Junior Accountant

We are looking for a Junior Accountant to join our team at Lesaffre. The successful candidate will support the Finance team for monthly reporting.

Core Safety Roles & Responsibilities

• Comply with local governmental HSE regulations, with Lesaffre fundamental principles and apply the safety Policy,
• Participate in entity safety activities and always show best examples (Rules application, PPE wearing, perform safety visits, accident analysis, safety committees…),
• Participate actively in the risk assessment of own’s job area
• Follow the safety action plan of own perimeter,
• Make safety rules in your perimeter, communicate it, make sure your team understands and applies them,
• Start all meetings (from 8 persons minimum) by a safety contact,
• Encourage safe acts and discourage each time you see unsafe acts,
• Report unsafe conditions / acts and near misses to the managers,
• Report within 12 hours all recordable accidents to the next level of management,
• Report each month all recordable accidents and first aids happened in your perimeter,
• Participate in the target-setting process for the safety KPIs,
• Be a part of recognition & sanction program.

HSE roles and responsibilities for Finance

• Make sure in the yearly budget, there is a dedicated area for safety,
• Ensure that safety issues are considered in all new investment projects,
• Report the realized and booked safety budgets,

Main responsibility

• Monthly reporting
  • Perform full aspect of finance operation in Account Payable & Receivable.
  • Perform treasury & banking functions.
  • Perform sales & purchase reconciling trade activities with inter-company affiliates.
  • Prepare monthly AP & AR reporting.
  • Handle of VAT report and submission, tax relevant reports.
  • Review sales & purchases process flow to ensure sales activities are properly carried out.
  • Support in monthly operations reviews & other management reports.
  • Support in annual audit exercise.
• Perform ad hoc projects for reporting enhancement and per management request.

• Degree in Accounting or Finance.
• 2 years of experiences.
• Preferable fluent in English to communicate with colleagues in APAC region.
• Advanced Excel is essential.
• Ability to learn new systems quickly.
• Well organized and hands-on approach.
• Ability to work independently and to work in cross-functional, fast paced environment.
• Ability to think critically and analytically.
• Proactive approach to problem solving and customer-oriented mindset.
• Positive working attitude, good team player, high sense of ownership and good interpersonal skills.
• Experience with Oracle HFM, SAP SD/FI-CO, SAP S/4 HANA modules will be added advantage.