Responsibilities
You will have the following responsibilities:
- Prepare/review financial statements, management reports, budgets and cash flow projection
- Review the work of other service providers (property and asset managers) and follow up with them. Obtain in depth knowledge of all client structures (shareholders, (crossborder) transactions, tax structures, activities …)
- Ensure compliance with client reporting requirements
- Coordinate and follow up client meetings and deliverables
- Work with auditors to ensure smooth audit process
- Work with corporate tax advisors and lawyers for the local compliance process
- Gain knowledge under various reporting frameworks – IFRS, US GAAP, INREV and LUX GAAP
- Ensure the team meets its deadlines for deliverables (agreed with clients and/or organization, financial statements and reports, tax declarations, general meeting …)
- Review of deliverables prepared by other team members, including but not limited to: management accounts, annual accounts, reports, tax (including VAT) returns, agenda’s, board packs, minutes, payment instructions and coach and guide them, where necessary
- Act as back-up to the accountants and Client Services Assistant Manager as needed
- Have regular one-to-one with each team member in his/her team
- Set objectives for each team member, defines and reviews job description
- Develop team members
- Monitor engagement efficiency of teams
- Assist in the coordination of new business and product implementations
Requirements
- University degree in accounting, finance or economics
- Minimum 7 years professional experience in accounting in Big 4 or an international financial service provider is a strong advantage
- Strong working knowledge of IFRS
- Experience with the preparation of consolidated financial statements is an advantage
- Excellent oral and written communication skills in English
- Experience of Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, Outlook) and accounting software
- Excellent analytical, problem solving and logical thinking skills
- Ability to work under pressure, autonomously, keep within tight deadlines and multi-task
- Strong motivation to work in a quickly growing, dynamic and challenging environment
Nice-to-have
- Previous experience with international Real Estate / Private Equity structures is an advantage
- Experience of Yardi accounting software
- Excellent oral and written communication skills in German, French or Spanish language is a plus
What we offer
Company info
Today, Centralis employs over 320 highly experienced, multilingual professionals across all our jurisdictions. Our team has been selected from a diverse background, focusing on financial, investment and legal professionals with an exemplary client services track record. With such a wealth of international experience, we are able to deliver a bespoke suite of corporate, treasury and administrative services to our clients.