Consolidation Officer

BE - Ardo Headquarters
Finance
Permanent contract
Ardo supplies its continuously growing markets around the world with high quality frozen vegetables, herbs, and fruit with 3300 employees and 16 production, packing & distribution sites in 7 different countries. The family business sells in more than 100 countries and has a turnover of more than 1.4 billion euros. The close proximity of our factories to our crops is one of our key strengths and ensures that only minutes are lost between harvest and locking in the product’s natural goodness in our freezers.
Ardo's mission is to preserve the gift of nature for future generations by providing fresh frozen, plant-based food while minimising our impact on the planet. Ardo achieves this goal thanks to an integrated network of growing areas, production units, freezing units, packaging equipment, appropriate logistics and thorough quality control. The group's know-how and flexible structure ensure that it can respond quickly to new trends and that innovative product can be brought onto the market quickly.
Your Scope
We are looking for a Consolidation Officer to join our Group Finance team. The Consolidation Officer is preparing accurate monthly/quarterly consolidated accounts whilst ensuring that the internal and external reporting deadlines are met. The quarterly and yearly consolidated financial statements are prepared for both management & external publication. You support the (external) audit processes and will be participating in projects.
In this role you report into the Group Financial Reporting Manager. Your key focus areas are the following:
Financial consolidation and reporting role
- Support the Group’s multi-currency consolidation process (including joint ventures) for both internal management and statutory purposes
- Prepare KPI reporting
- Support improvements in the quality of the Group’s consolidated financial reporting
- Point of contact for advice in a broad range of accounting related topics, including but not limited to (Belgian) GAAP and IFRS discussions, intercompany flows, consolidation accounting, Equity roll forward,
- Review of the consolidated balance sheet and P&L, make fluctuation analysis and assist in the cash flow statement
- Support the team in making the consolidated annual accounts in IFRS
- Follow up & posting of the IFRS 16 lease contracts for the group
- Administer, develop and improve the consolidation tool and process
- Take responsibility in the built & maintenance of the group accounting manual & IFRS manual
- Working with the Group Financial Reporting Manager to prepare qualitative consolidated reports for the senior management team

Bring in accounting know-how to the organization to support several projects
- Accounting best practices
- Fast closing procedures and implementation
- ERP (SAP) implementation
- Automate finance improvements / Robotics
- Consolidation and reporting tooling and ERP interface

**Profile**:

- You have a passion for accounting and have a minimum of 2-3 years of experience working in an accounting, audit or a consolidation function
- Experience in consolidation and/or a multi-national context is a plus
- You have a master degree in finance
- Good knowledge and understanding of Group Accounting processes (AP/AR/R2R)
- You have strong analytical skills including ability to rapidly interpret, concisely explain and act on complex information
- You are IT-minded and have a very good knowledge of Excel. Knowledge of SAP and Prophix (Sigma Conso) is a plus
- You are a team player who enjoys working with people and multi-location teams
- You have a hands-on, no-nonsense approach, you love to take initiative
- Ability to work confidential with business-critical information
- Problem solver with a capacity to find agreement
- Good experience in Belgian GAAP and IFRS is a plus
- You are fluent in English, Dutch and French

We offer
We offer you the opportunity to be part of an authentic and sustainable international company, with real growth opportunities and the freedom to actively participate in shaping the business and the opportunity to develop professionally. You will receive a full remuneration package in line with the level of this position. We care for our people and create family-friendly surroundings by offering you the flexibility to work 2 days/week from home.