Mision 

The Affiliates Business Partner's team is integrated into the central Finance team. The mission of the team is to (1) ensure the correct integration of financial results of the affiliates into the Luminus financial reporting and (2) provide accurate financial reporting to management and other stakeholders, while  (3) continuously improving tools, procedures and collaboration with internal and external stakeholders.   

RESPONSABILITIES 

Accounting 

• In collaboration with accounting and acquisition teams, prepare IFRS adjustments to be posted on top of BE GAAP reporting received from affiliates (for example, PPA, put liabilities, IFRS 16….) 

Financial closing  

• Drive monthly / quarterly closings by: 

• Communicating pro-actively with affiliates to ensure input is requested and received on time 

• Processing input in order to ensure correct integration of results for further consolidation 

• Posting the required (IFRS) adjustments 

Reporting 

• By levering on our reporting tool Tagetik, develop and prepare relevant (management) reportings 

• Prepare ad-hoc reportings based on business needs / affiliate needs 

Financial analysis& insight 

• Perform first line review and analysis of financial results of affiliates 

• Develop understanding of business of affiliates and preparation of financial statements 

Budget / forecasting 

• Drive budgetting / forecasting and medium term projection (MTP) process by:  

• Communicating pro-actively with affiliates to ensure input is requested and received on time 

• Processing input in order to ensure correct integration of results for further consolidation 

• Collaborating with business to understand and challenge assumptions  

• Prepapring and posting the required (IFRS) adjustments 

Way-of-working 

• Identify opportunities and suggest solutions to optimise the current way-of-working by: 

• Leveraging on and continuing to develop existing (reporting) tools  

• Implementing solutions using new tools, such as PowerQuery 

• Optimising internal procedures 

COMPETENCIES 

Technical skills 

• Solid understand of accounting is essential (BE GAAP & IFRS) 

• Knowledge of consolidation 

• Strong Excel skills, experience with PowerQuery is a plus 

• Experience with Tagetik / SAP / Business Central is a plus 

Soft skills 

• Collaboration is key for this role – you are a great communicator 

• You work in a consistent or organized way 

• You are a pro-active 

Language skills 

• Fluent in either French or Dutch with working knowledge of the other  

• Fluent in English 

Background 

• 4 to 5 years of audit / accounting experience