Senior Financial Accountant
Mizuho Amsterdam
What is required?
- University degree in Accounting or Finance; CPA or CMA preferred
- Minimum of 7 years' experience in financial accounting and management accounting roles, preferably at a financial institution
- A solid understanding of the business and the relevant products
- Strong knowledge of Dutch GAAP and IFRS accounting standards
- Experience in managing financial operations
- Proficient in Microsoft Office applications, particularly Excel and PowerPoint, basic SQL knowledge
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to build relationships with key stakeholders
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
- Ability to work independently and in a team environment
- Excellent command of the English language, both verbally and in writing
- Good adaptability, active, pragmatic, enterprising and customer oriented
What will you get?
- €70K - €90K gross p/y (depending on knowledge and experience) including 13 th month and holiday allowance
- Annual bonus
- 37,5 hour working week (flexible working hours)
- Possibility to work flexibly and remotely
- 30 vacation days (based on fulltime employment)
- Option to buy or sell leave annually
- Technical and professional training possibilities
- 100% company paid defined contribution pension plan
- Unique opportunity of working in a dynamic international and multicultural environment and being part of one of the largest financial institutions of the world
What will you do?
- 20% Managing the general ledger, ensuring accuracy and completeness of all transactions
- 20% Periodical reconciliations of the general ledger
- 20% Leading the general ledger related projects and assistance in the other departmental projects
- 10% Developing and maintaining accounting policies and procedures to ensure compliance with regulatory requirements
- 10% Assisting in the financial and other audits for all offices
- 10% Performing accounting and accounting policy related enquiries
- 10% Providing ad hoc financial analysis and reporting as required by management
This vacancy has been created based on interviews with employees to help you get a realistic preview of the job.
Vacancy
As a Senior Financial Accountant at Mizuho, you are responsible for managing and maintaining the general ledger to ensure the accuracy and completeness of all transactions and balances. This will involve reviewing and reconciling accounts, analyzing and interpreting financial data, identifying and resolving discrepancies, and ensuring compliance with accounting standards and regulations.
In addition, you will lead general ledger-related projects, for example, setting up new products or account keys, as well as other departmental projects. You will collaborate with other teams across the organization to ensure that all financial reporting and analysis is accurate and timely. Furthermore, you will assist with financial and other audits for all locations, as well as provide ad hoc financial analysis and reporting as required by management.
You will be part of the Finance Department, which is split into two teams: Accounting and Reporting. You will be working in the Accounting team, which consists of about six colleagues. The team is responsible for all accounting and general ledger-related matters, the overall data quality of the financial administration, and the general ledger of the bank. In the role of Senior Financial Accountant, you will also work closely with other departments, such as Operations and IT, which are based in London.
If you enjoy conducting research, particularly with new and existing products, and find it challenging to find proper solutions in a sometimes fast-paced and demanding environment, then this is the right job for you.
Working week
On an enjoyable day, you might find yourself in a team meeting, collaborating with commercial and other departments to introduce new products. You can also be analyzing customer profits or delving into reconciliations, which makes your day very varied.
On a less enjoyable day, you are dealing with the more mundane administrative tasks such as opening account codes and performing regular checks.
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- Lunch break
- Reading and replying to emails
- Performing reconciliations and exception reporting
- Setting up and maintaining general ledger account
- Contact with colleague
- Performing reconciliations and exception reporting
- Administration
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- Lunch break
- Team meeting
- Contact with Operations department
- Setting up and maintaining financial reporting standards
- Reading and replying to emails
- Working on accounting project
- Contact with colleague
- Performing reconciliations and exception reporting
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- Lunch break
- Performing reconciliations and exception reporting
- Performing reconciliations and exception reporting
- Contact with IT department
- Answering ad hoc questions
- Researching customer profits
- Reading and replying to emails
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- Lunch break
- Administration
- Contact with Operations department
- Performing reconciliations and exception reporting
- Team meeting
- Reading and replying to emails
- Working on accounting project
- Setting up and maintaining general ledger account
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- Lunch break
- Performing reconciliations and exception reporting
- Setting up and maintaining financial reporting standards
- Researching customer profits
- Reading and replying to emails
- Answering ad hoc questions
Firsthand experience
Growth
The goal of Mizuho Bank Europe is that employees have the right skills, knowledge and attitude to drive results they need to achieve. Their key principle is that trainings should be accessible to anyone and contribute to their strategic business goals. Because of that, employees are allowed to follow a study or training in a relevant field. Additionally, Mizuho promotes internal and international vacancy's so employees can move from one department to another.
Working at Mizuho
Mizuho Bank Europe N.V. (MBE) is a fully-licensed bank incorporated in the Netherlands and supervised by De Nederlandsche Bank (DNB) and the Autoriteit Financiële Markten (AFM). With over 45 years of experience providing financial services to Japanese and non-Japanese customers in the region, Mizuho has developed a solid client base and expertise throughout the European single market - with a focus on the markets in the Benelux, Iberia, and Central & Eastern Europe - using their EU Banking Passport.
- Based in Amsterdam (Zuidas)
- 124 employees in the Netherlands
- Over 65.000 employees worldwide
- 45% / 55%
- Average age 33 years
- Possibility to work flexible and remote
- Business casual
