Statutory Accounting Specialist Belgium (Benelux region)
At a glance
Mid-level Accounting role at Philips (Internal Job Postings List For Philips Contingent Workers). Eindhoven · full-time · €62,955 base.
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What you'll do
- Prepare annual statutory accounts by converting IFRS figures to local GAAP, then handle quarterly adjustments and equity reconciliations
- Serve as auditors’ main contact, coordinate their reviews, and keep statutory account records and support files current
- Compile payroll accounting files, calculate year-end payroll amounts, and reconcile social charges with external providers
- Build corporate tax input packs, track tax prepayments, and file required statutory and legal documents
- Support closing and regulatory reporting, works council reports, and finance improvements across listed processes
What you bring
- A bachelor’s or master’s degree in accounting, finance, economics or another listed field
- At least two years of Belgium statutory accounting and local GAAP reporting experience
- Working knowledge of IFRS conversion, external audits, regulatory reporting, and month- and year-end close
Who this fits
This role suits someone with hands-on Belgium statutory accounting experience who can produce clear, audit-ready records and work with finance teams, auditors, payroll providers, and tax advisors. The office-based work includes in-person attendance at least three days each week.
From the employer
Job Title
Statutory Accounting Specialist Belgium (Benelux region)Job Description
In this role you will be responsible for accurate, compliant and audit-ready statutory financial reporting for legal entities in Belgium and Luxembourg. You will ensure correct conversion from IFRS to Local GAAP, coordinates external audits and safeguards compliance with local statutory, tax and regulatory requirements. You will work closely with global and regional finance hubs, external auditors, payroll partners, tax advisors and local finance stakeholders.
Your role:
Statutory and financial reporting
- Prepare annual statutory financial statements, including IFRS-to-Local GAAP conversion.
- Perform quarterly statutory adjustments and equity reconciliations.
- Coordinate external audits and act as primary contact for auditors.
- Maintain the statutory chart of accounts and supporting documentation.
- Support month-end and year-end closing activities with global and regional finance hubs.
- Ensure accurate statistical, national bank and country-specific regulatory reporting.
Payroll and social accounting
- Prepare and review monthly and quarterly payroll accounting files.
- Execute year-end payroll calculations and statutory SAP adjustments.
- Manage social balance reporting, group insurance payments and jubilee provisions.
- Support IAS 19 pension-related accounting activities.
- Reconcile social charges and statutory declarations with external providers.
Tax and statutory filings
- Prepare Corporate Income Tax input packs for external tax advisors.
- Calculate and monitor corporate tax prepayments.
- Prepare and file statutory tax and legal documentation, including Fiches 281.50 where applicable.
Broader finance and compliance support
- Support quarterly and annual financial reporting for the works council.
- Contribute to finance projects and process improvement initiatives.
- Provide ad-hoc support across Procure-to-Pay, Record-to-Report and Treasury processes.
You're the right fit if you have:
- Bachelor's or Master's degree in Accounting, Finance or Economics.
- Al least 2 years of proven experience in Belgium statutory accounting and Local GAAP reporting (mandatory).
- Strong knowledge of IFRS and statutory conversion processes.
- Hands-on experience with external audits and regulatory reporting.
- Experience in an international, matrix organization.
- SAP FI experience preferred.
- Solid understanding of month-end and year-end closing processes.
- Strong analytical and reconciliation skills.
- Ability to produce clear, complete and audit-ready documentation.
Compensation & benefits
Doing meaningful work should come with fair, transparent rewards. The base salary range for this role is € 62,955.29 - 95 377.17. We determine pay within the range using objective factors, like the skills the role requires, your relevant experience and the responsibility you'll have in this role, alongside internal equity and local market considerations.
How we work together
We believe that we are better together than apart. For our office-based teams, this means working in-person at least 3 days per week.
About Philips
Are you ready to do the work of your life to help the lives of others? Learn more about our business, discover our rich and exciting history and learn more about our purpose.
If you’re interested in this role and have many, but not all, of the experiences needed, we encourage you to apply. You may still be the right candidate for this or other opportunities at Philips. Learn more about our culture of impact with care.
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