Real estate accounting & reporting specialist

Responsibilities

As our new Real‑estate accounting & reporting specialist, you will have following responsibilities:

• You ensure the monitoring and follow‑up of expenditures and financial commitments for real estate projects at a European level .
• Prepare and review local GAAP accounting memos.
• You supervise the daily administration of the invoice and purchase order cycle.
• Review the allocations and posting of invoices.
• You conduct the analysis of new real estate projects (construction, renovation and maintenance of our stores) in Europe.
• You support financial reporting on Capital Expenditure projects (Actual/Budget/Forecast).
• Follow‑up on payment instructions and schedules.
• You support the monthly and quarterly closing process.
• You support the Tax department with respect to the property tax returns.
• Preparation of the internal and external audit process.
• Ensure compliance with IFRS and Local GAAPs.
• Ensure the preparations of budgets.
• ESG reporting preparation.
• Support the execution of mergers, acquisitions, and the integration.
• Administrative assistance.
• Support the Accounting Manager with special projects & process improvements.
• Contribute to European projects: systems, integration of new entities, IFRS migration,...
• You implement procedures and systems.
• You implement the roll‑out of various control systems in your market(s).

Qualifications

Our new Real‑estate accounting & reporting specialist has a bachelor/master's degree in Finance/Economics/Accounting.

• Fluent in English. Good knowledge of French or German is a strong asset.
• Experience in the Services or Retail sector is a must.
• Minimum 3 years of experience in accounting.
• Experience with IFRS and local GAAP is considered a plus.
• You have a working knowledge of Microsoft applications and an advanced level in Excel.
• Experience with SAP is required, while familiarity with SAP S/4HANA is considered a plus.
• General interest in obtaining a deep knowledge of (financial) IT systems.
• You are open and flexible to occasional travel.

This job does not include Visa‑sponsorship. Applicants must be authorized to work in Belgium.