Senior Finance Officer: Private Equity Fund Administration.

This is an exciting opportunity to be involved in a fast-growing Luxembourg fund administration business. You will be a result-orientated professional with a “can do” attitude combined with a strong commitment to delivering high quality work. You will have the ability to work autonomously, taking full ownership of assigned responsibilities and utilising your excellent organizational skills. You will have great opportunity to continue developing your career and experience quickly within private equity fund administration.

Your Responsibilities:

• Perform daily cash reconciliations, ensuring transactions are settled in a timely manner
• Book daily transactions in the internal accounting system within agreed portfolio timescales
• Monitor and manage outstanding / overdue payments
• Ensure all supporting documentation is received and filed as per internal procedures
• Prepare, book and send capital calls and distributions to investors (including the preparation of legal documentation)
• Collect, process and control capital calls and distributions received from target investments
• Collect, analyze and reconcile target capital account information
• Prepare payments by verifying documentation and requesting disbursements
• Liaise with external providers to provide documents supporting the preparation of tax returns (CIT, MBT, NTW and VAT)
• Provide any information requested by internal teams or clients promptly and smoothly
• Other day-to-day administrative tasks as required
• Annual, semi-annual and quarterly closing activities, preparation of the NAV in accordance with waterfall models, including reconciliation of balance sheet and profit & loss accounts
• Train Fund Accountant(s) on day-to-day activities.
• Prepare annual accounts for basic funds including relevant required disclosures and ensure that all local regulatory and accounting standards are met. Preparation of any required adjustments between Luxembourg GAAP and IFRS or US GAAP
• Assist with year-end audits including preparation of relevant files and issue resolution
• Preparation of the consolidation package for internal group reporting
• Ensure best practices and key policies are applied, and any significant issues are brought to the mangers attention

Your Profile:

• BAC+3 in accounting, finance or a similar recognized accountancy qualification
• Good knowledge of Luxembourg corporate laws and structures, any specific PERE sector knowledge (e.g. SOPARFI, SICAR, SIF, RAIF, SLP) is considered an asset
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, including contributing to and being part of a strong team spirit
• Result-orientated with a sense of responsibility and commitment to delivering quality work
• Ability to work autonomously, taking full ownership of assigned responsibilities
• Excellent organizational skills complemented by a “can do” attitude
• Fluent in English (verbal and written communication), any other language is considered an asset
• Competency in Microsoft Word, Excel and Outlook, any knowledge of eFront would be an advantage.

Could this be the right opportunity for you? Please do not hesitate to send your CV to Andrew Notter andrew.notter@andersonwise.com to be considered for this recruitment process. Your application will be treated with the utmost discretion.

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Assistant Manager: Private Equity Fund Administration

The Opportunity:

This is an exciting opportunity to be involved in a fast-growing Luxembourg fund administration business, with a great opportunity to continue developing your career and experience within private equity fund administration.

The main in activities of the department are:

• OPERATIONS: record the daily operations of the funds and their GPs (target calls/distributions, investor calls/distributions, banks reconciliation, invoices)
• ACCOUNTING AND TREASURY: prepare monthly cash dashboard, ensure daily cash management, prepare the NAV package in order to, prepare the consolidation package and,
• REPORTING: prepare the investor reporting, prepare ad-hoc reporting requested by clients

Your Responsibilities:

• Manage workflow and coordinate with Manager / business unit lead on the delivery of client planning and delegating tasks to team members.
• Coordinate the internal processing and review of all client specific deliverables, ISAE 34-02 controls, and procedures for the team.
• Actively participate in weekly calls with clients. Lead on some daily calls as required
• Review journal entries, including cash and non-cash transactions. Perform a thorough, detailed review of trial balance, supporting work papers, waterfall schedules, preferred return calculations, IRRs, and financial statements. Coordinate preparation of and / or prepare more complex transactions
• Perform a thorough, detailed review of capital events activities and sign offs on agreed level of activity, including capital call allocations & notices, capital distribution allocations & notices.
• Validating complex capital calls and allocation of distributions and performing a thorough, detailed review of all internal client deliverable checklists required for quality control, including fund governing document economic summary.
• Coordinate the preparation of the consolidation package for internal group reporting
• Manage clients' annual audit and tax processes,
• Perform a thorough review of the quarterly work papers and quarterly financial statement package (financial statements, capital accounts statements and investor reports) including footnotes for assigned entities.
• Ensure proper fund setup (coordinating with Director / Managing Director accordingly), including and not limited to financial statements, dashboards, footnote disclosures, waterfalls, and management fee calculations. Utilize best practices and latest technology in fund setup.
• Review and validate management fee schedules, including management fee offsets.
• Coordinate ad hoc requests as needed (e.g. audit confirms, LP requests - tying out client / investor information to data).
• Review the new client onboarding and fund setup
• Train, coach, and manage team members. Participate in evaluating talent by providing constructive, actionable feedback and performance reviews. Escalate staffing concerns. Participate in hiring processes.
• Seek and implement process & procedure improvements to avoid future QC & client questions and comments.

