Accountant Manager

Purpose

The Accountant Manager works within the Close & Accounting department and reports to the Tax and Accounting Manager Netherlands. You will lead a team of two Accountants based in Porto, Portugal, where SBM Offshore’s Corporate & Business Solutions Center (CBSC) is located.

As Accountant Manager, you act as financial specialist for all accounting topics related to the Dutch entities (IFRS and Dutch GAAP), with significant involvement in tax and treasury. These entities cover a wide range of group activities, from the listed parent company to engineering offices, payroll entities, foundations, and joint ventures involved in FPSO construction and lease & operate activities. You ensure correct application of group accounting policies and serve as key contact for Dutch GAAP matters. You will work in an international environment, collaborating with colleagues in finance, tax, treasury, and external stakeholders such as authorities and auditors.

Responsibilities

Daily / Continuous Responsibilities:
• Manage general ledger activities for Group Functions, including equity transactions (e.g., share-based payments), payroll accounting, accruals, and asset register.
• Ensure compliance with Group accounting policies.
• Maintain accurate balance sheets for Dutch entities, monitor equity positions, and coordinate dividend distributions based on documented interim financials.
• Support development of process documentation, internal controls, and policy implementation.
• Support service lines with Purchase-to-Pay topics, tax payments (CIT, VAT, WHT), ad‑hoc financial requests, accounting queries, and external (tax) audits.
• Manage a team of at least two accountants in Porto, focusing on development through knowledge sharing and training.

Monthly Responsibilities:
• Lead monthly (soft) close.
• Prepare VAT returns with the internal tax team.
• Prepare monthly reports to the Dutch Central Bank (DNB) and Central Office for Statistics (CBS) and maintain contact with these institutions.

Quarterly Responsibilities:
• Submit IFRS-based quarter-end balance sheet (hard close), including internal review and presentation to stakeholders.
• Manage share-based payments accounting (IFRS 2).
• Follow up on tax positions.
• Handle ad‑hoc requests from internal stakeholders.

Annual Responsibilities:
• Prepare statutory annual accounts for Dutch entities, including audit and filing (with legal).
• Prepare audit packages and liaise with external auditors.
• Oversee tax reporting.
• Support partners with statutory accounts, audit queries, business reviews, forecasts, and budget cycles.

Education

• You are a self-starter, team player, and business partner for accounting standards, with strong adaptability and drive for continuous improvement.
• Excellent Dutch and English, written and spoken.
• Business school or finance/accounting degree.
• IFRS (Dutch GAAP is a plus), lease accounting, audit processes (tax accounting beneficial).
• Minimum eight years in a similar environment or audit firm.
• Advanced Excel and Word; PowerPoint proficiency; SAP/IFS; familiarity with group consolidation processes, intercompany reconciliation, and related deliverables.

Experience

• Experience (functions, duration): Minimum eight years’ experience in a related environment or an audit firm.
• Accounting/ consolidation system (ERP): SAP/ IFS
• Experience (or at least familiarized) with group consolidation process and related internal closing instructions, including intercompany reconciliation process and other deliverables e.g. representation letter, related parties’ confirmation and subsequent events declaration
• Competent to lead audit process and experience with internal control
• Statutory accounting, and tax requirements in an international environment
• Well-developed stakeholder management skills
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills with strong attention to detail
• Able to communicate clearly, concisely and persuasively (good negotiating skills), orally and in writing
• Strong and motivated / committed team player
• High standard of work ethics, proactive and work well-structured/ organized
• Able to prioritize tight deadlines
• Able to maintain calm and focus in a dynamic environment
• Able to effectively adapt to unexpected changes
• Able to result-oriented work in a fast-paced environment (mindset: ‘can do’- mentality)

Functional Competencies