Senior Accounting & Control Specialist

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Would you like to work for one of the World's largest banks in an exciting, dynamic and international environment? 

We are currently recruiting for a Senior Accounting & Control Specialist for our Finance Division in Amsterdam.

MUFG Bank Europe N.V. (MBE) is a fully-owned subsidiary of Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group (MUFG), one of the largest ranked Financial Groups in the world in terms of assets. A world-class set of businesses and more than 180,000 employees in 50 markets. MUFG offers stability in an ever-changing market, providing services to high-profile clients worldwide. 
 
For more than 50 years MBE offers corporate and investment banking services to both Japanese and non-Japanese corporate customers in The Netherlands and, through its branches. The goal is to be among the top performing foreign-owned banks operating in The Netherlands, providing value-added banking services and excellent operations, fulfilling both Japanese and Global Multinational Corporate customers' needs.  
 
At MBE we are committed to contributing to a more sustainable future. Thus, we will encourage you to embed environmental, social & governance (ESG) factors in your everyday work and in our culture. 

The MBE subsidiary based in The Netherlands is a network of branches (Germany Branch (Dusseldorf, Hamburg, Frankfurt, Munich), Spain Branch (Madrid), Belgium Branch (Brussels), Austria Branch (Vienna)), managed from Amsterdam. 

Overall Purpose of the Job
As a Senior Accounting & Control specialist, you will play an important role in the Headquarter of MBE Finance responsible on all accounting activities and processes to ensure delivery of accurate and concise financial reporting of high quality and support the accounting team with your extensive experience in the field. You will be the back-up of the Head of Accounting. MBE is an important subsidiary of MUFG financial group, and the position will cover the responsibilities of Financial Accounting of JGAAP (MUFG group reporting purpose) and IFRS (MBE local reporting purpose) across MBE offices in multiple EU countries. 

 
Function positioning 
Overall the team is responsible for the following: 

• Accounting for Japanese GAAP and IFRS; 

• (Financial) Controlling, incl. variance analysis; 

• Reporting towards MUFG Group 

 
The Senior Accounting & Control specialist is expected to be well professionalized in accounting and lead and manage independently any challenge in accounting matters. This includes support/guide the medior and junior members (total team 8-9 FTE) within the team for their development.