Job Description

What’s your job / what are your responsibilities

As an Accounts Payables Analyst you are involved in the accounting activities. You are involved in pre/post-closing journal entries and related activities, including reconciliations in the general ledger.

Together and in close cooperation with the finance team members:

• you run and maintain accurate and timely financial records, with an emphasis on Accounts Payables process;
• you participate into timely monthly, quarterly and year end closing activities;
• you participate into finance department’s control governance, including SOX compliance as required by the group;
• you interact with internal and external auditors for the preparation of the financial statements and financial audits, including SOX;
• you are involved in the improvement of systems and processes with the purpose of efficiency through automation;
• you are involved in the improvement, review and implement the department’s procedures and policies to ensure optimal flow of activities in the department and company.

As part of a small international team there is room to shape the contents of the role together with your manager. In this role you will report directly to the Accounting Manager. As the organization is constantly evolving, you will be involved in various business projects to ensure that the consequences of these changes for the Finance department are adequately covered and assessed.

Furthermore, you are expected to participate in:

• Accounts Payable process (including credit card and cost reimbursement), applying relevant accounting principles and tax treatments:
  • review and verify the accuracy of vendors’ invoices;
  • encode the invoices by allocating the proper GL accounts, coding matrix and tax treatment;
  • timely submit, obtain approval of the invoices and initiate payments;
  • prepare and reconcile the bank books, by tracking the payments and monitoring the cost allocated bank accounts and related statements;
  • inspect paid and unpaid invoices and prepare internal required aging reports;
  • maintain professional communication with internal stakeholder and external vendors to resolve any discrepancies;
  • prepare monthly balance sheet reconciliations on the relevant GL accounts;
  • assist with the end of month closing activities, including reconciliations and accruals.
• Develop and maintain monthly expense / cost analysis reports to ensure easily available information for the accounting and forecasting functions in the team:
  • Assist in identifying variances and explain the trends between:
    • actuals and accruals;
    • actuals and budget / forecast;
    • different periods at vendor’s cost level;
    • etc.
  • Based on existing GL actuals, gather required information for different reporting purposes (project, business segments, location, etc.);
• Addressing ad-hoc requirements received from the company’s management, group finance, internal and external auditors, and other departments in the company.

Is this you?

• You have at least three years’ experience in a same or similar role
• Capable of resourceful problem solving and continuously looking for improvements
• Comfortable in a very fluid environment that changes as the business evolves
• Strong attention to detail
• Very good knowledge of Microsoft Office tools, especially Excel
• Fluent in English, written and verbal is a must
• Knowledge of VAT/GST regulations is preferable
• Familiarity with the system Workday is a plus

Company info:

Cboe Clear Europe N.V is a central counterparty. Central counterparties (CCPs) give protection to both parties in a trade, providing assurance to each party that the trade will settle at the agreed price in the event one party defaults on its obligations.

Cboe Clear Europe N.V. is a small, very dynamic, and fast-growing organization under the strict supervision of financial regulators. The organization is international, and the culture is professional but at the same time quite informal.

The team

You will be part of a small international team of ten employees that works closely with various finance functions of Cboe group located in the UK and in the US. The size of the organization puts you close to the other business functions of the company. This has the great advantage that you have quick access to information and that improvements and changes can be realized easily.

Any communication from Cboe regarding this position will only come from a Cboe recruiter who has a @cboe.com email or via LinkedIn Recruiter. Cboe does not use any other third party communication tools for recruiting purposes.