Accounting & Tax Manager
The Accounting & Tax Manager oversees Entain Belgium’s accounting and tax activities, ensuring the accuracy and reliability of financial information and compliance with applicable requirements. The scope of the role covers general and analytical accounting, taxation, treasury, intercompany transactions, and payroll.
The Accounting & Tax Manager supports the Accounting Officers and collaborates with Finance teams, Group stakeholders, and external partners to ensure efficient and compliant financial operations.
- Oversee daily accounting activities and ensure the accuracy and completeness of the General Ledger.
- Supervise general and analytical accounting activities, including reconciliations, journal entries, and intercompany and inter-local transactions.
- Coordinate and review monthly and annual accounting closing activities.
- Ensure balance sheet accounts are properly reconciled and investigate and resolve any accounting discrepancies.
- Manage direct tax matters, including Corporate Income Tax (CIT) and applicable tax reporting and filing requirements, such as Form 50.
- Manage indirect tax matters, including VAT compliance, tax filings (e.g. Betting Taxes), and related accounting activities.
- Coordinate with internal and external tax stakeholders and provide the required information for tax filings, tax audits and reviews.
- Oversee treasury management activities and contribute to monitoring cash levels.
- Act as the main point of contact for banks.
- Manage and monitor intercompany transactions, ensuring proper accounting treatment, reconciliation and documentation.
- Manage and reconcile inter-local transactions.
- Oversee payroll-related accounting activities and ensure the proper recording and reconciliation of payroll-related transactions.
- Ensure compliance with Belgian accounting requirements and the Group’s internal accounting policies.
- Maintain effective internal controls and contribute to the continuous improvement of accounting and tax processes.
- Support internal and external audits by preparing and providing the required accounting and tax documentation.
- Minimum 5 years of experience in accounting and tax, with comprehensive knowledge of end-to-end accounting (required).
- Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance or equivalent professional experience (required).
- Good knowledge of accounting systems, ERP and BI tools (required).
- Experience with Oracle is a plus (nice-to-have).
- Advanced Excel skills (formulas, pivot tables, etc.) (required).
- Knowledge of AI applications in Finance is a plus (nice-to-have).
- Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills (required).
- Structured, accurate and quality-oriented approach (required).
- Strong communication, presentation and active listening skills (required).
- Ability to work independently and as part of a team (required).
- Excellent written and spoken English, as well as French or Dutch (required).
- Full-time contract (38 hours/week – 5 days)
- Meal vouchers: €10 per worked day
- Eco-vouchers
- Gift voucher
- Travel expenses: 100% reimbursement of public transport costs or mileage allowance (legal rate)
- Reimbursement of travel expenses for professional events
- Company laptop
- Company mobile phone and mobile subscription
- Company car
- Reimbursement of home internet costs
- Up to 2 days of remote work per week
- 4 additional vacation days on top of the 20 statutory annual leave days
- Pension insurance
- Hospitalization insurance
- Annual bonus (CCT90) based on collective objectives
- 13th-month salary
- Double holiday pay
Entain is one of the world's largest sports betting and gaming entertainment groups and a FTSE 100 company. Formed when GVC Holdings rebranded as Entain in December 2020, its brands trace their history back to the 1880s and include bwin, Coral, Foxy, Gala, Ladbrokes and partypoker. Through its joint venture with MGM Resorts International, it powers BetMGM in the United States with its proprietary technology. Headquartered in London, Entain employs over 30,000 people with offices across 19 countries.