Senior Accountant
Become our Sr. Accountant at Ciner Glass, where you'll help shape a solid financial structure to support our growth, innovation, and the launch of a new high-impact production site!
As the Senior Accountant at Ciner Glass, you will play a crucial role within the regional finance team, as well as a part of the international group. In this role, you will be involved with both accounting and management reporting processes. Additionally, this position plays a key role in fostering a data-driven culture, standardizing monthly reporting and focusing on actionable insights. This is the ideal position for a dynamic finance professional looking to make an impact in a collaborative and rapidly changing environment and cross-cultural exposure. In this role you will be leading an accountant and reporting directly to the head of the department in Lommel.
You will have the unique opportunity to be part of a start-up company and to work with advanced technologies and contribute to the development of high-quality glass products. All this within an organization where innovation and sustainability are at the core. Ready to find your 'Bottle Happiness' with us?
Responsibilities & Key Tasks
Financial Management and Reporting
- Establishing and supporting an effective control system to safeguard financial information and operational data
- Developing and assisting with budgeting and management reporting processes, including annual budgets, forecasts, variance analyses, and business plans, ensuring alignment with organizational goals
- Assisting in the preparation of monthly, quarterly, and annual reports
Accounting and Month-end Closing
- Support the implementation of relevant accounting policies, processes and controls
- Enter financial information into relevant ledgers, accounting, and treasury systems
- Ensure the integrity of financial data by accurate and timely entry and processing of transactions
- Perform regular accounting reconciliations, including accounts receivable/payable, intercompany, bank, and credit card reconciliations. Identify and resolve discrepancies
- Participate in month-end closing processes, including manual journal entries, accruals, etc
- Execute and record payments
Bank Reconciliations
- Regularly perform bank reconciliations to ensure the accuracy of financial data
- Identify and resolve discrepancies between bank statements and accounting records
Reporting & controlling
- Provide management information related to payments and invoices
- Assist in preparing financial reports and statements
- Support the finance department with ad-hoc tasks and projects
- Provide daily support by monitoring company cash flows and preparing and maintaining short-term cash flow reports
- Assist during audits by preparing necessary documentation and responding to auditors’ questions in collaboration with the department head
- Actively keep up to date with developments in the financial field and regulatory changes
Qualifications, Competences & Experience
- Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in a relevant field and an accounting qualification (ACA, ACCA, CPA, or equivalent)
- Knowledge of local VAT and corporate tax regulations
- Understanding of accounting and treasury principles and practices, with familiarity in bank reconciliations and invoice management
- Knowledge of month-end closing processes and familiarity with audit procedures and requirements
- Experience in a manufacturing environment and proficiency in ERP systems (preferably SAP), BI tools such as Power BI, and other production-related software is a plus
- Hands-on mentality to address challenges quickly and efficiently
- Effective in building relationships with diverse stakeholders and clients
- Strong communication skills (spoken and written in Dutch and English), time management, analytical and problem-solving skills.
- Ability to adapt well to change; the location is in a start-up phase and continuously evolving
- Ability to work under strict deadlines while managing multiple tasks and priorities
Why work at Ciner Glass?
You’ll have the opportunity to help shape a brand-new, state-of-the-art production facility, develop your role, and feel proud of the work you do. Working at Ciner Glass is fast-paced, challenging, and incredibly rewarding. This is not just a job: this is your career!
- Salary package with smartphone, laptop,...
- 42 vacation days, including holidays
- Health insurance
- Meal vouchers
- Group insurance as of 1/1/2026
- Opportunities for training and professional development
- Over time, these additional benefits will be further expanded
- Department
- Controlling
- Locations
- Ciner Glass Lommel
About Ciner Glass
Ciner Glass is more than a packaging glass producer. We’re a family business with a global perspective; driven by innovation, sustainability and people. From our bases in Turkey, the UK and Belgium, we deliver billions of glass bottles each year to the world’s leading food and beverage brands.
In 2026, we’ll open Europe’s most advanced and sustainable glass factory in Lommel. An investment of nearly €700 million, creating over 500 jobs and endless career opportunities.
This is where we bottle the future; together with you, the ‘flessenier’ of tomorrow.