Requirements: English
Company: Robert Half
Region: Amsterdam , North Holland
Our client is an industry-leading, mission-driven fund based in Amsterdam. This is your chance to join their collaborative and dynamic international team of 40 people representing 25 different nationalities as they scale their exciting operations across Europe.
The Associate Finance & Operations is involved in the following activities:
- Processing invoices for timely approval and payment by the accounting team; monitoring accounting entries and tracking actual costs versus budgets; maintaining the associated digital and physical files; forecasting costs and expenses and supporting the (annual) budgeting process.
- Preparing and publishing financial, portfolio management and regulatory reports using MS-Excel, Power-BI, and other platforms; extracting the required data sets from the systems using standardized or bespoke queries; resolving the data quality issues that arise.
- Performing periodic financial, operational, compliance, and IT controls.
- Supporting the preparation of unaudited and audited (annual) financial statements and disclosures; answering queries from the financial and operational auditors; keeping up to date the financial and other data in the Funds prospectus.
Ideal Candidate
- The ideal candidate has 2-3 years of experience in a comparable function, preferably in a financial services environment.
- Academic background A university degree in finance, accounting, business, or similar.
- Languages Fluency in English is a must.
- Dutch language proficiency is highly desirable.
Competencies
Must have:
- Good knowledge of the Office 365 platform (esp. Excel). Proven ability to manipulate and analyze/present (graph) large data sets consisting of financial and other business information.
- Basic knowledge of accounting and finance and an understanding of business control principles.
- Driven, proactive, result-oriented, and accountable personality who meets deadlines and can multi-task accurately, flexibly, and patiently.
- Ability to function independently within a small team of professionals.
- Detail-oriented but able to step back to anticipate needs and problems and formulate pragmatic plans that address the issues.
- Excellent communication and social skills; client-focused team-player who is comfortable developing relationships at all levels.
Nice-to-have:
- Experience with Power-BI.
- Experience with regulatory reporting.
- An understanding of FX and interest rate derivatives and how they are valued and accounted for.
The offer
- A highly professional, diverse, and mission-driven environment
- A competitive salary with bonus potential, a pension contribution, a commuting allowance, remote working flexibility, and 30 days of paid vacation.