Senior International Accountant, EMEA
Accounting & Finance · Full-time
Ghent, Belgium
The Role:
We are seeking an experienced Senior International Accountant to join our Global Controllership organization and oversee accounting and financial reporting activities across our international entities, with a primary focus on EMEA and a significant concentration in Belgium. This full-time role is preferably based in Belgium and reports to the Global Accounting Director.
In this role, you will help ensure the accuracy, completeness, and timeliness of financial close and statutory reporting processes across the international organization. You will work closely with local finance teams, third-party accounting providers, external auditors, tax advisors, and Corporate Accounting to meet local accounting requirements while maintaining alignment with Apryse's global accounting policies and US GAAP reporting requirements.
Apryse operates more than 20 international subsidiaries across multiple jurisdictions. You will play an important role in building and maintaining a scalable global controllership organization, with significant responsibility for coordinating accounting activities across multiple countries, currencies, and statutory environments.
The ideal candidate will bring strong technical accounting and statutory reporting experience, preferably gained through a combination of public accounting and industry roles. You should be comfortable managing multiple entities and external service providers, identifying and resolving accounting issues, improving processes, and leading and developing junior accounting professionals.
Responsibilities:
- Own and oversee the monthly, quarterly, and annual accounting close processes for assigned international entities, with primary responsibility for Belgium, Germany, Austria, Serbia, and the UK.
- Coordinate accounting activities across multiple countries, currencies, and time zones.
- Manage close calendars and ensure financial results are complete, accurate, and delivered according to corporate deadlines.
- Review accounting activity prepared by third-party accounting providers and ensure transactions are appropriately recorded.
- Partner with external accountants to resolve accounting issues and complete month-end close activities on time.
- Review balance sheet reconciliations, journal entries, accruals, intercompany transactions, fixed assets, prepayments, and other key accounting activities.
- Ensure local accounting records are maintained in accordance with applicable local GAAP requirements and company accounting policies.
- Coordinate the flow of financial information between local entities, third-party providers, and the Corporate Accounting team.
- Investigate accounting discrepancies and significant variances and drive timely resolution.
- Support foreign currency accounting, including foreign currency remeasurement and translation activities.
- Lead or oversee the preparation of statutory financial statements for assigned international entities.
- Coordinate with third-party accountants and external auditors throughout the year-end statutory reporting process.
- Review statutory financial statements, supporting schedules, disclosures, and other local reporting requirements.
- Ensure statutory filings and reporting obligations are completed accurately and within required deadlines.
- Coordinate audit requests and serve as a key accounting contact for external auditors.
- Monitor changes in local accounting and statutory reporting requirements across Europe, partnering with local advisors to assess and implement updates to accounting policies, disclosures, and other technical accounting matters.
- Support the conversion and reconciliation of local GAAP financial information to US GAAP, where applicable.
- Prepare or review reporting packages submitted to the Corporate Accounting team.
- Ensure international financial results are appropriately reflected in the company's consolidated financial statements.
- Assist with technical accounting analysis and the implementation of corporate accounting policies across international entities.
- Support quarterly and annual corporate reporting requirements.
- Assist with consolidation activities, including intercompany eliminations and foreign currency translation.
- Identify differences between local statutory accounting and US GAAP and ensure appropriate adjustments are recorded.
- Serve as a primary accounting contact for third-party accounting firms supporting international entities and manage provider relationships across Europe.
- Establish clear expectations, timelines, and deliverables for external accounting providers.
- Review third-party providers' work for accuracy, completeness, and compliance with company policies.
- Hold service providers accountable for close timelines, quality standards, and statutory reporting deadlines.
- Identify opportunities to improve the quality, efficiency, and consistency of outsourced accounting processes, and develop standardized procedures and controls for working with third-party providers.
- Evaluate outsourced accounting arrangements and recommend process improvements or changes in service delivery.
- Lead and develop a team of accounting professionals supporting international operations.
- Provide coaching, mentoring, and technical guidance to junior and developing accounting team members.
- Review work performed by junior team members and provide constructive feedback.
- Establish clear goals, responsibilities, and performance expectations for team members.
- Develop the team's technical accounting capabilities and create opportunities for junior team members to gain exposure to statutory accounting, US GAAP, financial reporting, and international accounting.
- Promote a culture of accountability, continuous improvement, collaboration, and operational excellence.
- Serve as a technical resource and escalation point for international accounting matters.
- Identify opportunities to streamline and automate international accounting and close processes.
- Develop and document accounting policies, procedures, and process documentation.
