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Discover how well your profile matches a role as Accountant. Get insight into which skills you already have, which you can still develop and which courses or learning paths fit your next step.
Accountant in short
Accountant is a function within Finance, part of the branch Accounting and tax advisory. Every figure on this page comes from our own market data for this function.
- Domain
- Finance
- Branch
- Accounting and tax advisory
- Open job opportunities
- 3
- Measured skills
- 6 · Measured for this function
- Typical experience
- 2-4 years
- Salary source
- National benchmark, 17 observations
Salary & employment conditions
gross per month · National benchmark, 17 observations
Employment conditions
Benchmarked in the job opportunities for this function.
- Bonusregeling
- 20% of job opportunities
- Pensioenregeling
- 20% of job opportunities
- Laptop van de zaak
- 50% of job opportunities
- Vakantiedagen
- 25 days
- Winstdeling
- 20% of job opportunities
- Thuiswerken/hybride
- 20% of job opportunities
Day-to-day work
Taken from the descriptions employers published on their own job opportunities.
in 1 of 3 job opportunities
in 1 of 3 job opportunities
in 1 of 3 job opportunities
Skills
Benchmark score per skill for this function, on a scale of 0 to 100.
Next functions
The share of professionals that made this step, and how long it took them.
Frequently asked questions about Accountant
What does a Accountant earn?
A Accountant earns between € 4.150 and € 7.250 gross per month in our market data, with € 4.750 as the typical medior salary. Where you land inside that range depends on your years of experience, your region and the size of your employer.
Can you become a Accountant without experience?
Starting without experience is possible, but it depends on the level. Our data puts the entry salary around € 4.150 gross per month, and a junior is expected to bring Jaarrekening samenstellen, Samenstelpraktijk / samenstelverklaring, Fiscale aangiften (VPB/IB/BTW) at a basic level plus the drive to grow quickly.
Which skills do you need as a Accountant?
Employers hiring a Accountant ask most often for Jaarrekening samenstellen, Samenstelpraktijk / samenstelverklaring, Fiscale aangiften (VPB/IB/BTW). Our benchmark scores those skills highest for this role, so start there. Soft skills such as communication and collaboration decide the rest: they separate two candidates with the same technical profile.
What does a Accountant do day to day?
In the current Accountant job opportunities the work comes down to test1, test2. Those tasks come straight from the descriptions employers published themselves, instead of from a generic job profile written by us.
Which education fits a Accountant?
Employers mention HBO Accountancy (AA-opleiding), AA (Accountant-Administratieconsulent) most often in their Accountant job opportunities, and 55% of those openings names the first one. A diploma is rarely the only route though: demonstrable projects, a targeted certificate and experience from a neighbouring role count just as heavily.
What is the next step after Accountant?
Professionals in our data move on from Accountant to Senior Accountant, Controller (Financial/Business). That step usually takes 2-4 years, and the salary room above the median for this role runs to 100%, so growing inside the function itself pays off as well.
Is there much demand for a Accountant?
There are 3 open job opportunities for this role right now, which we label as high. Most of them sit in Winterswijk, and 100% of the openings allows hybrid or remote work. That number shifts per season, so set an alert to follow it.
Accountant professionals speak
Stories from the teams behind the open job opportunities for this function.
“Via KaaS vonden we binnen twee weken de perfecte kandidaat. De matching scheelt ons enorm veel tijd.”
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