Book keeper - Amersfoort, Nederland - Kao Netherlands B.V. - Kao Corporation

Beschrijving

Founded in Japan in 1887, Kao is passionate about making a difference in people's lives with our high-quality products and services to create a Kirei Life for all – a beautiful life that respects the needs of our consumers and customers as well as the planet.

We never compromise on quality and craft our products with care for the consumer and the environment.

Our corporate philosophy, the Kao Way, guides us in everything we do – acting with integrity, courageously driving innovation, and treating each other with trust and respect.

Kao's EMEA Financial Shared Service Centre (FSSC) was established in 2017 and is based in Amersfoort. The FSSC takes care of the bookkeeping and accounting of 18 Kao entities across EMEA.

As GL Accountant, you will be part of the General Ledger Department Workflow Management Team.

In this position, you will be responsible to execute centralized Month End Closing Activities and process centralized Journal Entries and Processes which support EMEA's Financial Accounting objectives.

You will work closely with our Controllers, Financial Planning and Analysis Team, and interact with the General Ledger Department's other teams (Internal Reporting and External Reporting), as well as with AP, AR, and MDM departments.

To further develop your skills, job rotation within the GL teams will be supported.

Primary responsibility for the centralized processing of monthly payroll accounting entries, payroll accruals, payroll reclasses
Ensures that all GL accounts are reconciled in a timely manner
Support the other members in your team with Intercompany Accounting activities
Review intercompany accounts, involving communication with other business locations worldwide
Support Fixed Assets accounting - updating fixed assets master data, new assets creation, disposals, depreciation, reconciliation of fixed assets to the general ledger, etc
Support the Internal Reporting team with quarterly reporting for group consolidation
Enhance existing processes and help your manager to develop continuous improvement initiatives to ensure the most efficient completion of duties
Fluent English skills (also preferably one other EU language)
~ HBO degree (high professional education), or work experience at this level
~ERP system experience (preferably SAP)
~ Advanced Excel skills
~ You easily visualize and think in processes, understand how your activities and actions influence other processes, and other (finance) departments
~ We never compromise on quality and craft our products with care for the consumer and the environment. This is why we welcome applications from all areas of the global community.