Team Lead Accounting & Reporting

As Team Lead Accounting & Reporting NL, you are the financial backbone of our Dutch operations. You lead and guide two experienced GL accountants while working closely with the Senior Manager Accounting & Reporting EMEA. You take ownership of the Dutch accounting & reporting activities, from month-end close and IFRS reporting to tax, audit, and payroll accounting, and serve as the first point of contact for operational and cross-functional questions. This is a hands-on, content-driven role where you combine technical accounting expertise with coordination, stakeholder management, and end-to-end oversight of a production-driven finance environment.

• Support Accounting & Reporting activities outside NL but within EMEA, where needed.
• Act as the key point of contact for the Dutch GL accountants and the Dutch A&R activities.
• Guide daily GL activities, supporting team members with their questions and (if needed) escalation topics.
• Work in close cooperation with the Senior Manager A&R EMEA on priorities and workload distribution.
• Handle your own operational accounting activities independently.
• Collaborate closely with Business Control, Operations Control, HR, Payroll, IT, and other stakeholders.
• Contribute to performance management processes: goal setting, mid year review and year end review.

• Coordinate the Dutch monthly financial closing cycle and ensure timely and high-quality delivery.
• Ensure accounting is compliant with IFRS, group standards, and local statutory requirements.
• Review and/or prepare financial specifications and reconciliations with strong focus on P&L understanding and Balance Sheet accuracy (“no surprises”).
• Understand margin development, added value drivers, operations results, and fixed cost trends.
• Lead, prepare, and/or participate in review calls for Dutch legal entities.
• Provide proactive ad hoc analysis when required.
• Identify and recommend improvements in reporting processes and procedures.

Audit, internal control & compliance

• Act as the primary contact for external audit, internal audit, and internal control activities.
• Align audit planning and execution with external auditors; ensure timely and high-quality deliverables.
• Collaborate with HQ Internal Audit and follow up on audit findings.
• Execute and review quarterly internal control checks.

Tax management & transfer pricing

• Ensure Dutch tax compliance, tax reporting, and tax control execution.
• Support compliance with local tax regulations (e.g., BUA, WKR).

Payroll accounting

• Work closely with the Dutch payroll team.
• Review monthly payroll outcomes and ensure correct accounting treatment, including special entries.

Harmonization, systems & continuous improvement

• Drive harmonization and standardization of processes, procedures, and systems in collaboration with A&R EMEA.
• Participate in cross-country and cross-departmental improvement projects.
• Act as a point of coordination between the Dutch and Spanish GL teams when required.

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Finance, Accounting.
• 7-10 years of experience in Financial Accounting & Reporting.
• Strong technical accounting background, including IFRS expertise and solid hands-on GL experience.
• Experience in a production/manufacturing environment or strong affinity with production processes (inventory, costing, variances, production orders).
• Able to work operationally while coordinating and guiding a small team.
• Strong affinity with auditing, controls, and compliance.
• Experience interacting with multiple departments and stakeholders.
• Excellent analytical skills and a proactive, independent working style.
• Strong communicator with the ability to switch easily between detail and overview.
• Affinity with SAP / SAP S/4HANA and reporting systems.
• Fluent in English; comfortable in an international environment.

Preferred

• Experience in an international production environment.
• Experience with complex or multinational accounting environments (multiple cost centers, profit centers, segments).
• Knowledge of Dutch tax frameworks.
• Prior experience guiding a team of two or more people.
• Intercultural mindset and experience working with cross-border teams.

• A key, visible role in our Dutch organization with real ownership and impact.
• A rich and diverse learning environment: from production-driven accounting to complex global flows
• Close collaboration with colleagues in HQ and across EMEA, including our Spanish GL team.
• A clearly defined growth path toward broader EMEA Accounting & Reporting responsibilities.
• Collaboration and regular interaction with Accounting and reporting owners in other Corbion Entities around the world.
• Hybrid working possibilities (3 days on-site, 2 days from home).
• A well-structured onboarding period including direct handover and shadowing opportunities with the current role holder and the Senior Manager A&R EMEA.
• An environment with stability, challenge, and long-term development potential, ideal for someone who wants to grow steadily into a senior role.