Your Profile:

• BAC+3 in accounting, finance or a similar recognized accountancy qualification
• 7+ years of relevant experience in private equity fund administration in Luxembourg
• Fluent in English and French (verbal and written communication), any other language is considered an asset
• Competency in Microsoft Word, Excel and Outlook, any knowledge of eFront would be an advantage
• Strong knowledge of Luxembourg corporate laws and structures, any specific PERE sector knowledge (e.g. SOPARFI, SICAR, SIF, RAIF, SLP) is considered an asset

Your Competencies:

• Ability to quickly adapt to changes in process and procedures in a rapidly changing environment
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, including contributing to and being part of a strong team spirit
• Strong attention to detail and accuracy
• Superior problem solving, judgment and decision-making skills
• Ability to think independently, prioritize, multi-task and meet deadlines
• Ability to work in team and autonomously
• Strong management and organisational skills complemented by a “can do” attitude
• Lead by example and demonstrate firm values
• Result-orientated with a sense of responsibility and commitment to delivering quality work
• Ability to work autonomously, taking full ownership of assigned responsibilities

Could this be the right opportunity for you? Please do not hesitate to send your CV to Andrew Notter andrew.notter@andersonwise.com to be considered for this recruitment process. Your application will be treated with the utmost discretion.

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Financial Analyst and Controller – Real Estate

Our client is a privately-owned asset management and property management company specialised in real estate located in Strassen. Their real estate portfolio includes residential, retail, office and warehousing real estate located in several European countries. Through their multidisciplinary approach and range of services, from the acquisition, financing and coordinating of the management phase, our client creates value for their stakeholders.

Your Responsibilities

• Collection and analysis of finances of various Real Estate projects across Europe;
• Financial analysis, cash planning and forecasting;
• Review of accounting;
• Delivery of group reporting packages;
• Liaising with the bank, third parties or authorities;
• Leading the company’s yearly budget process;
• Preparation of the presentations to the management;

Your profile

• University Degree in Finance, Management or Economics
• You gained a strong experience of minimum 4-6 years in a similar role or in audit of Real Estate
• You have a very good understanding of Real Estate investments
• You speak English; any other language is considered an advantage
• Strong organisation skills combined with the ability to think outside the box

Could this be the right opportunity for you? Please do not hesitate to send your CV to Agnieszka Parisse agnieszka.parisse@andersonwise.com to be considered for this recruitment process. Your application will be treated with the utmost discretion.

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Accounting and Administration Manager (English & Spanish)

For this office composed of less than 10 people and ideally located in the city centre, we are looking for a dynamic and enthusiastic Accounting and Administration Manager who will bring positive energy to the office.

Our client is a well-established office where team-spirit and good atmosphere prevail.

Responsibilities

• Manage and oversee the daily operations of the accounting and administration activities including:

• month and end-year process
• accounts payable/receivable management
• general ledger
• treasury, budgeting
• cash forecasting
• capital assets reconciliations

• Monitor and analyse accounting data and produce financial reports or statements
• Establish and enforce proper accounting methods, policies and principles
• Coordinate and complete annual audits
• Improve systems and procedures and initiate corrective actions
• Assign projects and direct staff to ensure compliance and accuracy
• Develop staff by managing performance, setting goals, providing ongoing training, and maintaining strong employee relationship
• Meet financial accounting objectives
• Establish and maintain fiscal files and records to document transactions
• Manage the payment system and supervises the treasury.

Profile

• BS degree in Accounting or Finance – CPA is an advantage
• Proven working experience as Accounting Manager, Accounting Supervisor or Finance Manager
• Professional proficiency in Spanish and English (French will be considered as a plus).
• Advanced computer skills on MS Office, accounting software and databases
• Proven knowledge of bookkeeping and accounting principles, practices, standards, laws and regulations
• Ability to supervise a person
• Capability to work autonomously while maintaining a strong professional relationship with the team you will be part of
• You have excellent interpersonal (social and communication) skills and consider yourself as a team player.

Could this be the right opportunity for you? Please do not hesitate to send your CV to Anne-Sophie Pevergne anne-sophie.pevergne@andersonwise.com to be considered for this recruitment process. Your application will be treated with the utmost discretion.  

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Senior Manager Accounts Payable (AP)

A wonderful job opportunity to expand your career in an international and driven corporation that delivers professional and innovative services.

You will manage a dynamic team and be responsible for the management of a centralised Luxembourg-based AP management function.

You will work in a multi-cultural environment with potential career development opportunities

Your Responsibilities

• Manage the Accounts Payable Team, assessing workloads to ensure timely processing and settlement of invoices.
• As a process owner for the Accounts Payable activities, in collaboration with other stakeholders, monitor and manage, the various process elements and recommend, design and implement measures necessary to increase their efficiency, robustness and level of automation.
• Set challenging performance targets and establish KPI to supervise the effectiveness and quality of the service provided.
• Work with the Financial Governance and Controlling teams to ensure solid controls and that a compliance framework is in place.

• Ensure the necessary level of expertise in the team to cover its activities and train, coach and develop the team to deliver a high level of business service.
• Guarantee an efficient settlements of employee travel expense requests, interfacing with business travel partners (such as providers of corporate credit cards and procurement cards as well as the group’s travel service partner).
• Make Sure that the Travel Operations team is an effective and responsive business partner and adviser to business travellers across the group, responding promptly to queries and feedback from the traveller community.

Your profile:

• Proven work experience of minimum 10 years in AP management - leading a team
• Experience operating financial purchasing operations, ideally for several jurisdiction and in shared services centre
• Expertise in Accounts Payable management
• University degree in Accounting, Economics or Finance
• Knowledge and expertise of an ERP such as SAP (modules and processes)
• Motivation to ensure continuous process improvement alongside the
• Flexibility and management skills to work in a fast-moving business environment
• Strong communication skills dealing with any level of business partners, customers across the group and external business collaborators
• The ability to work effectively in a multicultural and international team environment

• Fluency in English and other language is advantage
• Convincing and clear presentational skills

Could this be the right opportunity for you? Please do not hesitate to send your CV to Anne-Sophie Pevergne anne-sophie.pevergne@andersonwise.com to be considered for this recruitment process. Your application will be treated with the utmost discretion.  

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