Applied Materials Senior Accountant 

Netherlands, North Holland 

582582125

Role and responsibilities:

Accountancy:

• Performs monthly, quarterly close activities.
• Prepares and inputs journal entries and assigns accounting classifications to various records and transactions within established procedures and policy.
• Prepares or assists with tax filings, government information reports and management information reports (VAT, Income tax, wage tax, statistical info., grants, R&D tax credit, …).
• Regular communication and coordination with R2R/P2P/O2C teams, to insure proper accounting process and documentation.
• Cooperate as and when necessary, with the external auditors, in the context of the annual audit of the French GAAP (statutory) accounts.
• Assist Finance Manager, with any matter related to statutory audits, e.g. income tax, value added tax, social charges, and other similar.

Payroll:

• Compile data from different BUs and prepare the data file to be sent to the French payroll provider.
• Follow-up and control of the payroll files prepared by the provider.
• Main point of contact with the payroll provider.
• Liaise with French tax authorities regarding income tax, URSSAF regarding social tax, AGIRC regarding retirement social tax, CPAM regarding sickness, arduousness and other various related elements.
• Where applicable, point of contact for any questions from local employees.
• Ensure proper administration of time and absence (T&A) in Workday.
• When needed, ensure alignment of HRIS (Workday) with local requirements.

Project-basis:

• Ad-hoc project management depending on local priorities.

You will work in partnership with the local Finance Manager, HR, BU Finance Controllers, and various teams in Corporate Finance.

Your profile:

• Holder of a Bachelor or Master degree in Finance / Accountancy / Audit.
• Hands-on experience in Accountancy and (French) Payroll Management concepts.
• 7 years + of experience in similar type roles
• Full professional proficiency in the French language is essential for this role.
• Fluent in English.
• Strong skills in Excel and PPT.
• SAP / Workday knowledge, is a plus.
• Agility, curiosity, open-mindedness. Can-do attitude, capacity to drive change.
• Strong interpersonal and customer relationship skills. Possesses the ability to work as an integral part of a geographically and culturally diverse team.

What we offer:

Our compensation package is composed as follows:

• Base salary over 12.96 months.
• Performance bonus, targeted at 10% of the base salary.
• Possibility to participate in our Stock program plan.
• Private pension.

Bachelor's Degree

7 - 10 Years

Full time

Assignee / Regular