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Senior Accountant - Hybrid - NL/BE/DE/LU/FR

Valsoft Corp · France · back to the listing

HR standards

55/100

needs work

Title ↔ description

89/100

strong

Reads as

Accountant

100% confident

What this role officially is

accountant — ESCO, the EU occupation classification

Accountants review and analyse financial statements, budgets, financial reports, and business plans in order to check for irregularities resulting from error or fraud, and provide their clients with financial advice in matters such as financial forecasting and risk analysis. They may audit financial data, resolve insolvency cases, prepare tax returns and provide other tax-related advice in reference to current legislation.

Also known as: accounting technician, production accountant, accounting supervisor, financial accountant, head financial accountant, certified public accountant

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What the listing never says

  • 24 bullet points. Long requirement lists deter qualified candidates, who read them as hard gates. Scope clarity
  • No section describes what the person would actually do. Scope clarity
  • No pay range published. Candidates cannot tell whether applying is worth their time. Pay transparency

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Nothing in the wording of this listing tripped a check. The scores above still judge how complete and coherent it is.

Helios Software Group is looking for an eager and self-motivated Senior Accountant to join our growing team.

As the Senior Accountant, you will work alongside the Senior Director of Finance and the Head of Finance.

This hybrid role includes occasional travel to our other group offices for period closings, statutory audits and team collaboration.

What your day will look like:

• Perform financial period close tasks and complex journal entries/accounting analysis,
• Perform Balance Sheet analysis and reviews, including reconciliations of accounts,
• Follow up with Vendors/Suppliers regarding missing invoices, full accountability on the cost accruals for the P&L review,
• Process payments, bank transfers, and ensure that approvals are adequate,
• Reconcile inter-company transactions,
• Prepare and process payroll tax returns, VAT returns & intra-community (ICP) declarations for local entities,
• Ensure that key controls and procedures are respected and implemented where needed,
• Preparing financial KPIs and reviewing for accuracy,
• Lead annual statutory audits completion, yearly closing of financial statements and tax filings, and ad-hoc compliance requirements,
• Prepare ad-hoc performance analysis and management reporting,
• Perform monthly variance analysis of actual vs. plan (budget/forecast),
• Support Head of Finance in oversight of AP/AR analysts, including review of their work, coaching and onboarding. Supervise & assist the team and make sure the whole team delivers in a timely manner,
• Participate in special projects.

About You:

• Minimum of 5 years of experience.
• Multi-currency and multi-divisional experience are key requirements.
• A professional qualification in bookkeeping and/or accounting is an asset.
• Demonstrable expertise in accrual accounting theory and practice.
• Proficient in MS Office, specifically Excel.
• Netsuite experience is a plus.
• A detail-oriented self-starter who thrives on the process and solving problems.
• A genuinely curious mindset, capable of quickly learning new systems, and the desire to grow and develop over time.
• A team player who loves a challenge and wants to eventually ‘own’ their area of the business.
• Fluency in English is required; Dutch, German or French is a plus.
• You're currently living in and authorized to work in the Netherlands, Belgium, Germany, Luxembourg or France (no visa sponsorship available).

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How this was produced

Highlights are found by rule, not by a model: each one is a phrase matched at a known position, and every note is a template we wrote. The two scores come from a typed-decision model (Jev) that reads the listing against the official role definition and real listings for the same role, and returns probabilities rather than prose — it never writes any of the words on this page, and never chooses what to highlight.

Deterministic penalty applied to the HR score: 16 points (from 71 before penalties). Reviewed 21 Sep 2026.