EU Accountant

Key Responsibilities

1. Manage day-to-day bookkeeping, including journal entries, sales invoices, purchase invoices, bank transactions and expense postings.
2. Maintain Accounts Payable (AP), Accounts Receivable (AR) and General Ledger accounts.
3. Perform bank, credit card and balance sheet reconciliations.
4. Handle VAT accounting, VAT calculations, reconciliations and preparation of VAT returns.
5. Understand EU VAT regulations, including intra-community transactions, reverse charge mechanisms and cross-border supplies.
6. Assist in preparing monthly, quarterly and annual financial statements.
7. Perform month-end and year-end closing activities, including accruals, prepayments and provisions.
8. Maintain fixed asset registers and calculate depreciation.
9. Ensure compliance with applicable local accounting standards and statutory reporting requirements.
10. Assist with accounts payable ageing, receivables ageing and cash flow reporting.
11. Support statutory audits, tax audits and preparation of supporting documentation.
12. Coordinate with European clients, auditors and internal finance teams to resolve accounting queries