- Strengthen internal controls over international accounting and financial reporting.
- Assist with the development of a consistent global accounting framework across more than 20 subsidiaries.
- Standardize close procedures, account reconciliations, reporting packages, and supporting documentation across international entities.
- Help implement scalable accounting processes as the company continues to expand internationally.
- Participate in finance transformation and systems initiatives affecting international entities.
- Identify opportunities to use technology and automation to improve the efficiency and accuracy of the global close process.
- Partner with Tax, Treasury, FP&A, Payroll, Legal, Procurement, HR, and Corporate Accounting on international accounting matters.
- Support tax compliance and transfer-pricing processes by providing accurate financial information and supporting schedules.
- Partner with Treasury on international cash management, bank reconciliations, and foreign currency matters.
- Support intercompany accounting and reconciliation processes.
- Assist with new entity formation, acquisitions, entity rationalization, and other international expansion initiatives.
- Support internal and external audit activities.
International Accounting & Month-End Close
Statutory Financial Reporting
US GAAP & Corporate Reporting
Third-Party Accounting Provider Management
Team Leadership & Development
Process Improvement & Internal Controls
Cross-Functional Partnership
Requirements:
- Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related field.
- 5+ years of progressive accounting experience, including significant international accounting experience.
- Public accounting experience, preferably with a Big Four or large regional accounting firm.
- Strong experience with statutory financial statement preparation and reporting.
- Experience managing accounting and financial reporting for entities in Belgium, Germany, Austria, the UK, and Serbia.
- Experience working with third-party accounting firms or outsourced accounting providers.
- Strong understanding of local GAAP requirements and their interaction with US GAAP.
- Experience managing month-end, quarter-end, and year-end close processes.
- Experience working directly with external auditors.
- Prior experience leading, mentoring, or managing accounting professionals.
- Strong understanding of intercompany accounting and foreign currency accounting.
- Strong analytical, organizational, and problem-solving skills.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
- Ability to manage multiple entities, jurisdictions, deadlines, and stakeholders in a fast-paced global environment.
- Strong attention to detail and a high degree of ownership and accountability.
- Fluency in English.
Nice to Have:
- CPA, ACCA, ACA, or an equivalent professional accounting qualification.
- Big Four public accounting experience.
- Experience in a global technology, software, SaaS, or high-growth company.
- Experience supporting organizations with more than 20 international subsidiaries.
- Experience managing accounting activities across EMEA.
- Experience with NetSuite or another cloud-based ERP system.
- Experience with financial reporting and consolidation systems.
- Experience with accounting automation and finance transformation initiatives.
- Experience with international entity management and statutory compliance.
- Familiarity with transfer pricing and international tax processes.
- Experience implementing or improving outsourced accounting models.
- Proficiency in Dutch is strongly preferred.
Benefits:
- Competitive salary commensurate with experience & qualifications.
- A comprehensive extended benefits package.
- A great team environment and resources, supporting you to do the best work of your life and providing unlimited career growth potential.
- Highly autonomous and entrepreneurial environment.
- On going support for learning development so you can continue to master your craft.
- Work with the hardware you're most comfortable with (Windows or Mac)
- Diverse and inclusive workplace where we all learn from each other.
- Excellent work-life balance with a flexible remote work environment.
As the industry-leading provider of document software development (SDK) technology powering everything from traditional desktop software to innovative web and mobile applications, at Apryse we are committed to delivering cutting-edge technology solutions that empower our clients to achieve their goals. With a broad international portfolio of combined companies, products, and leading technologies, we are actively changing the way the world works with documents to make work better and life simpler.
Customers like IBM, Autodesk, DocuSign, Boeing, Microsoft (and many more!) come to us to realize their web and mobile strategies for document management, editing, and collaboration as the #1-ranked commercial document SDK of choice for companies worldwide. As a result, you can find our document technology in thousands of solutions, including those of household names, used by millions across virtually every industry. Our XODO app alone has 25M unique installs -- and counting -- and the highest ratings among PDF productivity apps on the largest online app marketplaces.
Ready to join our team?
If you are interested in helping Apryse deliver on its commitments and taking your career to the next level, we invite you to apply online now. Additionally, we view the above section as a guide, not a checklist. We welcome diverse and non-traditional backgrounds and encourage you to apply even if you do not have every requirement listed.
We are committed to a work environment that is inclusive to all and free of discrimination. It is our policy to be an equal opportunity employer without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, genetic predisposition or carrier status, veteran status, citizenship status or any other factors prohibited by law. Apryse will provide reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals.