Junior Accounting and Business Consultant - Gent

Junior Accounting and Business Consultant - Gent AANBOD Within the Accounting, Compliance and Reporting business, we are focused on helping large multinational companies, as well as family-owned businesses and startups, to meet their financial reporting requirements. As an ACR colleague you become a trusted business advisor for our clients, their right-hand man or woman. This means you will provide innovative finance solutions tailored to the clients’ needs and help them to create a competitive advantage. You will not be limited to a specific sector, allowing you to work with clients across various industries, including transport, logistics, manufacturing, oil & gas, pharma, retail, service providers, etc. This is applied to all of our service lines: Assurance, Consulting, Strategy and Transactions, Tax & Legal and Accounting, Compliance & Reporting. Shape the future with confidence. The Opportunity: Your Next Adventure Awaits? Your function is no longer the manual processing of accounting documents. As an ACR consultant at EY you will instead gradually become a trusted business advisor for our clients. This means you will provide innovative solutions tailored to the clients’ needs and help them to create a competitive advantage. Your Key Responsibilities Accounting & Compliance: you will assist clients in their financial digital processes (e.g. preparation and interpretation of year-end-closings, audit assistance, financial statements, tax and VAT returns, …); Reporting: depending on your interests and experience, you can work on management reports, budgeting, analytical bookkeeping, financial health & competitors analyzes and other financial projects; Temporary assignments: depending on the client’s needs, you will assist in general accounting, credit control, internal optimization projects, etc; Start-up and scale-up assistance: you will be an active member of the EYnovation ecosystem, with a hands‑on and entrepreneurial approach. our Profile You have a bachelor’s or master’s degree in a financial or economic orientation; You will graduate this year or have up to one year experience; You are fluent in Dutch, and have a good written and spoken knowledge of English; You are a born team player, critical, innovative and curious; You are client‑and results-oriented; You are willing to follow internal and external trainings, and becoming a chartered accountant (IAB/IEC) is an option; You are tech‑savvy. Experience with Exact Online and/or ERP is a bonus; You are available to start in September 2025. #J-18808-Ljbffr