GL Accountant

We are hiring! For an international global player in the logistics sector (Puurs / Antwerp region), we are currently looking for a driven GL Accountant. Are you ready to perform at Champions League level in a dynamic environment where ownership and change are key?

• Location: Puurs / Antwerp region
• Company Culture: The bar is set high, but in return, you get a huge amount of freedom and autonomy.
• Team: You will join the Regional Shared Service Center (RSSC) for Benelux, a team of 30 accountants. The RSSC serves as an internal pilot within the international group: all accounting and controlling activities are centralized and optimized here.

Interested? Discover the job details below:

Key responsibilities

• End-to-End closing: Taking full responsibility for the timely and accurate month-end, quarter-end, and year-end closings from A to Z for your assigned international entities.
• Financial integrity: Ensuring financial reliability by performing complex balance sheet analyses and in-depth reconciliations.
• Reporting: Delivering accurate internal and external financial reports on time, in compliance with both local regulations (BE GAAP) and IFRS.
• Audit & compliance: Serving as the central operational point of contact for both internal and external auditors, and proactively safeguarding internal compliance controls.
• Process optimization: Actively contributing to the continuous improvement and streamlining of accounting processes within the Regional SSC, and proactively sharing knowledge within the team.
• Business partnering: Maintaining close internal contacts with the controlling team, which provides support during the closing process and performs deep-dive analyses.

Qualifications

• Education: Minimum of a Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Finance, Economics, or a related field.
• Experience: Dynamic accountant with strong experience in General Ledger (GL) accounting, preferably gained in a complex, changing, or international corporate environment.
• Knowledge & systems:
• In-depth and proven knowledge of BE GAAP and IFRS.
• Excellent systems knowledge: experience with SAP S/4HANA and Excel is an absolute must. Knowledge of Power BI is a strong asset.
• Languages: Professional proficiency in English (written and spoken).
• Essentials:
• Autonomous, proactive, able to structure your own work, and only satisfied when the result is delivered.
• Resilient, thriving in a dynamic, transforming environment where structures and processes evolve rapidly.
• Strong, direct, and open communicator regarding what goes well, but also brave enough to discuss mistakes to learn together.