Financial Accountant

Financial Accountant

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Due to the holiday season, we will not be reviewing or responding to individual applications until January 6, 2025. We appreciate your understanding and patience during this time.

As a Financial Accountant reporting to the Director of Finance & Accounting, you will ensure accurate, timely, and complete execution of assigned tasks in compliance with internal guidelines, SOX, and US GAAP standards. You will work on both N.V. and Inc. books, collaborating seamlessly within the team to meet timelines and requirements.

Your Role

 This role demands deep accounting expertise, an ability to maintain oversight of the broader financial landscape, and a proactive approach toward continuous improvement and optimization. You will be responsible for :
  • Month-End, Quarter-End, and Year-End Close: Contribute to a seamless close process for assigned areas, ensuring timely and accurate financial reporting.
  • Accounting Transactions: Execute daily, weekly, and monthly journal entries, maintaining financial accuracy and compliance.
  • Cash and Investments Reconciliations: Perform monthly reconciliations to ensure alignment with financial records and comply with guidelines.
  • Fixed Assets Management: Manage tangible and intangible assets, including additions, disposals, impairments, and depreciations.
  • Manual Journal Entries: Execute manual journal entries including back up and evidence and conduct necessary adjustments through manual journal entries.
  • Accruals and Prepaid Expenses: Responsible for SG&A accruals, pre-paid expenses, and IP/legal accruals.
  • Payment Controls: Oversee weekly payment batch controls to ensure accuracy and compliance.
  • VAT Returns: Prepare and submit VAT returns accurately and timely.
  • Cross-functional Support: Provide hands-on support to other accounting areas as needed.
  • Reconciliations: Prepare reconciliations for month-end closing within your area of responsibility.
  • Process Improvement: Actively initiate and contribute to improvements in financial processes.
  • SOX Controls: Execute and document SOX controls in designated areas, ensuring regulatory compliance and contribute to process narratives.
  • Internal and External Audits: Serve as a liaison for internal and external auditors, supporting quarterly and annual audit processes.
  • Internal Controls: Perform routine internal controls and contribute to SOX controls on a regular basis to ensure adherence to financial policies and standards.

Your Profile

We are looking for someone with excellent interpersonal skills, with the ability to build strong working relationships. You will have an innate sense of urgency and strong attention to detail, with a high level of accuracy. You handle your cases and workload proactively, with a hands-on approach and a focus on continuous improvement. Ideal candidates will also meet the following requirements:

  •  Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related field.
  • 5-7+ years of GL accounting experience or in similar function
  • Proficient in accounting principles, with proven technical and hands-on experience in financial accounting.
  • SAP experience is (highly) advantageous; advanced proficiency in Excel is essential.
  • Language Proficiency: Fluent in Dutch and English, with the capability to work effectively across international time zones

This full-time role offers an opportunity to bring your accounting expertise to an international team, drive impactful improvements, and contribute to high standards of financial integrity and operational efficiency.

Our Offer

We offer a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to work with some of the best and brightest in the biotech industry. As part of Merus, you’ll experience a steep learning curve from your very first day in the job. And you’ll get to interact with a great international team of people who love what they do! To top it all, we offer a competitive salary, flexible working hours, an excellent pension scheme, a company bonus and 30 days’ annual leave (based on a full-time position). Most importantly, you’ll have the chance to help us close in on cancer – everything you do matters at Merus

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    Our Hiring Process

    Stage 1:

    Internal Review

    This means that we’ve received your application and are in the process of reviewing it.

    Stage 2:

    Initial Call

    We’ll set up a 15-minute phone call with our Internal Recruiter to discuss the details of this job opportunity and your own expectations of the role, as well as Merus as a company.

    Stage 3:

    1st Interview Phase

    During the 1st interview phase, we’ll set up an interview with your potential future manager. We’ll be looking to understand more about your experience, how that fits the role, and what makes you tick.

    Stage 4:

    2nd Interview Phase

    If things are still looking good, we’ll set up several short interviews with team members, peers, Management Team members (where relevant) and HR to make sure we are a good cultural fit. We do our best to plan these interviews on the same day, although on rare occasions they’ll take place on multiple days.

    Stage 5:

    Job Offer

    After positive evaluation from both sides, you will receive our job offer. Once you’ve accepted it, we will draw up the necessary paperwork. You will receive your contract within 3-5 working days and your onboarding process will start!

    Stage 6:

    Welcome

    We’re more than happy to welcome you to join Merus in our pursuit to close in on cancer!

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