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About the role
The Senior Financial Accountant will play a crucial role in maintaining accurate financial records, ensuring compliance with IFRS, and providing valuable insights to support strategic decision-making. Reporting directly to the Finance Manager, the ideal candidate will possess a deep understanding of accounting, exceptional attention to detail, and the ability to work effectively in a fast-paced, cross-functional environment.
Responsibilities
- Oversee 20+ holding companies’ preparation and review of general ledger accounts, ensuring accuracy and compliance with IFRS and Group policies.
- Preparation of month-end reconciliations and reports, ensuring timely and accurate financial reporting.
- Liaise with other group entities around the world on intercompany reconciliations and recharges.
- Analyse financial statements, including BS, PL and CF, to provide comprehensive insights into the company's financial performance during monthly performance meetings.
- Assist with the preparation of periodic cash flow forecasts.
- Offer mentorship and guidance to junior members of the team to ensure optimal performance and professional development.
- Collaborate with local and group auditors to facilitate seamless auditing processes and ensure compliance with regulatory standards.
- Prepare yearly budgets and quarterly forecasts of the holding companies.
- Maintain and improve internal controls for financial reporting processes to mitigate risks and enhance financial integrity.
- Manage indirect tax filings (VAT, BTW, GST etc.).
- Ad hoc projects as required.
Due to the growth and transition of the organisation, the tasks and duties of this role may evolve over time. You will be keen to develop and grow within the role and to take on additional challenges and responsibilities as they occur.
About you
The essentials:
- 4+ years of experience in a relevant finance role, preferably within an international company
- Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related field
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to dissect complex financial data and communicate insights effectively
- Effective interpersonal and communication skills, with the ability to collaborate across departments
- Positive attitude with the ability to adapt to evolving business needs and a commitment to continuous learning
- Advanced proficiency in Excel
- Fluent in English, both verbally and in writing
Not a must, but a plus:
- Big 4 audit experience or in-house controlling experience is a plus
- Accounting qualification such as ACCA or RA is a plus
- Experience with Exact Online, Blue10, LucaNet, NetSuite is a plus
S4Capital is a new age/new era digital advertising and marketing services company, listed on the London Stock Exchange. We are building a purely digital advertising and marketing services business for global, multi-nationals, regional, local and millennial-driven influencer brands. The company is active in over 33 countries with over 7,500 people. Although S4Capital itself is headquartered in London, the financial backbone of S4Capital operates out of the Monks Headquarter in Hilversum, the Netherlands.
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About Monks
Monks is the global, purely digital, unitary operating brand of S4Capital plc. With a legacy of innovation and specialized expertise, Monks combines an extraordinary range of global marketing and technology services to accelerate business possibilities and redefine how brands and businesses interact with the world. Its integration of systems and workflows delivers unfettered content production, scaled experiences, enterprise-grade technology and data science fueled by AI—managed by the industry’s best and most diverse digital talent—to help the world’s trailblazing companies outmaneuver and outpace their competition.
Monks was named a Contender in The Forrester Wave™: Global Marketing Services. It has remained a constant presence on Adweek’s Fastest Growing lists (2019-23), ranks among Cannes Lions' Top 10 Creative Companies (2022-23) and is the only partner to have been placed in AdExchanger’s Programmatic Power Players list every year (2020-24). In addition to being named Adweek’s first AI Agency of the Year (2023), Monks has been recognized by Business Intelligence in its 2024 Excellence in Artificial Intelligence Awards program in three categories: the Individual category, Organizational Winner in AI Strategic Planning and AI Product for its service Monks.Flow. Monks has also garnered the title of Webby Production Company of the Year (2021-24), won a record number of FWAs and has earned a spot on Newsweek’s Top 100 Global Most Loved Workplaces 2023.
We are an equal-opportunity employer committed to building a respectful and empowering work environment for all people to freely express themselves amongst colleagues who embrace diversity in all respects. Including fresh voices and unique points of view in all aspects of our business not only creates an environment where we can all grow and thrive but also increases our potential to produce work that better represents—and resonates with—the world around us.