts.
  • You ensure the preparations of budgets.
  • You ensure that all tax declarations and tax compliance activities are met in close collaboration with the Tax department.
  • You ensure banking and treasury activities.
  • You ensure payroll accounting of your market and reconciliations.
About your process and systems responsibilities
  • You implement procedures and systems necessary to maintain proper records and to afford adequate accounting controls and procedures for all business cycles in accordance with Shurgard's standards.
  • You implement the roll out of various control systems in your market(s).
  • You contribute to European projects: systems, integration of new entities, IFRS migration, maintenance of policies and procedures.
  • You support the Accounting Manager with special projects and workflow process improvements.
  • You ensure the application of and compliance with control processes.
About your people responsibilities:
  • You assist in managing the local AR Accounting team to deliver timely and accurate accounting and financial reporting services.
  • You collaborate with the other finance department managers to support overall department goals and objectives.
  • You advise team members regarding the handling of non-routine reporting transactions.
  • You provide training to new and existing staff as needed.
PROFILE

LET'S TALK ABOUT YOUR SKILLS!
  • You act as a change agent, “selling” and implementing change effectively.
  • You recognize commercial opportunities in own work as they arise.
  • You proactively look for ways to increase customer satisfaction and ensure a customer-oriented attitude in the team.
  • You drive team action to achieve business results.
  • You effectively influence others and gain collaboration by persuasive two-way communications.
  • You prioritize own and team's work, are decisive and take initiative beyond call of duty.
  • You promote co-operation within own team and between teams, and act as an example of effective teamwork.
LET'S TALK ABOUT YOUR PROFILE!
  • You have a bachelor's degree in Accounting.
  • You have at least five years of experience in Accounting.
  • A first management experience is a plus.
  • Experience in the Services or Retail sector is required.
  • Experience with IFRS and local GAAP is required.
  • Experience in CRM/ERP migration projects (with focus on UAT, acting as key user/trainer).
  • You are fluent in English and French. Good German language skills are considered a strong asset. Any other market's language is considered a plus.
  • You have a working knowledge of Microsoft applications and an advanced level in Excel.
And colleagues? Well, they are very important to you too. You like sharing and collaborating. You want to contribute to a fun and constructive work climate. And needless to say you love to learn and to develop your knowledge and skills.

WE OFFER

Shurgard offers you the opportunity to join the market leader in self-storage, and a dynamic team environment. In addition, we offer a competitive salary and generous extra-legal benefits.

CONTRACT TYPE

Fixed Term

01 Januar
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