Senior GL Accountant

About the Position

Are you interested in solving the puzzle of creating efficient and scalable high-level financial structures rather than just preparing documentation? Do you enjoy being a liaison between corporate finance and local government?

We are looking for a Senior GL Accountant to join our team in Amsterdam, Netherlands. In this role, you will take full ownership of our holding-level accounting activities, ensuring statutory compliance, flawless month-end closes, and reliable group reporting.

Responsibilities

Day to day, you will:

• Lead and coordinate holding-level accounting activities, including month-end, quarter-end, and year-end closes.
• Prepare and review statutory financial statements and supporting documentation for holding entities.
• Ensure complete compliance with local statutory accounting and Dutch reporting requirements.
• Partner with the Controlling team to guide external auditors, advisors, and service providers through statutory reporting and audit cycles.
• Analyze complex accounting matters, document key technical positions, and align accounting policies across holding entities.
• Prepare reconciliations, journals, balance sheet reviews, and closing documentation for holding companies.
• Monitor intercompany balances and lead intercompany accounting alignment and eliminations.
• Improve finance workflows, internal controls, and reporting systems to help our accounting processes scale.

Requirements

• 5–7 years of progressive experience in accounting, with substantial exposure to holding-company accounting.
• Working knowledge of corporate income tax accounting and reporting, with experience supporting corporate income tax compliance, together with internal tax teams or external advisors.
• Deep, practical knowledge of general ledger accounting, holding structures, and statutory reporting.
• Strong understanding of Dutch statutory compliance requirements and accounting principles.
• Proven experience preparing or coordinating statutory financial statements for legal entities in an international environment.
• Solid experience operating within ERP-based systems (such as NetSuite) and managing complex spreadsheet analyses.
• Fluent communication skills in English to collaborate effectively with global team members.

What You’ll Bring

• A high level of ownership, reliability, and extreme attention to detail.
• A proactive, solution-oriented mindset, looking at changing environments as puzzles to solve, not obstacles.
• Strong logical reasoning and the ability to explain complex accounting treatments clearly.
• The independence to structure your own work, manage deadlines, and balance multiple priorities.
• A collaborative mindset, with the ability to build trust and work effectively across diverse, international teams.
• A focus on quality over quick fixes, valuing long-term system scalability and clean documentation.

What Success Looks Like

• First 3 months: You will get familiar with our global holding structure and ERP setup, successfully taking ownership of your first month-end close cycle for holding entities.
• First 6 months: You will lead the preparation of statutory financial statements, establish a smooth operating rhythm with external auditors, and proactively identify areas where our intercompany reconciliations can be streamlined.
• Long term: You will help raise the bar for our financial governance, standardizing our holding-level accounting processes to make them highly transparent, automated, and scalable.

We Offer

• Strong base salary – We offer competitive pay that reflects your skills and experience.
• Flexible work schedule – Enjoy the freedom to work from home or from the office.
• Extra time off – More days to relax, recharge, and do the things you love.
• Learning and development opportunities – Access to conferences, courses, and language classes.
• Free meals and snacks – Lunch and refreshments provided to keep you fueled.
• Health and wellness – On-site gyms or sports club stipends.
• Internal events – Company-wide celebrations and team gatherings.

About the Company

At JetBrains, we create intelligent software development tools for developers and teams. More than 15 million users, over 300,000 companies, and 88 of the Fortune Global Top 100 rely on our products to solve real, complex problems. Our mission is simple: make development teams more productive and AI adoptable at scale.

We are an equal opportunity employer. We know great ideas can come from anyone, anywhere. That’s why we do our best to create an open and inclusive workplace – one that welcomes everyone regardless of their background, identity, religion, age, accessibility needs, or orientation.

If this sounds like you, we’d love to hear from you.