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Accountant – Private Equity House (Ref.# AFL555) – OPEN

Falkerin™ Recruitment specializes in Legal & Compliance, Accountancy & Finance as well as Banking and Operational Services recruitment. We are also often mandated to assist in recruiting for Business Support roles such as HR, Personal Assistant, Receptionist or Administrative Officer positions. We work with leading financial institutions in Luxembourg. Our clients’ portfolio include major Service Providers, leading Fiduciaries, Management Companies, Real Estate Investments and global Private Equity Houses.

Please see below job description and if you believe you have relevant experience and would like to be considered for the post please send us your CV in English directly to financejobs@falkerin.lu or by clicking on the below APPLY button. Please make sure to include Reference# of the position in question.

If the role is not in-line with your expectations but you would like to receive professional advice regarding your career, Luxembourg labour market or more information about other current job opportunities please contact us either by using one of the two electronic forms available on this website or by calling our Luxembourg office at: +352 27 32 4000. 

Work place: Luxembourg
(Ref.# AFL555)

Responsibilities:

  • Recording of daily bookkeeping and processing of payments and deal related cash flows
  • Assist in the preparation and review of the accounting and statutory financial statements
  • Assist in the preparation and review of VAT and corporate tax returns
  • Assist the senior accountants and manager on specific tasks, investment structuring and deal closings
  • Work on monthly reporting to the Head Quarters and on the preparation of statutory financial statements
  • Preparation of periodic reporting to the Luxembourg central bank and CSSF
  • Assist on the audits
  • Inter-company account reconciliation
  • Electronic filing of accounts
  • Letter or facsimile for business requirementIssue of audit confirmation letters
  • Organize accounting files
  • Assist in a wide variety of projects as assigned; and
  • Other reasonably related duties as assigned

Requirements:

  • University degree in accounting
  • Minimum 3 years’ experience
  • Strong knowledge of accounting principles
  • Strong knowledge of Microsoft office
  • Fluent in English, French or German a plus
  • Knowledge of Lux GAAP, IFRS a plus
  • People soft experience a plus
  • Use of common sense and hands-on approach in solving problems
  • Ability to prioritize workload, multi-task and produce high quality performance
  • Ability to meet ad-hoc requests from multiple people
  • Energetic, passionate and positive can-do attitude a must
  • Ability to adapt to new environment and subjects and to acquire new skills
  • Excellent communication skills - both written and oral
  • Ability to work effectively as part of a team and independently
  • Strong sense of responsibility
  • current and ad-hoc reports/projects (5%)
  • Ability to work autonomously and with self-confidence
  • Intellectual curiosity / Pro-active in addressing any issues
  • Strong organizational skills and detail oriented

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