Senior Manager – Accounting Services (IFRS/Conso) (m/f)

Senior Manager – Accounting Services (IFRS/Conso)

Arendt Investor Services, which is part of Arendt & Medernach, the largest law firm in Luxembourg, is regulated by the Luxembourg supervisory authority (CSSF – Commission de Surveillance du Secteur Financier) and operates under the status of Professional of Financial Sector (“PSF”).

Arendt Investor Services offers a wide range of services, such as domiciliation, corporate secretarial and accounting services, fund services, directorship of companies, tax-compliance services and assistance in the winding-up of companies.

As a result of the continuous increase in our activities, we are currently looking for a:

Senior Manager – Accounting Services (IFRS/Conso)

Your role:

Team management:

• Management of a team of accountants from Junior to Manager level and communication by providing regular feedback;
• Development of the overall performance of the team members, ensuring reporting deadlines are met (monthly/quarterly reporting/BCL – CbCr – VAT etc), with oversight on planning, scheduling and monitoring of workloads;
• Ensuring that internal processes and procedures are applied;
• Guarantee the correct level of resourcing in the short-term through absence management and in the mid-term through capacity planning and participate to the recruitment;
• Monitoring of the team members’ appraisal, targets setting and career development;
• Assuming managerial role model and adopt the “can do” behavior and positive attitude in everyday business, client, process and staff situation;

Client management:

• Management of a portfolio of clients ensuring a high level of client satisfaction;
• Maintaining and building long-term client relationships;
• Ensuring responsiveness and timely handing of client’s requests, ensuring delivery of services of high quality level of services;
• Contributing in business development via cross-selling and client relationships, representing and promoting a positive image of the company.

Operations / Financials:

• Acting as manager and/or director of companies;
• Assuming all duties relating to mandates – participation to board meetings and review / ensure critical analysis on the documentation to be executed notably in case of complex transactional files;
• Being fully knowledgeable and diligent about risk affecting clients and Arendt Investor Services alike;
• Taking ownership for end-to-end problem resolution, including root cause analysis, solution alternatives, business casing, decision triggering and implementation;
• Demonstrating commitment to company’s goals and strategy;
• Handling the approval of invoices and follow up of cash collection;
• Controlling of profitability / budget / overruns and monitor financial targets of team members;
• Supervision of the accounting team’s work and ensure timely preparation/submission of client deliverables.

Your profile:

• You successfully passed an academic degree in accounting (BTS, Bachelor or Master’s Degree). A professional certification (OEC, ACCA, CPA) is considered an advantage;
• You have 7 years to 10 years of experience in a trust company in Luxembourg;
• You have a solid knowledge of Luxembourg accounting/company laws and regulations;
• You have an extensive exposure to Lux GAAP, IFRS and Consolidation.
• You have a previous experience in managing and coaching a team and display a positive and enthusiastic attitude;
• Ideally, you also have an experience in VAT and BCL reporting.
• You are seen as a proactive person, solution oriented with excellent communication skills;
• You are client driven, rigorous and are able to prioritize workload and manage several tasks;
• You are fluent in English; 

We offer:

• An entrepreneurial working environment giving priority to team work;
• A multicultural environment where we promote diversity, talent & ideas;
• The ability to work and interact with a wide variety of specialists;
• Internal trainings and career development.

Interested?

If you are interested in this job opportunity, we are looking forward to receiving your application. 

All applications will be treated confidentially.

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