Job Description
Assistant Accounting Manager
Anderson Wise is happy to offer an exciting opportunity for an experienced finance professional eager to utilise and enhance their skills and expertise. You will join our esteemed client, a globally leading Investment Firm specialising in private equity, real assets, and credit strategies.
As a part of the Luxembourg finance team supporting real assets, you will work closely with the Real Assets Manager. This role offers consistent engagement with their European and US offices, exposing you to a fast-paced professional environment.
Your responsibilities will involve actively reviewing accounting procedures and offering support and analysis for the day-to-day transactions of diverse investments within the organisational structure. Our client is committed to the development of their people through challenging work assignments and exposure to diverse activities.
Your Responsibilities
- Review of financial statements prepared by external accounting services.
- Effectively liaise and communicate with the legal team in Luxembourg to share information in relation to operations, as well as ensure the external accounting servicer can comprehend legal documentation supporting investment transactions.
- Preparation of distribution templates (including debt instrument redemptions calculations and shares redemption calculations)
- Coordinate the preparation and review of the indirect and direct tax returns prepared by external tax advisors.
- Review invoices before submitting them for payment.
- Recording of daily bookkeeping and processing of payments and deal related cash flows.
- Assist the manager with specific tasks, including investment structuring and deal closings.
- Work on monthly reporting to the US Team based in Washington DC and on the preparation of statutory financial statements.
- Preparation of periodic reporting to the Luxembourg central bank and CSSF.
- Coordinating and dealing with year-end audits under the supervision of the manager.
- Intercompany account reconciliation.
- Review the day-to-day operations of companies and answer controllers’ requests.
- Be an important link between management and junior staff.
- Be responsible for the quality of the work and documents produced and submitted for management review.
- Coach and supervise the daily work of junior staff.
- Assist in a wide variety of projects as assigned.
Your Profile
- University degree in accounting.
- Minimum of 5 years’ experience.
- Strong knowledge of Luxembourg accounting and legal environment.
- Strong organisational skills and detail-oriented.
- Fluent in English. French or German is a plus.
- Knowledge of Lux GAAP and IFRS is a plus.
- Strong knowledge of Microsoft Office.
- Use of common sense and a hands-on approach in solving problems.
- Ability to prioritise workload, multi-task and produce high-quality work even when working within tight deadlines.
- Ability to meet ad-hoc requests from multiple people.
- Energetic, passionate, and positive can-do attitude.
- Excellent communication skills - both written and oral.
- Ability to work effectively as part of a team and independently.
Could this be the right opportunity for you? Please do not hesitate to send your CV to Andrew Notter at andrew.notter@andersonwise.com to be considered for this recruitment process. Your application will be treated with the utmost discretion.
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