Junior Accountant in Brussels, Belgium

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The purpose of the junior accountant is to support all local accounting activities for IQVIA Belgium, and ensure correct accounting information and reporting from A to Z.

You will gather and verify the accuracy of financial data and reconcile accounts.

This role also ensures that strong controls are applied in compliance with the company’s internal control framework, as well as with external audit requirements.

Tasks and responsibilities

What You’ll Do:

• Assist in the month-end & quarter-end closing activities – perform account analysis to make sure entries and balances are correct.

• Work together with the shared services.

• Prepare and review account reconciliations.

• Reconciling accounts with the general ledger

• Collaborate with internal departments to gather, analyze, and interpret relevant financial information.

• Entering financial data such as accruals, deferrals and reclassifications into the ledger, as well as preparing reports.

• Gathering supporting documentation and performing recordkeeping.

• Internal controls/compliance: ensure that internal controls are adhered to and performed in a timely matter.

• Assisting in the preparation & filing of the VAT declarations & surveys.

• Analyze and interpret financial information to provide assurance that information complies with professional and regulatory standards.

Required knowledge, skills & abilities.

Formal qualifications and experience

• University or Bachelor degree in Finance or related subject area preferred

• Strong communication and analytical skills

• SAP & or Peoplesoft knowledge is a strong plus

• General accounting skills (statutory and international standards)

• Ability to work within a complex and changing environment

• Good knowledge of Microsoft PC Tools (Excel,…)

• Strong quantitative and analytical capability

• Fluent in written and spoken English, Dutch or French

• Can work independently but is also an excellent team player

• Strong customer orientation (Countries, Businesses and Functions)

Specific skills and abilities

• Identification with the IQVIA culture & values

• Planning & organizing

• Analytical skills

• Listening

• Good communication

• Co-operation

• Customer orientation

• Problem analysis

• Judgment

• Good interpersonal and communication skills

Location

• 3 days/week homeworking

• 2 days/week based at Zaventem

What is in it for you?

• Embark on a job with a sense: opportunity to move healthcare forward

• A solid onboarding program and HR framework to support your personal development

• A key job in a growing department, residing in a safe multinational company

• Opportunity to learn innovative methodologies and tools on the job

• Possibilities to explore further your specific domain of interest

• Great team and company spirit

• Possibility of lateral moves within the Belgian structure or within the group at regional/global level.

Career opportunities at IQVIA

If the above-mentioned role does not match with your professional aspirations, please consult our job pages to discover other vacancies and apply, or join our Talent Network: https://jobs.iqvia.com/

IQVIA is a leading global provider of advanced analytics, technology solutions and clinical research services to the life sciences industry. We believe in pushing the boundaries of human science and data science to make the biggest impact possible – to help our customers create a healthier world. Learn more at https://jobs.iqvia.com

IQVIA is a world leader in using data, technology, advanced analytics, and expertise to help customers drive healthcare – and human health – forward. Together with the companies we serve, we are enabling a more modern, more effective and more efficient healthcare system, and creating breakthrough solutions that transform business and patient outcomes.

To get there, it takes diverse skills and a curiosity to explore new possibilities. No matter your role, everyone at IQVIA, including our colleagues at Q² Solutions, contributes to our shared goal of improving human health. Thank you for your interest in growing your career with us.

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