Finance Reporting Analyst

ABOUT UMICORE

Reducing harmful vehicle emissions. Giving new life to used metals. Powering the cars of the future. As a global materials and technology group, we apply our specialist knowledge to offer materials and solutions that are essential to everyday life. We aim to be a clear world leader in materials for clean mobility and recycling and have turned our sustainability approach into an even greater competitive advantage. With ambitions like this, imagine what you could do? 

About Umicore Battery Materials

We are all on the move. Umicore’s battery materials give people autonomy and connectivity. We are a pioneer in battery materials that give added range and performance to electric vehicles. Our materials also ensure longer battery life for portable electronics. To enable our customers to produce even better performing batteries we cannot stand still. We need to find new ways to do things, discover new solutions and develop new ideas. Which is where you come in.

What will you be doing

The Battery Materials Belgium Finance team is responsible for the follow-up, analysis and financial reporting of Battery Materials Belgium . We are looking to reinforce the team.

• You take care of specific financial closure tasks and you prepare the monthly financial KPI’s,
• You liaise with  and provide operational background to the accounting department for tasks they perform in the monthly closing.
• You analyse the monthly result  drivers  and variance factors in comparison with forecast, budget, prior month and prior year and this for both profit & loss statement & balance sheet and you provide input to the Financial Planning & Analysis  manager Europe for the monthly financial reporting
• For specific requests, you create and elaborate on financial reports for internal purposes in order to enable accurate and more detailed analysis and to assist in good decision-making by  management
• You perform a critical analysis of the established reports & make suggestions for reporting improvements
• You support the technical teams when it comes to testing new developments in SAP & in our  reporting tools.
• You are able to answer questions from the company auditors about accounting entries
• You provide support on answering questions from BU consolidation
• You follow-up on pending open topics during the month in a timely and structured way
• You report to the BM Financial Planning & Analysis manager Europe.

WHO WE ARE LOOKING FOR

• You have a Bachelor’s degree in accounting or in another closely related financial field
• You have 4-6 years experience in accounting & financial analysis  & reporting.
• You have an analytical mind; you are flexible, accurate and you can prioritize in accordance with the deadlines for financial closure
• You work in an efficient and structured way and are result-oriented
• You have sound knowledge of English, both spoken and written
• You have sound knowledge of MS Office (Excel). Knowledge of SAP is a plus
• You are willing to learn new things and to continuously improve yourself

WHAT WE OFFER

Within Umicore we aim to lead the way. Not just for our customers, but for our employees too. By applying you are not only applying for a position but for a real career path. That is why we strive to create a collaborative environment in which we can all succeed, and a culture through which we can all share ideas, develop our expertise and advance our careers. As you would expect from a world-leading organization, we will also reward your contribution with a competitive salary and benefits. With all this and more, imagine what you could do?