Summary
Location
Amsterdam
Type
full-time
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About this role
About Flora Food Group
We offer consumers a compelling choice in four growing categories: butters and spreads, creams, liquids and cheeses. We hold leadership positions in many of the 100 countries we operate in, with iconic brands including Flora, Becel+ProActiv, Blue Band, Country Crock, I Can’t Believe It’s Not Butter, Rama, and Violife, together with our local brands and Professional business.
Global branded food champion Flora Food Group, offers the next generation of delicious, natural, nutritious food. Our products are more affordable and more sustainable than their dairy equivalents.
Are you looking for a highly visible role as part of a best-in-class team of professionals, with global responsibilities in a dynamic, open environment full of opportunities? We are looking for an outstanding professional with a Big 4 background. Are you an A player with great communication and technical accounting skills and you want to develop yourself further at Flora Food Group?
Flora Food Group is a new company with a fresh team and a long heritage. At Flora you’ll find a strong ownership culture, where you will get a lot of freedom and responsibility to lead on Technical Accounting topics.
As Global Technical Accounting Manager within Flora Food Group, you are an active member of the Group Controlling team and you will report into the Senior Manager Technical Accounting & Control. You will be an important speaking partner to senior leaders in the company as well as advisors and auditors.
About the position
- You lead on complex Accounting and Reporting topics. Think of revenue recognition, impairment testing, financial instruments, equity investments, business combinations, complex presentation and disclosure requirements pertaining to the consolidated quarterly and annual financial statements.
- You have a strong knowledge of IFRS and financial control frameworks, and you can translate the global requirements into practice for the Flora financial operations. You are responsible for drafting position papers outlining the IFRS treatment of complex accounting topics within your scope.
- You are the owner of the global accounting (IFRS) policies and you will advise and support throughout the Group on implementation.
- You are able to play a leading role in the implementation into our finance processes of new requirements.
- You are a key contact for the external auditors and are responsible for overseeing the testing of your topics.
- Communication is key in this role. You support all international finance teams, so you need to have the ability to educate and train your colleagues by making complex matters understandable and get to the core. The role requires cross-functional working relationships with (senior) management, hence you will be expected to build high-performing working relationships.
So, what does it take to be successful in this role?
- For this role, we are looking for a top performer with an outstanding educational and work background: “you know what good looks like”. We would love to hear about your track record and best practices, which you can further develop within Flora.
- You have a Big 4 background (audit, accounting advisory and/or technical office is a plus) and strong knowledge of IFRS. You are a registered accountant or equivalent (e.g., RA, CPA, etc.) and having FMCG experience is a big plus.
- You are a team player with high energy and drive with the ability to lead a constructive discussion on technical accounting options and related implementation.
- You bring high energy and excellent communication skills. Last but not least, you are proactive, personable, and you can prioritize multiple tasks with competing priorities in a fast-paced environment.
At Flora you will be an important enabler of growth, efficiency and compliance of our global plant-based business. As we are private equity owned, you are also looking ahead to get the company ready for a possible future change in ownership where Technical Accounting is expected to play a big role.
What’s next?
If this position sounds interesting, please hit the apply button now! If you have additional questions, you can send me, Alice Graca, an email to [email protected]
We understand your resume might not be up to date and recommend that you apply with what you have or your LinkedIn Profile. Flora Food Group is dedicated to building an inclusive and diverse workplace, we understand that you might not meet all the requirements stated in the description, but we encourage you to apply anyway. You might be the right candidate for this role or other roles.
Flora Food Group is an employer committed to diversity and inclusion in the workplace and equal opportunities for all. We recruit based only on values, qualifications, performance, skills, behaviours, experience, and knowledge. We ensure job advertisements are free from unintentional bias.
No personal characteristics should be a barrier to joining Flora Food Group. We prohibit discrimination and harassment based on race, color, sex, religion, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, genetic information, pregnancy, or other personal characteristics.
Other facts
About Flora Food Group
The driving force behind our success are the circa 4,700 Flora Foodies who live our purpose every day and are engaged in our mission, delivering through our values of Performance, Care and Passion. Results Matter. With an ‘Always Day 1 mindset’. Always one step ahead, driven by data, with a finger on the pulse – our customers and consumers are at the heart. We identify the sweet spot; we relish challenge; we own it. We're agile decision-makers, with the courage to pivot, we sometimes fail fast - but learn even faster. Kindness wins. With a long-term focus on building a sustainable future, Flora Foodies show the 'Courage to Care' for each other, our communities, and the next generation. We believe in doing the right thing and 'Come As You Are' is not just a saying; it's an invitation to be authentic and bring your whole, true self to work. Difference brings angles and ideas to the party – we want you to be you. Passion fuels our Next Generation of the Food journey. Full of energy and possibility, Flora Foodies constantly raise the bar, driving the Flora Food Group and one another forwards. We're a team of food lovers and enthusiasts – our sum is truly greater than our parts, and we absolutely love what we do.
What you'll do
- The manager leads complex accounting and reporting topics such as revenue recognition, impairment testing, and financial instruments, while also owning global accounting (IFRS) policies and advising the Group on implementation.
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