Job Title: Staff Accountant
Location: Amsterdam, Netherlands
Reports To: Senior Accountant/Manager
Primary Responsibilities
Transactions Processing (75%)
• Prepare and validate transaction bookings for investments, quarterly investment valuation, and other investment-related information that is uploaded into the portfolio accounting system and used for accounting, reporting, and monitoring investments.
• Perform all related tasks (e.g., getting sufficient information and recording transactions and other information in the system).
• Perform pre-defined analyses/checks necessary to ensure correct recording.
• Investment Accounting does apply the 4-eye principle for all its entries
Reporting (20%)
• Prepare/Review and analyze monthly/quarterly and annual financial reports (Financial Statements, Capital Accounts, and other reporting for investors and management.
Support to other Teams (5%)
• Provide support to the investment teams located in the different offices during the deal closing process, and afterward during the various stages of the investment process, by providing them with financial and other deal-related information and analysis, both on a regular as well as an ad-hoc basis.
Requirements
Education & Certificates
• Bachelor/master’s degree in business administration or in business economics, ideally with qualified accounting certification.
Professional Experience
• Years of working experience are not required but work experience in the field of systems/accounting/control is considered a
preference.
Competencies & Attributes
• Strong attention to detail, with the ability to work on several tasks at the same time.
• Focus on consistency throughout.
• Strong analytical and conceptual skills.
• Team player.
• Strong communicative skills and fluency in English.
Position-specific Technical Requirements
• Hands-on experience with Microsoft Excel
