Assistant Manager

**Engelwood Fund & Corporate Services S.A. is an independent financial and corporate services provider, based in Luxembourg,**

**with headquarters located in Luxembourg city and part of the Engelwood network, built up around the One Stop Shop concept,**

**providing tailored solutions with high level of expertise. The company is a Professional of the Financial Sector regulated by the**

**Luxembourg supervisory authorities (Commission de Surveillance du Secteur Financier - CSSF) and provides incorporation,**

**domiciliation, transfer agency and central administration services to regulated (and unregulated) investment vehicles, with a**

**primary focus on private equity, real estate and private debt structures**

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- We are currently looking for a
- **Assistant Manager for our Accounting Department** to join our company.**Key responsibilities**:

- Day-to-day accounting matters including bookkeeping and record filing, for Corporate (HoldCo, FinancingCo, ServiceCo), securitisation vehicles and management companies.
- Review and validate of officer or senior officer work linked to bookkeeping and record filing.
- Ensure that all the accounting standards (i.e. LUX GAAP, Fair Value Option,) have been met and any exceptions are properly noted and identified.
- Perform, account for, review and reconcile on a monthly/quarterly/annual basis, all required accruals, investment revaluations, and foreign exchange adjustments of financial fixed assets and securities (equities, bonds, funds, derivatives, money market, unlisted assets, etc), real assets (Buildings, Investment Properties, Motor Vehicles, etc), intercompany accounts, etc.
- Prepare and/or review fee calculations (e.g. management fees, performance related fees, administration fees) as well as corporate follow up (capital calls, distributions, equalization) and the mechanism thereof.
- Being able to understand and analyse transactions as well as all events affecting the lifecycle of the entities.
- Participating in audit process, maintenance of audit files and communication with auditors.
- Liaison and coordination with the relevant internal and external stakeholders including Asset Manager, Local operational team, etc.
- Pro-actively manage workload and support other team members as required.
- Have a critical view of the procedures in place, contribute to the development of the Department by improving control environment and quality of deliverables.
- Be part of ad hoc projects.

**Minimum profile requirements**:
- Minimum 5/6 year of experience in an accounting role, first successful experience in reviewing work of juniors.
- Knowledge in SPV accounting (soparfi/securitizations).
- Good Excel knowledge.
- Degree in Economics, Accountant or Finance.
- Demonstrate technical knowledge of LUX GAAP.
- Sound knowledge in: corporate actions / ad hoc valuations mechanisms.
- Excellent at planning and understanding future trends and organising oneself accordingly.
- Eye for detail and the flexibility to respond and adapt to changes.
- Soft, analytical and problem-solving skills.
- Proactive, collective, autonomous and self-motivated.
- Strong business ethic and a distinctive passion in servicing clients.
- Organized & project management skills in order to respect deadlines.
- Drive and committed to excellence.
- High level of communication skills.
- Fluency in French and English is mandatory (written and spoken), any additional language will be an asset.The salary package offered will be commensurate with your professional expertise and experience. This position is available
- We are an equal opportunity employer, who believes that diversity is good for our people and our business. As such, we welcome- identity or disability.