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Job Description, Responsibilities & Requirements
About the Position
Corporate Finance Accounting Manager - Netherlands
Finance, Accounting, Compliance
Location: The Hague, South Holland, Netherlands
Status: Full-time
Starting salary range: €63,040 per year; hiring range commensurate on professional experience
Closing date: Please submit application by June 17th
Responsibilities
- Manage the day-to-day accounting transactions (including Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable, Fixed Assets, and Payroll transactions and data) with a focus on process improvement, internal controls, and customer service
- Manage data transfers between the Resource Development (fundraising), Payroll, Timekeeping, and International Finance Departments.
- Manage the monthly close process, maintain the close calendars, and approve monthly journal entries as required, working in partnership with International Finance, Resource Development, IT, Payroll, Operations, and Treasury Departments. Align the close calendar with internal reporting requirements for MCE, MCNL, and the US team.
- Collaborate effectively as a team member on high-impact, cross-functional projects with interdependent finance teams. Evaluate project goals, timelines, and resource allocation needs. Develop and manage a detailed financial work plan, ensuring alignment with project objectives and dependencies across finance sub-teams.
- Review monthly account reconciliations to ensure accuracy and resolution of outstanding items.
- Support finance teams as needed and provide input into the testing and design of new processes and systems relating to accounting operations.
- Manage the documentation of the accounting processes to ensure they are up to date. Lead on external financial and regulatory audits and related compliance as required.
- Provide support for the preparation and development of annual financial reporting as well as monthly management accounts. Working closely with other team members to respond to audit queries and working with the European Financial Controller to prepare the financial statements in accordance with local financial reporting frameworks.
- Assist in financial related queries for large institutional donors as well as government agencies and regulators in the Netherlands (including CBF) in order to provide accurate and timely information to external stakeholders; keeps up to date with relevant regulations, requirements, and expectations related to financial management and oversight in the Netherlands and informs the Financial Controller of relevant changes or risks
- Backstop accounting team members as necessary.
- As necessary, support the international finance function and the MCNL Managing Director in responding to donor payment requests and donor audits.
- Oversee and ensure all accounting practices comply with relevant taxing authorities, including tax regulations and reporting requirement related to payroll, pensions and social security, value-added tax, and corporation tax in the Netherlands. This includes direct communication with relevant taxing authorities, receiving confirmation of compliance with tax authorities. Provide accounting support to Mercy Corps stakeholders.
- Support with treasury related functions in the Netherlands, and helps navigate or resolve requests from the bank in the Netherlands, as may be required.
- Ability to ensure robust financial controls, governance, and reporting frameworks align with ECHO requirements, including donor eligibility rules, internal control standards, cashflow practices, and audit readiness.
- Other duties as assigned.
Requirements
- Qualifications:
- BA/BS in accounting or related field or equivalent work experience is required. Active ACCA (or the equivalent) license is preferred.
- 5-7 years of financial management experience is required. Payroll accounting, accounts payable, budgeting, financial reporting, and administration experience required.
- Demonstrated knowledge of FRS 102, NL, IFRS (International Financial Reporting Standards) not-for-profit GAAP, accounting systems, and accounting software is required.
- Demonstrated knowledge of the Dutch operational environment, including charity regulatory requirements (such as CBF, ANBI) and banking environment.
- Ideally demonstrated knowledge of ECHO donor compliance requirements and experience with ECHO ex ante and periodic assessments.
- Skills:
- Analytical ability to analyze financial data, identify trends, assess risks, and make strategic recommendations to management.
- Strong Microsoft Office product skills are required.
- Proven success in process improvement.
- Excellent verbal and written communication, analytical, organizational, and prioritization skills.
- Demonstrated capability in working collaboratively.
- Fluent English and Dutch language required.
We Offer
- Competitive salary
- Opportunity to work in a dynamic and impactful organization
- Professional development opportunities
- Diverse and inclusive work environment
About the Company
Mercy Corps is powered by the belief that a better world is possible. To do this, we know our teams do their best work when they are diverse, and every team member feels that they belong. We welcome diverse backgrounds, perspectives, and skills so that we can be stronger and have long-term impact.
The Corporate Accounting Department performs a vital function for Mercy Corps globally, interacting with all other departmental functions of the Agency to provide meaningful financial information to employees, management, donors, and regulators. Corporate Accounting works closely with the International Finance Department to provide monthly consolidation of over 30 countries and several subsidiaries’ financial information. Corporate Accounting generates Mercy Corps' Europe consolidated audited financial statements and supports other external financial reports. Mercy Corps Netherlands (MCNL) was established in December 2017. MCNL, Mercy Corps Europe (MCE), and Mercy Corps Global (MCG) operate as one global organization, sharing the same mission, vision, core values, and charitable objectives, as well as operational resources for the support and implementation of programme activities.
Equal Employment Opportunity
Mercy Corps is an equal opportunity employer committed to providing equal employment opportunities to all employees and qualified applicants for employment without regard to race, color, sex, sexual orientation, religion or belief, national origin, age, disability, marital status, veteran status, or any other characteristics protected under applicable law.
Safeguarding & Ethics
Mercy Corps is committed to ensuring that all individuals we come into contact with through our work, whether team members, community members, program participants, or others, are treated with respect and dignity. We are committed to the core principles regarding prevention of sexual exploitation and abuse laid out by the UN Secretary General and IASC and have signed on to the Interagency Misconduct Disclosure Scheme. We will not tolerate child abuse, sexual exploitation, abuse, or harassment by or of our team members. As part of our commitment to a safe and inclusive work environment, team members are expected to conduct themselves in a professional manner, respect local laws and customs, and to adhere to Mercy Corps Code of Conduct Policies and values at all times. Team members are required to complete mandatory Code of Conduct e-learning courses upon hire and on an annual basis.
As an applicant, if you witness or experience any form of sexual misconduct during the recruitment process, please report this to Mercy Corps Integrity Hotline ([email protected]).