Senior Accountant

Zeeco designs and manufactures advanced combustion and environmental solutions for industries such as oil & gas, petrochemicals, power, and LNG. It helps companies reduce emissions, improve operational efficiency, and meet environmental compliance requirements through products like burners, flare systems, and thermal oxidizers.

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For our italian HQ in Cinisello Balsamo (MI), we are now seeking a Senior Accountant to join our fantastic team.

This role is suited for an experienced accounting professional with a strong operational profile, able to ensure accuracy, completeness, and timeliness of accounting data, while contributing to a continuously evolving finance environment. The Senior Accountant works in and with the Finance team, supporting core accounting activities with a particular focus on general ledger, payroll and T&E accounting, tax operational activities, and fixed assets, and providing stability and reliability to the overall close process.

The position reports directly to the Head of Finance Italy.

Key Responsibilities
General Ledger & Closing Support

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• Perform and manage general ledger accounting activities, including journal entries, accruals, provisions, and balance sheet reconciliations.
  
• Actively support month‑end, quarter‑end, and year‑end closing activities, ensuring deadlines are met and accounting data is accurate and complete.
  
• Prepare supporting schedules and documentation for closing and reporting purposes.
  

Payroll, T&E & Tax Operational Accounting

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• Perform postings and reconciliation activities related to payroll costs, social charges, and related balance sheet accounts, incl. coordination with external providers.
  
• Manage T&E accounting and reconciliations, ensuring correct posting and consistency between systems and the general ledger.
  
• Support tax‑related operational accounting activities, including postings, reconciliations, and monitoring of tax balances, incl. coordination with external providers, with flexibility to support a broader in‑house scope in the future.
  

Fixed Assets Accounting

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• Manage fixed assets accounting, including capitalization, depreciation, disposals, and reconciliations.
  
• Maintain accurate and up‑to‑date fixed asset records, ensuring consistency with accounting entries and supporting documentation.
  

Interfaces & Audit Support

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• Act as backup and accounting interface for AP and AR activities, ensuring correct integration into the general ledger.
  
• Perform reconciliations between subledgers and the GL, including monitoring clearing and suspense accounts.
  
• Support internal and external audits, preparing documentation and providing explanations for assigned accounting areas.
  

Adaptability & Problem Solving

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• Operate effectively in a changing environment, contributing to continuous improvement of accounting practices and processes.
  
• Identify issues, discrepancies, and inefficiencies and address them with a pragmatic and solution‑oriented approach.
  
• Collaborate proactively within the Finance team to ensure consistency, continuity, and reliability of accounting operations.
  

Qualifications And Experience

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• Bachelor’s degree in Economics.
  
• 6-10 years of professional experience in operational accounting roles, audit, or similar environments.
  
• Strong hands‑on experience in general ledger accounting and financial close activities.
  
• Solid operational experience with payroll accounting, T&E accounting, tax postings and reconciliations, and fixed assets.
  
• Practical experience working with ERP systems (e.g. SAGE, SAP, Oracle, or similar) and strong Excel skills.
  
• High attention to detail combined with a structured and reliable execution mindset.
  
• Ability to work autonomously while collaborating effectively within a team‑based and international environment.
  
• Fluent English (minimum B2 level), written and spoken.
  

What We Are Looking For

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• A hands‑on and dependable accounting professional with strong operational discipline.
  
• Someone comfortable working in a continuous‑improvement context, where processes and tools evolve over time.
  
• A profile that combines accuracy, ownership, and a constructive, problem‑solving mindset.
  
• A team‑oriented professional who contributes to stability, quality, and consistency of accounting operations.
  

What We Offer

We offer outstanding opportunit