GL Accountant
- Location
- Lokeren, Vlaanderen, be
- Posted
- Oct 14, 2026
- Last seen
- Oct 14, 2026
About the role
The GL Accountant is responsible for accurate and punctual accounting and financial reporting of the BU’s concerned in-line with company’s standards and local legislation.
Financial administration & Control
- Ensures accurate and timely financial closing and reporting in line with company standards. - Actively contributes to improving accounting processes and makes suggestions for continuous improvement. - Participates in projects to increase efficiency. - Ensures and executes a reliable and punctual financial administration including proper filing, which includes all accounting responsibilities: general ledger, fixed assets, provisions, deferrals, VAT, ICO reconciliations, monitoring cash levels, periodical closing. - Solves any irregularities and deviations independently, investigates and intervenes when necessary and takes appropriate and punctual actions, seeking the assistance of higher management when needed. - Aligns general ledger accounting practices to support budgeting and forecasting. - All the above for a French and Italian group entity.
Reporting
- Produces periodical financial reports and information (monthly, quarterly, yearly and on request) in accordance with the company’s standards and local legislation, to keep management informed. - Produces the final balance sheet and profit-and-loss account and analyses. - Produces the statutory accounts and tax return for the external accountants and auditors and assists with financial and fiscal audits. - Conducts statutory and statistics reporting in compliance with the company’s standards and legal legislation.
Contacts
- Collects information from internal departments to gather, analyze, and interpret relevant financial information and to assure correct project provisioning. - Responds adequately to queries from the company regarding financials. - Proactively informs the Financial and Business Controller on relevant trends and developments. - Closely liaises with different teams within the company: line management, accounts receivable, treasury, controllers, external accountants, and auditors
Additional activities
- Carries out any other general work-related tasks that are necessary and in the company’s interest.
- An accounting degree (bachelor’s degree in business management (accountancy & tax), master's degree in commercial sciences, economics or finance). - A first proven experience in a similar accounting role (minimum 2-3 years experience) and strong technical accounting skills. - Excellent communication skills in Dutch & English. French is a plus. - Experience with SAP S/ 4HANA accounting software is a plus and a good command of MS Office, especially Excel, to facilitate data analysis. - Strong analytical skills and attention to detail. - Effective problem-solving skills to identify and correct financial discrepancies - Ability to prioritize and meet tight deadlines in a dynamic and rapidly changing work environment.
What do we offer you?
- You will work closely together with other Movu stars in an open and enthusiastic environment with growth opportunities. - The necessary freedom and possibility to take initiative. - An intensive training by experienced people. - An attractive salary in an international environment with benefits:
- Group & health insurance - Meal vouchers (8€) - Laptop - iPhone + subscription - Car + charging pass - 20 days of vacation plus 12 extra days for working a full year on 40h-workweek instead of 38h (32 leave days in total) - Satellite office in Berchem ( Antwerp )
Unsolicited representations by third parties (recruitment agencies, headhunters, ...) of CVs via mail and/or telephone for our vacancies are considered as direct applications where no compensation is provided to the third party. Any T&Cs from these third parties will not be accepted unless upon signature of the T&Cs by a person in charge of HR. Candidates remain registered in the system for 12 months and cannot be proposed again during this period.
