Financial Accountant
Location: Rheden, Gelderland, Netherlands, 6991 GS
Company: Chart Industries
About the role
Focus: Is it correct, compliant, and audit‑ready
At Howden Thomassen Compressors, we are committed to delivering accurate, compliant, and audit‑ready financial information. As our Financial Accountant, you will play a key role in ensuring that our statutory reporting, tax compliance, and accounting processes meet the highest standards. You will work closely with auditors, tax advisors, and internal stakeholders to ensure our financial foundation is strong, transparent, and fully aligned with NL GAAP, US GAAP, and SOX requirements.
This is a hands‑on role with clear ownership across statutory reporting, audit coordination, tax compliance, inventory accounting, and fixed assets. If you thrive in a structured, high‑demanding environment and enjoy working with precision and accountability, this role offers the opportunity to make a meaningful impact.
What you will be doing
Ensuring compliance with NL GAAP, US GAAP, internal policies, and SOX requirements
Delivering statutory and external reporting and ensuring alignment with group and management figures
Supporting the MEC reporting process
Liaising with internal and external auditors
Playing a key role in end‑to‑end statutory audits
Preparing statutory annual accounts, disclosures, and supporting sign‑off processes
Coordinating corporate income tax (PE), transfer pricing, and VAT compliance
Liaising with tax advisors and authorities
Managing inventory accounting, reconciliations, provisions, and physical counts
Maintaining the fixed asset register, including capitalisation, depreciation, impairments, and disposals
What do you bring?
An ideal candidate would likely have the following profile:
Education at HBO+ or WO level (e.g., Accountancy, Economics, SPD)
Experience with SOX compliance and inventory controlling
Experience in a project organisation, including Percentage of Completion (POC)
Knowledge of ERP systems; Dynamics 365 is a strong advantage
Experience working with Excel
Knowledge of reporting in a high‑demanding environment
Fluent Dutch and strong English proficiency
We’ve put together some criteria that we think is important for this role, but don’t worry if your experience and expertise isn’t an exact match. If you feel that you can add value to our role and to Howden more broadly, we would welcome your application and be eager to learn more about you.
Why you'll love working with us
At Howden Thomassen Compressors, you’ll join a company with deep roots and a forward‑looking mindset. We’re proud of our engineering heritage, but we’re equally excited about where we’re going - towards smarter systems, more sustainable solutions, and a future shaped by innovation.
You’ll be part of a team that values ownership, collaboration, and continuous improvement. We believe finance isn’t just about numbers; it’s about enabling better decisions, supporting our people, and strengthening the business every day. Your work will have visibility, impact, and real meaning.
You’ll also enjoy the unique blend of a close‑knit local team and the scale of a global organisation. That meansthe freedom to make a difference locally, with the support and opportunities that come from being part of Chart/Howden worldwide.
Most importantly, you’ll work with people who care - about the quality of their work, about each other, and about building something that lasts.
Our benefits
Type of Employment: Full time (40 hours a week)
Collective Labor Agreement: The "CAO Metalektro" is applicable
Additional Compensation: Commuting Allowance
Holidays: 27 days
Additional "ADV" days: 13 days
Pension: We are with the PME pension scheme which is in line with the CAO Metalektro
Equipment: Laptop
Insurance: Additional collective insurances related to loss of income due to a long period of incapacity to work plus a collective accident insurance
Howden is an equal opportunity employer
The Company intention in respect of recruitment, selection and promotion is to appoint the most suitable candidate for each job regardless of that person’s race, religious beliefs, sex, sexual orientation, marital status, age or disability.
Chart Industries is an equal employment opportunity (EEO) employer and will not discriminate against any employee or applicants because of his or her race, color, religion, sex, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, pregnancy, age, national origin, disability, veteran status, military status, marital status, genetic information or any other reason prohibited by law. Additionally, it is and shall continue to be our policy to provide promotion and advancement opportunities in a non-discriminatory fashion.
Chart complies with applicable local, state, and federal statutes governing “equal employment opportunity” and nondiscrimination in employment in every location in which the company has facilities. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfers, leave of absence, compensation and training.
