Senior Associate - Technical Accounting and External Audit
Senior Associate - Technical Accounting and External Audit
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The overall objective of this position is to assist the Technical Accounting & External Audits Senior Manager in driving the companys accounting and external audit compliance. In this role you will ensure that our external audits are managed in line with Group guidelines in terms of procedures scope timing budget and deliverables as well as assisting in enhancing the Groups accounting (IFRS) and internal controls framework.
In particular you will:
- Ensure that our external audit firm appointments including terms & conditions and fees are in line with Group guidelines and standards.
- Ensure that all statutory audits are completed ontime and in line with Group guidelines.
- Provide oversight to the external audit fee approval process in our Global procurement system (Coupa).
- Monitor local statutory audit completion rates and work with local finance teams to mitigate potential audit issues and deficiencies.
- Engage in discussions on complex technical accounting and internal control topics.
- Participate in and facilitate the Group external financial and nonfinancial (ESG/CSRD) reporting process.
- Participate in Groupwide accounting and internal controls projects.
- Assist the responsible senior manager and/or senior finance director with frequent updates to the broader Finance organisation and Audit Committee on external audits and technical accounting topics.
- Participate in any mitigation process relating to internal and external audit findings.
- Participate in regular updates of the Group Accounting Manual.
- Participate in improving and developing Group accounting related training materials.
Qualifications :
- Masters degree in Business Administration Finance Accounting or Auditing.
- 23 years of relevant professional finance experience preferably in auditing and accounting (senior accountant / senior auditor in an audit practice) of multinational and/or listed company(ies).
- Strong knowledge of IFRS ISAs GAAS.
- Solid project & change manager with a natural drive to challenge the status quo and the ability to initiate & lead change that generates sustainable results.
- Team player with good interpersonal and communication skills.
- Selfstarter who takes initiative can work independently and takes on necessary responsibility.
- High level of pragmatism and a rollupyoursleeves attitude.
- Acts in a way that fosters inclusion respect and ethical behaviour.
- Comfortable working in a dynamic fastgrowing environment and a decentralised multinational organisation.
Additional Information :
We support your development! Do you feel you dont match 100% of the requirements Dont hesitate to apply anyway! Eurofins companies are committed to supporting your career development.
Weembracediversity!The Eurofins network of companies believes in strength and innovation through diversity being anEqual Opportunity Employer. We prohibit discrimination against employees or applications based on gender identity and/or expression race nationality age religion sexual orientation disability and everything else that makes employees of Eurofins companies unique.
Sustainability matters to us!We are well on our way to achieving our objective of carbon neutrality by 2025 through a combination of emission reduction and compensation initiatives. We encourage our laboratory leaders to make sustainable changes at their local level and in addition to their initiatives we count on our dedicated carbon reduction team to help us to achieve this goal!
Find out more in our career page:https://careers.eurofins.com/
Company description:Eurofins Scientific is an international life sciences company providing a unique range of analytical testing services to clients across multiple industries to make life and our environment safer healthier and more sustainable. From the food you eat to the water you drink to the medicines you rely on Eurofins laboratories work with the biggest companies in the world to ensure the products they supply are safe their ingredients are authentic and labelling is accurate.
The Eurofins network of companies believes that it is a global leader in food environment pharmaceutical and cosmetic product testing and in discovery pharmacology forensics advanced material sciences and agroscience contract research services. It is also one of the market leaders in certain testing and laboratory services for genomics and in the support of clinical studies as well as in biopharma contract development and manufacturing. It also has a rapidly developing presence in highly specialised and molecular clinical diagnostic testing and invitro diagnostic products.
In over 35 years Eurofins has grown from one laboratory in Nantes France to ca. 62000 staff across a decentralised and entrepreneurial network of more than 900 laboratories in 62 countries. Eurofins companies offer a portfolio of over 200000 analytical methods to evaluate the safety identity composition authenticity origin traceability and purity of biological substances and products.
In 2023 Eurofins generated total revenues of EUR 6515 million and has been among the best performing stocks in Europe over the past 20 years.
Remote Work :
No
Employment Type :
Fulltime
Employment Type
Full-time
