Finance Manager, Investment and Operations Accounting

Finance Manager, Investment and Operations Accounting

Altum Consulting are supporting a renowned global private equity investment business to recruit a Finance Manager for their investment and operational accounting division.

This business places emphasis on development, retention and inclusion operating in over 28 offices across the world, with this team in Amsterdam comprising of over 40 professionals from more than 10 different nationalities.

The investment and operations accounting team directly supports the accounting and administration of all investment-related activities as well as preparing detailed analysis across performance and opportunity in close partnership with wider stakeholders critically involved in portfolio management.

Key Responsibilities:

Strategy & Organizational Deployment (5%)

• Co-leading the execution of strategy for the IA Operations Team.

Managing Sub-Unit and coordinating with the other Sub-Units (20%)

• Keep oversight over all processes to ensure that everything is delivered timely, coordinate and manage the activities so they are executed in an effective and efficient manner and if necessary, take action when processes in the IA Sub-Unit are not running smoothly or when new procedures are required.
• Realize process improvements and coordinate the projects with IA S&C:
• Making project planning
• Engaging and managing project resources
• Monitoring and reporting progress

Developing Professionals (20%)

• Coach a number of people and manage an IA Sub-Unit.
• Supervising, training and coaching of (junior) colleagues:
• Actively supporting the professional development of junior colleagues.
• Executing the objective setting and appraisal process.
• Signalling potential problem areas.

Transactions Processing, Reporting and Support to other Teams (55%)

• Assume full responsibility for the accounting and reporting activities.
• Ensuring that all accounting activities and other data in and outside the system are complete, correct, consistently and timely recorded.
• High level of knowledge of the impact of transactions e.g. on metrics and reporting is required.
• Validating complex transactions and other information with specific attention to impact on providing complete and correct information in accordance with accounting policies and GAAP requirements.
• Reviewing and analysing monthly/quarterly and annual financial reports (Financial Statements, Capital Accounts and other reporting for investors and management).
• Coordinating the preparation and review of periodic reports as well as other information requirements from different stakeholders such as deal teams and auditors.
• Analysing the reports showing thorough understanding of the use of information by the end user.
• Developing new and improving existing reports and taking (pro-active) action when new information needs arise or when the needs are changing.
• Coordinating the audit information requirements.
• Designing and reviewing analyses/checks (ad-hoc and standard) necessary to ensure completeness and integrity of information.
• Preparing and updating assigned transaction type definitions and accounting policies/business rules.
• Managing and structuring information flow.

Key Requirements:

Education & Certificates

• Bachelor / master's degree in accounting, business economics, business administration.
• Good understanding of US GAAP and IFRS guidelines, including the ability to research specific accounting treatments.

Professional Experience

• Minimum 6 years of relevant work experience in the field of accounting/control of which 2 years at the supervisory level.

Competencies & Attributes

• Ability to coordinate across multiple stakeholders.
• Strong critical thinking.
• Strong attention for detail, with ability to work on several tasks at the same time.
• Focus on consistency throughout.
• Team player.
• Strong communicative skills with demonstrated ability in technical writing, fluency in English.

Position-specific Technical Requirements

• Hands on experience with accounting, managing teams and project management.

If this role is of interest, please reach out to George Brown on the attached details to discuss the role further.