Senior External Reporting Accountant

Careers that Change Lives

The Medtronic Finance Operations and Control organization consists of various finance functions and has a growing number of specialists worldwide, including the External Reporting team for the region of Europe, Middle East and Africa primary located in Heerlen, the Netherlands. External Reporting offers services for multiple key financial processes including Statutory and Corporate Income Tax reporting, Group reporting support and Audit coordination. It serves a wide range of Europe, Middle East and Africa region countries and continues to expand the scope.

To be successful in this role you are a team player with a hands-on mentality. You are result and quality orientated. You show strong problem-solving and communication skills with a high degree of accuracy.

You are flexible and supportive to change and have affinity with systems.

A Day in the Life

In this role you will be:

· reporting to the Supervisor External Reporting EMEA. The team’s services include statutory financial reporting, Corporate Income Tax accounting and reporting, audit coordination and group reporting for the Europe, Middle East and Africa region,

· preparation of the financial statements, audit coordination, statutory filing and tax filing,

· translate US GAAP to local GAAP accounting principles,

· coordinate and review activities of junior team members and service provider,

· Corporate Income Tax accounting and reporting for group purposes,

· prepare finance updates for the local board meetings,

· key role in project teams to roll out strategy to expand the team’s scope,

· participate and lead projects and initiatives to transform, optimize, standardize, and automate audit coordination and statutory, corporate income tax and group reporting, also using LEAN methodology.

Must Have: Minimum Requirements

· Bachelor or Master’s degree in Audit or Accounting,

· experience with compiling financial statements,

· 6+ years relevant working experience in accounting or audit,

· Strong communication and coordinating skills,

· Highly self-motivated, pro-active and results driven,

· Minimum C1 proficiency level in English business language ,

· Microsoft Excel intermediate proficiency level.

Nice to Have

· Certified Public Accountant or equivalent,

· Enterprise Resource Planning system experience (preferably SAP),

· Experience with US GAAP / IFRS.

We Offer

We offer a competitive salary and benefits package to all our employees:

· Flexible working environment

· Annual Incentive Plan % depending on company results

· Pension scheme and group discount on healthcare insurance

· Training possibilities via Cornerstone/Harvard Manage Monitor/Skills Lab

· Employee Assistance Program and Recognize! (our global recognition program)

About Medtronic



Together, we can change healthcare worldwide. At Medtronic, we push the limits of what technology, therapies and services can do to help alleviate pain, restore health and extend life. We challenge ourselves and each other to make tomorrow better than yesterday. It is what makes this an exciting and rewarding place to be.

We want to accelerate and advance our ability to create meaningful innovations - but we will only succeed with the right people on our team. Let’s work together to address universal healthcare needs and improve patients’ lives. Help us shape the future.