[Hiring] Group Accountant @E&C

Role Description

If you are ready to take a next step in your accounting career, and you feel that energy industry is where you can find the thrill (we definitely do!), keep reading - and if that's a match, we'll be happy to set you up with our HR crew for an interview.

We are looking for a detail-oriented Group Accountant to join our Group Finance Team and support the accurate and timely financial reporting of E&C's entities.

• Own key month‑end activities: from posting close entries to balance‑sheet and intercompany reconciliations.
• Help review the monthly numbers to spot anything that doesn’t add up.
• Work hand‑in‑hand with our Internal Accountant, Financial Controller and external accounting/tax partners to ensure reporting is accurate, complete and on time.
• Start by owning a few specific entities and accounting areas and getting to know the numbers inside out.
• Be curious and analytical, able to read what a balance or transaction really means.
• Flag anything that looks off and chase it down until it’s fixed.
• Take on more entities, tackle trickier accounting issues, and broaden your role in group financial reporting.

As a Group Accountant you will be trusted with:

• Month-end close: Own the month‑end close for your assigned entities: prepare journal entries and adjustments, review the monthly numbers, spot anything that doesn’t add up, investigate discrepancies and drive them to a clean resolution.
• Month-end review: Support the review of monthly financial results for assigned entities and accounting areas, identifying unusual balances, discrepancies or potential accounting errors.
• Reconciliations: Prepare monthly balance‑sheet reconciliations and run intercompany reconciliations.
• Internal and external collaboration: Partner closely with the Internal Accountant, Financial Controller and external accounting and tax partners.
• Information provision: Prepare clear reconciliations, schedules and supporting explanations for reporting and tax work.
• Issue resolution: Investigate accounting discrepancies and outstanding items.
• Group-wide consistency: Help ensure that accounting treatments, close procedures and supporting documentation are applied consistently across E&C’s entities.
• Continuous improvement: Suggest and implement better processes, controls and close procedures.

Qualifications

• A good understanding of double-entry accounting and core accounting principles.
• Clear understanding of the accruals concept.
• Strong numerical skills and a keen eye for detail.
• Good organisational skills and the ability to work effectively to deadlines.
• Spreadsheet savvy, using Excel/Sheets to analyse, reconcile and present tidy supporting workpapers.
• Comfortable collaborating with internal colleagues and external accounting/tax professionals.
• Proactive, adaptable and curious.
• A strong working level of English, both written and spoken.

Requirements

• Relevant accounting experience, including practical involvement in month-end close activities, is highly desirable.
• Previous experience working in a multi-entity environment would be beneficial.
• Experience using accounting or ERP packages such as Exact Online, QuickBooks Online, Xero, DATEV, Sage, and enova365 would be beneficial, although not required.
• No professional accounting qualification is needed; hands‑on accounting experience and solid technical knowledge are valued.

Application Process

• First call with HR or Team Leader - 45min
• Assessment: online ability tests + personality questionnaire - 45min
• Final round interview: Business case (can be prepared in advance) & discussion on the online assessment + meeting the team - 90min

Send your application by clicking on the application button. Please send us your CV in English only and include the following statement in your application: "I hereby give consent for my personal data included in my application to be processed for the purposes of the recruitment process under the Personal Data Protection Act as of 29 August 1997, consolidated text: Journal of Laws 2015, item 2135 as amended."