Company Description

Eurofins Scientific is an international life sciences company, providing a unique range of analytical testing services to clients across multiple industries, to make life and our environment safer, healthier and more sustainable. From the food you eat, to the water you drink, to the medicines you rely on, Eurofins laboratories work with the biggest companies in the world to ensure the products they supply are safe, their ingredients are authentic, and labelling is accurate.

Eurofins is dedicated to delivering testing services that contribute to the health and safety of society and the planet, and to its corporate responsibility to protect the environment and ensure diversity, equity, and inclusion across the entire network of Eurofins companies.

Job Description

Why Join Our Shared Services Center in Braga?

Start-Up Spirit: Be part of a fast-growing, agile environment where your ideas matterTransition Energy: Join us at a pivotal moment—help shape and optimize new processesBuild from the Ground Up: Contribute to the creation of standards and best practicesTeam Spirit: Work in a collaborative, people-first cultureWork-Life Balance: Flexible hours and hybrid work optionsInternational Exposure: Collaborate with colleagues across Europe and beyondVibrant Culture: Enjoy regular team events, celebrations, and a strong sense of community

Your Role: Senior Accountant RtR (General Ledger) 

As a key member of our General Ledger team, you will:

Manage Fixed Assets: additions, disposals, depreciationPost journal entries, including inventory transactionsPerform intercompany reconciliations and resolve discrepanciesPrepare Cognos reports and conduct account reconciliationsSupport external reporting: audits, VAT, IntrastatContribute to process transitions and documentationTrain and support new team membersIdentify and implement process improvementsBuild strong relationships with internal stakeholders

What truly sets this opportunity apart is the scope and ownership offered in our General Ledger roles.

At Eurofins Braga, GL senior accountants are entrusted with end-to-end responsibility for their legal entities—from journal entries to reporting—offering a level of autonomy and accountability that is rare in most Shared Services environments, where tasks are often highly segmented.

This is a unique chance to develop a full-spectrum accounting skillset, gain deep business insight, and truly make an impact.

Qualifications

What We’re Looking For:

Strong experience in finance; BPO/SSC and GL experience Fluent English (written and spoken) and Fluent in French (written and spoken)Strong Excel skills and proficiency in MS OfficeDetail-oriented, reliable, and well-organizedProactive mindset and openness to change and innovation

What We Offer:

Full-time contractFlexible working hoursHybrid work model (after training)Comprehensive onboarding and internal training (first 2 months on-site)Attractive benefits:Private medical careMeal vouchers (€9.60/day)Annual bonus schemeBirthday day offNomad ProgramReferral ProgramSocial events: Winter & Summer parties, team building, volunteering activitiesCareer development opportunitiesA chance to shape the future of a growing international SSC

Be Part of the Transformation

If you're excited by the idea of building something new, driving change, and growing with a purpose-driven company, Eurofins Braga is the place for you.

Additional Information

We support your development! Do you feel you don’t match 100% of the requirements? Don’t hesitate to apply anyway! Eurofins companies are committed to supporting your career development.

We embrace diversity! Eurofins network of companies believe in strength and innovation through diversity, being an Equal Opportunity Employer. We prohibit discrimination against employees or applications based on gender identity and/or expression, race, nationality, age, religion, sexual orientation, disability, and everything else that makes employees of Eurofins companies unique.

Sustainability matters to us!  We are well on our way to achieving our objective of carbon neutrality by 2025, through a combination of emission reduction and compensation initiatives. We encourage our laboratory leaders to make sustainable changes at their local level, and in addition to their initiatives we also count on our dedicated carbon reduction team to help us to achieve this goal!

Find out more in our career page: https://careers.eurofins.com/

Company description: Eurofins Scientific is an international life sciences company, providing a unique range of analytical testing services to clients across multiple industries, to make life and our environment safer, healthier and more sustainable. From the food you eat, to the water you drink, to the medicines you rely on, Eurofins laboratories work with the biggest companies in the world to ensure the products they supply are safe, their ingredients are authentic and labelling is accurate.

The Eurofins network of companies is the global leader in food, environment, pharmaceutical and cosmetic product testing and in discovery pharmacology, forensics, advanced material sciences and agroscience contract research services. It is one of the market leaders in certain testing and laboratory services for genomics, discovery pharmacology, forensics, advanced material sciences and in the support of clinical studies, as well as having an emerging global presence in Contract Development and Manufacturing Organisations. It also has a rapidly developing presence in highly specialised and molecular clinical diagnostic testing and in-vitro diagnostic products.

In over 35 years, Eurofins has grown from one laboratory in Nantes, France to 62,000 staff across a decentralised and entrepreneurial network of ca. 900 laboratories in 61 countries. Eurofins companies offer a portfolio of over 200,000 analytical methods to evaluate the safety, identity, composition, authenticity, origin, traceability and purity of biological substances and products.

In 2023, Eurofins generated total revenues of EUR 6,515 million, and has been among the best performing stocks in Europe over the past 20 years.