Accounting & Reporting Expert

Description/Role: You will join the Technical Accounting & Quality Assurance team, acting as a key expert ensuring that all accounting practices comply with IFRS and US GAAP standards. You operate as a central advisory function across finance, bridging business, accounting, and reporting, while ensuring high-quality financial reporting in a complex international environment.

Responsibilities:

• Analyze and assess complex transactions and determine their accounting treatment (IFRS & US GAAP)
• Draft technical accounting position papers documenting analysis and conclusions
• Support and guide the business before and during transactions (M&A, disposals, refinancing)
• Ensure correct implementation of new accounting standards (IFRS / US GAAP)
• Perform quality reviews on financial reporting (balance sheet, P&L, cash flow)
• Contribute to quarterly IFRS reporting and annual consolidated financial statements
• Support refinancing activities and financial disclosures
• Execute impairment testing and valuation exercises for participations
• Provide guidance on practical accounting implementation within system constraints
• Liaise closely with consolidation and reporting teams
• Collaborate with international stakeholders (including teams in other regions)
• Ensure consistency and quality across accounting processes and outputs

Requirements & Qualifications:

• Master's degree in Economics or equivalent
• Minimum 10 years of relevant experience (Big4 and/or multinational environment preferred)
• Strong experience in technical accounting roles
• Proven ability to work independently in a highly complex and fast-moving environment
• Experience with M&A, disposals, or financing transactions is a strong asset
• Comfortable working under tight deadlines and high workload pressure

Must have skills:

• Strong knowledge of IFRS and US GAAP (IFRS dominant acceptable if strong)
• Understanding of consolidation and financial reporting processes
• Ability to translate complex theory into practical accounting solutions
• Excellent analytical and critical thinking skills
• Strong written communication skills (mandatory for position papers)
• Ability to operate end-to-end across business, accounting, and reporting
• High level of autonomy (self-starter)
• Advanced Excel and Word skills

Nice to have skills:

• Background in Big4 audit or advisory
• Experience in a regulated or large-scale industry sector
• Exposure to international group structures with multiple entities
• Experience with IPO / carve-out / spin-off environments
• Knowledge of local GAAP (Belgian GAAP a plus)
• Experience in valuation and impairment modelling