(Junior) Accountant External reporting

at  Medtronic

At Medtronic you can begin a life-long career of exploration and innovation, while helping champion healthcare access and equity for all. You’ll lead with purpose, breaking down barriers to innovation in a more connected, compassionate world.
A Day in the Life
Are you ready to become a team member of our growing External Reporting team?
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 (EMEA) 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.
Are you ready to become a team member of our growing External Reporting team?
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 (EMEA) 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.

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 Haves

• Bachelor or Master’s degree in Audit or Accounting,
• Experience with compiling financial statements,
• 2+ years relevant working experience in accounting or audit,
• Highly self-motivated, pro-active and results driven,
• Minimum C1 proficiency level in English business language,
• Microsoft Excel intermediate proficiency level.

Nice to Haves

• Certified Public Accountant or equivalent,
• Enterprise Resource Planning system experience (preferably SAP),
• Experience with US GAAP / IFRS.

Physical Job Requirements
The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by employees assigned to this position, but they are not an exhaustive list of all the required responsibilities and skills of this position.
Benefits & Compensation
Medtronic offers a competitive Salary and flexible Benefits Package
A commitment to our employees lives at the core of our values. We recognize their contributions. They share in the success they help to create. We offer a wide range of benefits, resources, and competitive compensation plans designed to support you at every career and life stage.
This position is eligible for a short-term incentive called the Medtronic Incentive Plan (MIP).
About Medtronic
We lead global healthcare technology and boldly attack the most challenging health problems facing humanity by searching out and finding solutions.
Our Mission — to alleviate pain, restore health, and extend life — unites a global team of 90,000+ passionate people.
We are engineers at heart— putting ambitious ideas to work to generate real solutions for real people. From the R&D lab, to the factory floor, to the conference room, every one of us experiments, creates, builds, improves and solves. We have the talent, diverse perspectives, and guts to engineer the extraordinary.
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• 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