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Benelux Accounting Lead

Req # JR - 159415 Location Utrecht, Utrecht, Netherlands Job Category Finance Date posted 01/13/2025
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Overview

This is where your insights influence change. As a member of the Baxter Finance team, you have the critical thinking and analytical mindset that allows you to translate data into meaningful, actionable insights that help teams learn and adapt along the way. We guide our internal partners to understand financial opportunities or realities that move Baxter forward and closer to our mission to save and sustain lives. While you often work independently with your cross-functional team, you always have the greater finance organization to lean on for support and career mentoring.

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  • 2 Days a Year to Volunteer

Success Profile

What makes a successful Finance team member at Baxter? Take a look at some of the top traits we’re looking for and see if you’re a fit.

  • Adaptable
  • Analytical
  • Detail-oriented
  • Easygoing
  • Results-driven
  • Team player

Benelux Accounting Lead

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Vantive: A New Company Built on Our Legacy

Since last year, Baxter has been on a journey to separate our Kidney Care segment into a standalone company. Vantive* will build on our nearly 70-year legacy in acute therapies and home and in-center dialysis to provide best-in-class care to the people we serve. We believe Vantive will not only build our leadership in the kidney care space, it will also offer meaningful work to those who join us.

At Vantive, you will become part of a community of people who are focused, courageous and don’t settle for the mediocre. Each of us are driven to help improve patients’ lives worldwide. Join us as we revolutionize kidney care and other vital organ support.

*Completion of the proposed sale of Vantive to funds managed by the Carlyle Group is subject to receipt of customary regulatory approvals and satisfaction of other closing conditions.

Your Role in the future Vantive - Baxter

This is where your insights influence change.

Your belief in hard work, critical thinking, and analytical approach is essential in understanding the big picture as well as collaborating on solutions.

As the Benelux Accounting Lead at Vantive, you have the opportunity to work with our internal team as well as collaboratively with the teams we support. As a valued member of our finance organization, your insights and technical expertise will support our operations and contribute to our goals. You are able to adapt quickly, and thrive in nearly any situation due to your friendly, open approach to work.

Your Team

The Benelux Accounting Lead is an integral position in the wider EMEA Controlling organization. Our Controlling Team’s role is to ensure accuracy and integrity of US GAAP and statutory financial statements for entities across the EMEA region, provide expertise in sophisticated accounting matters and decisions, and support corporate income tax compliance alongside external tax advisors and internal tax team.

The EMEA Controlling team builds positive relationships with Vantive Business Services, finance business partners, commercial and other functional organizations to support financial and accounting processes in compliance with US GAAP and statutory requirements and company’s policies and procedures.

This exciting position is located in our Vantive Utrecht office with remote work possibilities.

What you'll be doing

  • Oversee US GAAP, statutory and tax accounting and reporting for the holding and commercial entities in the Netherlands and Belgium.
  • Ensure completeness, accuracy and timeliness of all reporting to shareholders on a monthly, quarterly and annual basis.
  • Act as a point of contact to local authorities for matters related to accounting and tax compliance, including regulatory and withholding tax queries for dividend distributions.
  • Support financing activities such as reinvestments, dividend distributions and capital contributions.
  • Prepare and present board meeting documentation, including information on annual accounts statements, financial performance highlights, subsidiary impairment testing or subsidiary restructuring, CAPEX plans, etc., and support preparation of board minutes.
  • Ensure adherence of processes to company's policies and procedures, internal and external audit requirements and local rules and regulations; support strengthening of financial processes and controls.
  • Maintain strong relationships with key partners: local business, operations and decision support management.
  • Lead as the reference for all sophisticated accounting and tax issues for entities in scope.
  • Work closely with Vantive Business Services and Service Delivery partners in execution of end to end finance processes.
  • Support local, regional and global projects, as required; provide financial support in such projects.
  • Be an advocate of finance function and maintain focus on continuous process improvement.

What you'll bring

Bachelor’s degree in finance/accounting and/or qualified ACA/ACCA/CIMA/CPA (or equivalent) with significant professional experience in accounting or auditing of financial statements within a multinational and business services environment

You are at ease in working in a matrixed organization and have solid understanding of US GAAP and tax matters, as well as Dutch GAAP and tax regulation.

Excellent capacity in using reporting tools, as well as MS Word, Excel and PowerPoint, with experience in JDE being an advantage.

Highly proficient in both Dutch and English, your excellent communication and project leadership skills enable you have a diplomatic, flexible and “can do” mind-set.

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3542CE Utrecht Utrecht
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Hear from Our Employees

Our company is enriched by a diverse population of individuals in more than 100 countries that work to solve, innovate, manufacture and drive better healthcare options for patients around the world.

Meet Monica Weber, Senior Analyst, Finance, Singapore

“Though Finance is often referred to as a support function, I find finance to be a critical aspect of Baxter operations. The finance community is one of the most connected across the globe and, from my experience, highly regarded among business partners. Every project I support or initiative I'm involved in I try to look at the total Baxter picture and understand how it relates to the business and patients. Having that level of insight behind my work drives motivation.”

Meet Serge Vandermotten, COE Controller, Benelux

“My job has always fascinated me at Baxter. After 33 years of service, this is where I want to continue my career. I have stayed because it is a large company grounded in sound ethics and provides countless opportunities for development and innovation. It is a company that lives, progresses, and constantly develops with time. I have great pleasure in forming professional relationships with my colleagues as we learn from each other’s experiences.”

Meet Joselyn Alvarez, Senior Analyst, Costa Rica

“It is impossible to be a part of Baxter and not learn and grow. I've had the opportunity to learn valuable skills from coworkers and enjoy the relationships we have built as professionals. As a global company, Baxter always looks towards automation and improvement. I know that my work helps us be more efficient and precise in ensuring that our products are consistently available to patients.”

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