Requirements: English
Company: Selby Jennings
Region: Amsterdam , North Holland
An impact fund operating in the development finance sector is seeking an Finance Associate. Managed by a highly motivated and diverse international team, the fund is experiencing an exciting expansion phase due to growing demand for its products and a broadening investment base. Responsibilities: Processing invoices for timely approval and payment by the accounting team; monitoring accounting entries and tracking actual costs versus budgets; maintaining associated digital and physical files; forecasting costs and expenses and supporting the annual budgeting process. Performing periodic financial, operational, compliance, and IT controls. Preparing and publishing financial, portfolio management, and regulatory reports using MS-Excel, Power-BI, and other platforms; extracting required data sets from systems using standardized or bespoke queries; resolving data quality issues. Processing and approving system access requests. Supporting the preparation of unaudited and audited annual financial statements and disclosures; answering queries from financial and operational auditors; keeping financial and other data in the fund''s prospectus up to date. Inputting and approving client and other static data in systems. Qualifications: Around 3 years of experience in a comparable function, preferably in a financial services environment or Big 4. A university degree in finance, accounting, business, or similar. Fluency in English is a must. Good knowledge of the Office 365 platform. Experience working in accounting under IFRS. Knowledge of accounting and finance and an understanding of business control principles. Driven, proactive, result-oriented, and accountable personality who meets deadlines and can multitask accurately, flexibly, and patiently. Team player and detail-oriented but able to anticipate needs and problems and formulate pragmatic plans to address issues. Excellent communication and social skills; client-focused team player comfortable developing relationships at all levels. Affinity with the fund''s mission and an interest in emerging markets.