Chief Accountant

As a Chief Accountant you will be leading the Accounting department within the Poland Branch of Euroclear Bank. Your main goal will be to launch and manage Accounting/Financial processes on the high standard within global structure. It’s a demanding job, but it provides enormous personal satisfaction for having such a key impact on our business.

Your part of the deal

Key tasks you will be responsible for include:

• Managing the different local functional finance domains :

• Being in charge of the local statutory reporting

• Validating and filing the corporate tax and VAT returns

• Being an active player in our relationship with the auditors

• Participate actively to the periodical forecasting and budgeting exercises

• Installing the necessary controls covering the actuals, the budget and the forecast and evidencing their proper execution

• Being able to play the role of relay and of the informed challenger towards the business

• Ensuring that all activities and the deployment of resources are consistent with the mission

• Validating the monthly actuals of the Branch which are produced by the shared service center in Brussels

• Ensuring regulatory reporting and the local (Finance) obligations towards the regulator (production and filing)

• Guarantee compliance with Group Finance policies and procedures

• Providing management reporting on the branch performance:

• Report to the local CEO

• Providing ad-hoc reports

• Leading continuous improvement of Accounting processes:

  • Identify areas for improvement in collaboration with business team leaders and support them in understanding the root causes of issues

• Building and leading the Accounting department of our polish branch (+/-3 FTE)

Your Profile

• You are a certified accountant or can demonstrate a similar competency by your previous experience(s) in an accounting department

• You have experience in working with local regulators and with external
  auditors

• You have an in-depth knowledge of the Polish tax regulations

• You have a good understanding of IFRS without necessarily being an expert

• You possess experience in managing a local branch of a broader group

• You have a deep understanding of shared service process areas (Accounts Payables / Travel & Entertainment / Contract Management / Accounts Receivables / Credit Control)

• You are familiar with an Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) system: ideally Oracle ERP

• You have a track record of managing change

• Ideally you have experience in establishing new operations with the ability to attract, retain and motivate people

• You are a strong team player

• You are ready to travel to Brussels for short stays every two months

• You are fluent in written and spoken English - the internal language of Euroclear is English

Our part of the deal is to offer you:

• Possibility to work within a prestigious, global company

• Unique opportunity to build a finance support role in Krakow

• Opportunity to leverage your expertise within an international environment

• Attractive remuneration package including annual bonus and a wide range of benefits

• People and values oriented organizational culture