Financial Senior Accountant

We are Alter Domus. Our name means “The Other House” and we’re a world leading provider of integrated solutions for the alternative investment industry. We believe in being different. Here, you progress on merit, not who you know. You speak openly, whoever you’re speaking to. And it’s your freedom to decide which cutting-edge kind of finance professional you want to be. Join more than 4,100 fund administration, accounting, tax, loan administration and legal experts worldwide and take pride in being alternative. Alter Domus clients include the world’s leading asset managers, lenders and asset owners. We’re specialists who use the most innovative technologies to create unparalleled solutions for the private equity, real assets and debt capital markets sectors. This is where standout talent advances what’s possible in fund administration, corporate services, depositary services, transfer pricing, domiciliation, management company services, loan administration, agency services, trade settlement and CLO manager services.

As we continue to build our central finance team, we are looking to hire a Financial Senior Accountant to oversee and run the accounting and reporting for our head office companies.

The Role

You will take on the full ownership of the finances for three Luxembourg companies that hold the Group’s external debt of &>€500m and are responsible for well over €50m in annual spend on corporate functions. With some of the group’s most substantial and sophisticated accounting activity (including M&A transactions, share schemes and interest hedges), you will be tackling the most complex and high-profile work and the largest balance sheets of any region.

Your role will encompass:

• Management of the monthly accounting, bookkeeping and balance sheet controls for the head office companies
• Preparation/review of the annual financial statements and liaison with auditors
• Development of strong financial control disciplines
• Management of a junior accountant and their development as a potential future controller
• Liaison with tax function on VAT and corporation tax matters
• Company administration, such as payment approval, return filings etc.
• Collaboration with the wider central team on financial reporting, FP&A and other analysis

The Person

The candidate for this role is likely to demonstrate:

• Accountancy skills with an understanding of entity-level accounting and appropriate qualification
• Familiarity with ERP tools and the underlying notions of ledgers, TBs, subledgers and suspense accounts etc. Understands the big picture of a company, link between activity and the financial statements
• An understanding of accounting quality/risk issues and of audits
• An understanding of IFRS (Luxembourg GAAP would be helpful, also, but not expected)
• An ability to collaborate with colleagues globally across cultures and timezones
• Experience with SAP S/4Hana would be an advantage, any other ERP system is a plus
• Fluency in English

What we offer

• As a high-growth global business with sophisticated financial reporting standards, you will be part of a central team that offers:
• Substantial interaction with Group FP&A and with regional controllers/FP&A
• A multi-lingual, multi-national and diverse workforce
• A positive culture of development and growth for professionals of all ages
• Management experience
• Potential for movement to regional controller, technical reporting or other teams

Reporting line

The role reports into the Head of Group Reporting in Luxembourg.

The role will be based in Malta, with peers and stakeholders across the world.

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