Consolidation Manager

Please find below details about the role:

Job Title: Consolidation Manager - Senior

Contract Duration: 3 months (May to July)

Pay rate: As per experience

Location: Antwerp, Belgium

Department description and responsibilities:

The Consolidation Manager applies his expertise in accounting, consolidation techniques and IFRS to autonomously manage a set of consolidation tasks required for the Group monthly financial reporting, ad-hoc IFRS analysis as well as for the externally published financial statements.

Primary Tasks and responsibilities:

• Take an active role in the consolidation process (equity reconciliation, consolidation elimination entries, consolidation accounting entries, intercompany reconciliation ) together with the other member of the team.
• Perform the needed controls on the consolidation packages entering the system at each 'Published' closing.
• Provide assistance to remote sites whenever needed.
• Act as a coordinator with the tax department, reflect with them on an optimal tax reporting in compliance with new tax legislation.
• Provide ad hoc financial analysis according to management requests.
• Act in the digitalization/automation roadmap by being a key element in the deployment of new consolidation tools.
• Ensuring the accounting, consolidation and financial reporting is in accordance with IFRS.
• Assist in IFRS analysis and business partnering for contemplated transactions to assess their potential impact of Group accounts
• Ensure SAP accounts structure of the group companies are in line with the Group chart of accounts.

Secondary Tasks and responsibilities:

• In case of acquisitions-
• Assist the senior consolidation manager in computing the opening balance sheet based on retrieved local info and IFRS rules.
• Ensure the inclusion of the new subsidiaries into the consolidation system.
• Ensure integration of the new entities into the intercompany scope.
• Provide training to new people.

Technical profile requirements:

• +5 Years financial experience in consolidation, accounting or external audit with IFRS experience.
• Good technical background in accounting, IFRS, consolidation and tax.
• Able to work in a highly IS system driven environment: Office tools (mainly Excel), SharePoint, Consolidation and Reporting tools (IBM Cognos Controller), disclosure management solution (IBM CDM). knowledge of ERP systems such as SAP is an add-on.

Non-Technical profile requirements:

• Operate in a team, strong team spirit.
• Plan, prioritize and manage several tasks effectively.
• Positive mindset.
• Take his responsibilities within the scope of the job, reliable for consolidation deadlines.
• Be stress resistant, accurate under time pressure and pro-active.
• Good communication skills (multi-department, cross business units and legal entities, external auditors) including communication of technical or financial information to a non-technical audience in a concise way.
• Have an innovate mindset and open to changes and to improvements.

Methodology/Certification requirements:

• Master's degree in Economics or finance or equivalent by experience.

Language proficiencies:

• Fluent speaking and writing English (any other language is a plus).