Accountant

Accountant

At NSF, our mission is to protect and improve human health. We’re a global leader in standards development, testing, auditing, certification and training. We provide these services for a diverse set of industries including food, water, health sciences, sustainability and management systems. We’re passionate about the work we do, because together, we have a broad impact on our world.

Our nearly 3,000 employees provide services in over 170 countries through our many global offices, at our client sites, from home offices and in state-of-the-art laboratories. We’re growing fast, and that’s where you come in. Come join our team.

NSF is focusing on food safety and quality for clients in catering, retail, etc. for which they offer services ranging from auditing to product development, training and legal compliance on national as well as European Level.

In order to strengthen our Accounting and finance team, we are looking for an Accountant.

Basic Purpose: Prepare and book all financial records for 1 legal entities under the supervision of the Accounting manager.. Back-up of the AR representative.

Principal Accountabilities:

• Follow-up of general accounting and auxiliary accounting
• Responsible for general ledger month-end close tasks for 1 legal entities. Review general ledger activity, enter and update journals entries
• Performing balance sheet reconciliations and serve as back-up for AR representative
• Performing account reconciliation for tax, cash, prepaid accounts, payroll, fixed assets
• Be a key user for the ERP system
• Preparation of fiscal declarations (VAT, IS, CVAE, CFE, DEB, DAS2, TVTS etc…), accounting and payment
• Reconcile VAT accounts with final declaration
• Reconcile bank statements (Coda)
• Assisting the Acccounting manager for the year-end closing (statutory accounts – auditor requests – CIT documentation)
• Registration of supplier invoices, entry of fixed asset entries
• Management of customer and supplier accounts in relation to the concerned departments
• Control and accounting of expense reports (Concurr)
• Preparation of CA3 and DEB, DAS2, TVTS
• Other administrative duties when required

Qualifications

Required Qualifications:

• BAC +2/3 degree with at least 5 years experiences in Accounting (French GAAP)
• Good analytical skills
• Excel
• High level of accuracy and integrity
• Good knowledge of French and English

Preferred Qualifications:

• IT minded with knowledge in Oracle – Ipusle – Concurr
• Extensive knowledge of VAT

Physical Demand:

• This position required long hours in front of a computer.

Work Environment:

Lille (France) or Belgium

WHAT NSF OFFERS YOU

If you want to be part of a dynamic team and work in a pleasant atmosphere with a common goal: together focused on client satisfaction, then this opportunity is for you.

We do this in a challenging industry with regards to food, sustainable and quality food. We’re passionate about our job and together we have a broad, positive impact on our world.

At NSF you will continue to grow your expertise and share your knowledge with your colleagues, so send us your CV and motivation letter in English and you will have the opportunity to brainstorm on hot topics such as food safety, nutrition score, food legislation, etc…