Junior GL Accountant

Junior GL Accountant at Eurofins in Braga, Portugal.

Role Summary

Are you ready to kick-start your accounting career in a dynamic , supportive , and international environment ? At Eurofins Business Services Portugal, we believe that great work starts with a great workplace. That’s why we foster a culture of collaboration, continuous learning, and genuine work-life balance .

Ready to Grow With Us?

Apply now and become part of a team where your potential is nurtured, your work is valued, and your well-being matters.

Responsibilities

• As a Junior GL Accountant, you’ll play a key role in our finance operations, gaining hands-on experience and growing your expertise every step of the way:
• Supporting Record to Report processes (fixed assets, journal entries, external reporting)
• Performing subledger and BSAR reconciliations
• Preparing reports and tax-related documentation
• Tackling ad-hoc tasks and contributing to special projects
• Collaborating with international teams across the organization
• Participating in process improvement initiatives

Requirements

• We’re looking for someone who’s eager to learn, grow, and thrive in a team-oriented environment:
• A degree in Accountancy, Taxation, Finance, or a related field
• Some experience in accounting (internships count!)
• Solid English communication skills (written and spoken)
• Proficiency in Excel
• Strong organizational skills and attention to detail
• A proactive mindset and a positive, can-do attitude
• Why You’ll Love Working With Us
• We don’t just offer jobs—we build careers. Here’s what makes us stand out:
• Full-time contract
• Flexible working hours
• Hybrid work model (after training)
• Comprehensive onboarding and internal training (first 2 months on-site)

Benefits

Attractive benefits

• Private medical care
• Meal vouchers (€10.20/day)
• Annual bonus scheme
• Birthday day off
• Nomad Program
• Referral Program
• Social events: Winter & Summer parties, team building, volunteering activities
• Career development opportunities (Internal mobility and development programs while learning from experienced mentors)
• A chance to shape the future of a growing international SSC
• From day one, you’ll be surrounded by a team that believes in lifting each other up. Whether it’s your first step into accounting or your next big move, we’re here to support your journey.
• 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!   As an Equal Opportunity Employer, the Eurofins network of companies believes in strength and innovation through diversity. 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 count on our dedicated carbon reduction team to help us to achieve this goal!

Find out more on our Careers 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 believes that it is a 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 also one of the market leaders in certain testing and laboratory services for genomics, and in the support of clinical studies, as well as in

biopharma contract development and manufacturing. It also has a rapidly developing presence in highly specialised and molecular clinical diagnostic testing and in-vitro diagnostic products.

In over 37 years, Eurofins has grown from one laboratory in Nantes, France to ca. 65,000 staff across a decentralised and entrepreneurial network of more than 950 laboratories in over 1,000 companies across 60 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 2024, Eurofins generated total revenues of EUR 6.95 billion, and has been among the best performing stocks in Europe over the past 20 years.

About the Company

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.