SENIOR ACCOUNTANT / CONTROLLER – INTERNATIONAL COMPANY - AC747
Our client is a large international organisation operating in a complex, multi-entity environment. To strengthen its Luxembourg finance function, the company is looking to appoint a Senior Accountant / Senior Controller who will take ownership of the accuracy and completeness of the general ledger while ensuring compliance with IFRS, local requirements, internal policies, and SOX controls.
This position offers broad exposure across accounting, financial control, statutory reporting, and financial analysis. The successful candidate will work closely with several departments contributing to the accounting cycle and will play an important role in ensuring accurate and timely group reporting.
THE MANDATE:
Accounting & Financial Control
Financial Closing, Reporting & Analysis
Statutory & Regulatory Reporting
External Provider Oversight
THE PROFILE:
Greenfield is an independent, fully licensed, full-suite talent solutions firm in Luxembourg. We are a single trusted partner across every hiring need: Interim & Consultant Supply, Permanent & Executive Solutions.
Your trusted partner for talent and careers in Luxembourg.
Greenfield Luxembourg are an equal opportunities employer and welcome applicants from all sectors of the Community. Due to the nature of our client engagements, we are however unable to support applicants that are outside of our core market areas; and/or do not have an existing eligibility to work in Luxembourg or are not EEA/EU/Schengen Citizens. We are unable to provide work permit or visa sponsorship opportunities.
Our client is a large international organisation operating in a complex, multi-entity environment. To strengthen its Luxembourg finance function, the company is looking to appoint a Senior Accountant / Senior Controller who will take ownership of the accuracy and completeness of the general ledger while ensuring compliance with IFRS, local requirements, internal policies, and SOX controls.
This position offers broad exposure across accounting, financial control, statutory reporting, and financial analysis. The successful candidate will work closely with several departments contributing to the accounting cycle and will play an important role in ensuring accurate and timely group reporting.
THE MANDATE:
Accounting & Financial Control
- Take ownership of the completeness and accuracy of the general ledger for the entities under responsibility
- Review and record manual journal entries, ensuring that each posting is supported by appropriate documentation
- Perform and validate balance sheet reconciliations to maintain a high level of accuracy across financial records
- Identify and calculate accruals for goods and services received but not yet invoiced
- Oversee accounting entries originating from other departments, including fixed assets, revenue recognition, and income tax-related matters
- Ensure intercompany transactions and balances are correctly recorded, reconciled, and resolved within the appropriate timelines
- Maintain strong internal controls over financial reporting and ensure adherence to SOX requirements and internal finance procedures
Financial Closing, Reporting & Analysis
- Coordinate accounting activities around strict monthly, quarterly, and annual closing deadlines to support timely group consolidation
- Prepare and review monthly financial results, including detailed analysis of movements against budget and previous reporting periods
- Investigate significant variances and provide relevant financial analysis to support the understanding of group performance
- Ensure accounting treatments remain compliant with applicable IFRS requirements and internal transfer pricing policies
Statutory & Regulatory Reporting
- Prepare annual statutory financial statements for the entities under responsibility
- Coordinate tax filings and other local financial or regulatory reporting obligations
- Ensure all entity-level accounting and reporting requirements are completed accurately and within applicable deadlines
External Provider Oversight
- Monitor the work of external accounting providers where activities have been outsourced
- Review periodic reporting delivered by service providers and ensure transactions are correctly mapped to the company’s chart of accounts and cost centres
- Maintain consistency between IFRS consolidation records, local SAP ledgers, and accounting records maintained by external providers
- Identify discrepancies across accounting systems and coordinate their timely resolution
THE PROFILE:
- Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or another directly relevant discipline
- An advanced professional accounting qualification such as ACCA would be considered a strong advantage
- More than 5 years of relevant experience in accounting, controlling, or a comparable finance position
- Previous experience within an international or industrial environment would be particularly relevant
- Strong technical understanding of IFRS and financial accounting principles
- Previous exposure to a SOX-controlled environment would be highly valued
- Good understanding of general ledger processes and the various operational streams feeding into financial reporting
- Strong SAP knowledge and confidence working with accounting and reporting systems
- Excellent analytical capabilities combined with a high level of attention to detail
- Able to independently organise workload, prioritise effectively, and meet demanding financial closing deadlines
- Continuous improvement mindset with the ability to identify opportunities to strengthen processes and controls
- Strong communication skills and confidence interacting with stakeholders across an international organisation
- Comfortable taking ownership of complex accounting matters and resolving issues proactively
- Fluent in English, both written and spoken; additional languages would be considered an advantage
Greenfield is an independent, fully licensed, full-suite talent solutions firm in Luxembourg. We are a single trusted partner across every hiring need: Interim & Consultant Supply, Permanent & Executive Solutions.
Your trusted partner for talent and careers in Luxembourg.
Greenfield Luxembourg are an equal opportunities employer and welcome applicants from all sectors of the Community. Due to the nature of our client engagements, we are however unable to support applicants that are outside of our core market areas; and/or do not have an existing eligibility to work in Luxembourg or are not EEA/EU/Schengen Citizens. We are unable to provide work permit or visa sponsorship opportunities.
Greenfield is a specialist talent advisory firm supporting leadership teams across Luxembourg’s financial, professional services, and corporate ecosystem, addressing complex hiring challenges through judgement, execution, and long-term partnership.
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