Drive financial excellence during a landmark SAP S/4HANA transformation.

Your role in the story

As a Sr. Accountant you are responsible as part of the Accounting & Compliance team for the accurate, complete and timely financial figures of more than 30 Dutch and international entities. Your main focus is to ensure the intercompany positions are accurate and complete and comply to all relevant requirements. In addition to that, ensuring bank transactions, general account maintenance and liaising with the tax department to ensure complete and accurate reporting. You are also responsible for maintenance of our entity accounting compliance framework.

You will be working within the Accounting & Compliance team and closely cooperating with the other Finance departments (External Reporting, FP&A, Business & Project Control), Legal and Taxation department. The Sr Accountant will be reporting to the Lead Accounting & Compliance. The Accounting & Compliance department is responsible for presenting actuals in companies that give a realistic and fair view.

During the course of 2026, we will be moving over from our current SAP ECC to SAP 4 HANA system. This brings about additional activities relating to data migration, setting up of new process documentation, building new reports, transitioning from the old to the new way of working, getting acquainted with the new way of working and identifying further improvements in the new system and processes.

What you will be working on

• Guide the junior accountant in bank transactions, intercompany invoicing(manual) and other daily accounting activities.
• Responsible for all incoming and outgoing intercompany invoicing and relating accounting and reconciliations at period-end.
• Intercompany accounts maintenance.
• General account maintenance.
• Reconcile and analyze various trial balance accounts.
• Perform various month-end and year-end closing procedures, ie preparations, reconciliations and accruals.
• Interact with external auditors to assist in the completion of audits.
• Control and assist administrators in charging (foreign) subsidiaries within the group. Monitor all inter-company agreements and ensure inter-company billings are completed timely and in compliance with agreements and local requirements.
• Review accurate and complete charging of International Payroll.
• Reconcile employee wages and benefits with the salary administration for the UK entity.
• Maintain tax GL’s in cooperation with the relevant tax specialists for multiple entities.
• General VAT account maintenance
• Provide ad hoc support, including:
  • Advising local administrators and employees.
  • Updating procedures.
  • Working on special projects as requested

Migration to new ERP system (SAP ECC to S4HANA)

• Expanding the use of the Sales and Distribution(SD) function in the new system
• Transition from manual invoicing to implementation of the new SD module in S4 HANA
• Maximise banking authorization opportunities within new S4HANA system
• Ongoing process improvement within S4HANA (banking and SD module)
• Update procedure documentation regarding new and changed processes.
• Assist with migration activities, such as data load checks.
• Ensure current processes are successfully transitioned to the new system
• Setup and perform daily and year-end activities in the new system.
• Ensure all SAP ECC activities are performed accurately and complete in the new ERP system.

Key ingredients for success

Our team is looking for a person who can independently solve issues as they arise and strives to provide high-quality financial reporting. This position requires someone with eagerness and business sense. You have the ability to quickly analyze information in order to advise and inform relevant stakeholders.Furthermore, you have:

• A minimum of a Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance or an equivalent field.
• A minimum of 8 years of work experience in Finance and Accounting.
• Strong analytical skills, a proactive mindset, accuracy, result orientation and the confidence to form and express a clear opinion.
• Experience with SAP 4 HANA software and Microsoft Office(ie excel).
• Excellent communication skills, with fluency in English, spoken and written, Dutch is an advantage.

What We Offer

• A challenging assignment within an international and technically innovative organization.
• Bring your expertise directly into a team of finance specialists.
• Enjoy plenty of room for initiative, ownership, and pragmatic problem-solving.
• This is a temporary assignment for a fixed period, with possible extension options depending on business needs.
• A modern and easily accessible workplace in Leiden.

Is this your dream job? Put in your application now!

You will hear from us by Tuesday morning, 18 August. If selected, you will be invited for a first interview on the morning of 19 August, followed by a second interview on 20 August between 13:00 and 15:00. We are looking for someone who can join us from 1 September and is available full-time (40 hours per week).

So hit the button, apply, and make the impossible possible with Heerema. We’d love to meet you!