Senior Financial Accountant (GL)

Senior Financial Accountant (GL)

Country: Netherlands

Senior Financial Accountant (GL) | Open Bank, S.A., Branche Nederland

Your role and the team We are looking for an experienced accounting professional with 8+ years of experience gained within financial institutions (banking, consumer finance, leasing or regulated financial services) and/or audit firms serving financial sector clients. The successful candidate combines strong IFRS knowledge with hands-on experience in statutory reporting, regulatory reporting, external audits and accounting for lending-related activities.

This role offers a broad and impactful scope within Financial Accounting, with a strong focus on the Belgium branch. You will be responsible for ensuring the accuracy and integrity of general ledger transactions as well as the month-end closing activities, acting as the subject matter expert for complex accounting matters and providing guidance on IFRS interpretation and implementation. In addition, you will play a key role in both internal and external audits, as well as tax reporting and compliance.

Beyond traditional accounting responsibilities, you will actively contribute to IT and business transformation projects that have a financial management impact. You will support the preparation of internal and external reports and contribute to activities within the consumer finance business. A key part of the role is driving continuous improvement by optimizing existing processes and helping to establish standardized ways of working across entities.

You will join a dynamic, diverse, and enthusiastic team where collaboration, ownership, and results matter. We value both individual initiative and teamwork, creating an environment where people are encouraged to grow, contribute ideas, and make a tangible impact.

Your duties and responsibilities in short

• Ensure the accurate, complete, and timely processing of financial data, including general ledger accounting, accounts receivable, accounts payable, subsystem reconciliations, and balance sheet account reconciliations.
• Ensure a strong control environment through effective balance sheet reconciliations, documentation standards and compliance with internal control requirements.
• Prepare and deliver high-quality internal and external financial reports, including VAT, Corporate Income Tax (CIT), and statutory and regulatory reporting requirements.
• Provide balance sheet and profit and loss information to Head Office in compliance with IFRS and group reporting requirements.
• Ensure compliance with applicable accounting standards, tax legislation, regulatory requirements, and internal policies.
• Support internal and external audits by providing accurate documentation, responding to audit inquiries, and contributing to the timely resolution of audit findings and recommendations.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to define financial data requirements and provide accounting support for projects, business initiatives, and activity settlements.
• Drive continuous improvement by identifying opportunities to enhance existing processes, strengthen controls, and implement more efficient and standardized ways of working across entities.

You have

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, Business Administration, or a related field.
• At least 8 years of experience gained within regulated financial institutions (banks, consumer finance companies, leasing companies, fintechs or other financial services organizations) and/or external audit firms serving financial sector clients.
• Strong knowledge of IFRS reporting and financial instruments accounting, including experience with lending-related activities and associated reporting requirements.
• Experience with lending products, consumer finance portfolios or credit-related accounting processes is highly preferred.
• Good command of Dutch is preferred; proficiency in English is essential.

We offer

• A personalized induction program so you can dream Open Bank, S.A., Branche Nederland and our way of working;
• A unique international working environment where you will work with different nationalities both internally and externally;
• A laptop
• In addition to a competitive salary, you can count on a 13th month, annual performance bonus of up to 10% of your annual salary, 27 days of leave and a collective pension plan with 5% own contribution;
• Travel allowance EUR 0.23 per km with a maximum of 30 km one way or reimbursement of the entire journey by using an NS Business Card;
• We encourage development and growth and offer various training opportunities;
• The possibility to work partly from home with a home office allowance (€3,35) for the days you work from home.

About us

We are

Open Bank, S.A., Branche Nederland. We have been active in the consumer finance market in the Netherlands since 1985 (car financing, personal loans and stock financing). In the Netherlands, we serve our customers from our office in Utrecht, and since 1992 also in Belgium from our office in Merelbeke (near Ghent). The leasing company Santander Leasing is also part of Open Bank, S.A., Branche Nederland (in the Netherlands with offices in Den Bosch, and in Belgium from Merelbeke). Our Benelux team consists of approximately 350 colleagues. Together, we are part of the Santander Group, one of the largest financial institutions in the world.

What makes Open Bank, S.A., Branche Nederland, Open Bank, S.A., Branche Nederland?

We work with many different nationalities. Showing initiative is appreciated by us, just like humor. We stimulate creativity and spar with each other about new ideas. We have an open corporate culture with an informal working atmosphere.

What sets us apart:

We have an open-plan office with several bigger or smaller meeting rooms and focus rooms if you have the need for more privacy and focus. We know how important mobile work is. Where it can be reconciled with the job, employees can work from home two or three days a week and are still connected to colleagues and customers via MS Teams.

For 7 years, we have been receiving the Top Employer Netherlands, Belgium and  Europe award. The health and wellbeing of our professionals are a priority and a fundamental pillar of Open Bank, S.A., Branche Nederland value proposition, which is communicated internally and globally under the name Behealthy. At Open Bank, S.A., Branche Nederland, we believe that the wellbeing of our employees is key to creating a positive, dynamic and innovative work environment. When people feel good, they have greater energy, creativity, and commitment, thus driving the success of the entire organization. In times of change and great challenges to achieve together, it is even more important to adopt healthy habits that help us prevent diseases and maintain physical and mental balance.

Our employees can get a sports subscription and Bicycle plan via our FiscFree offer. Our Evermood programme offers a platform free of charge for employees about various matters – from support in the form of tips on financial problems to advice on childcare issues and help with conflict resolution at work.

Enthusiastic?

Join the team! This is your chance to use your talent in a dynamic, international organization. Please apply via the button:

Screening is part of the application process. We check, based on the screening procedures in place within Open Bank, S.A., whether new employees are sufficiently reliable to perform work at Open Bank, S.A.*

We have a strong risk culture and expect all our professionals, regardless of their position, to have a proactive and responsible attitude towards risk management.*

Acquisition in response to this vacancy is not desired.

The Santander Way

Santander is evolving from a global, high-impact brand into a technology-driven organization, and our people are at the heart of this journey. Together, we are driving a customer-centric transformation that values bold thinking, innovation, and the courage to challenge what’s possible.

This is more than a strategic shift. It’s a chance for driven professionals to grow, learn, and make a real difference.

Our mission is to contribute to help more people and businesses prosper. We embrace a strong risk culture and all our professionals at all levels are expected to take a proactive and responsible approach toward risk management.

Ready to make it happen?

It starts with you. It starts here.