Assistant Accountant in Home Office bei Alvarez and Marsal

Description

Companies, investors and government entities around the world turn to Alvarez & Marsal (A&M) for leadership, action and results. Privately held since its founding in 1983, A&M is a global leading professional services firm that provides advisory, business performance improvement and turnaround management services.

With over 10000 people across 6 continents and based in 86 locations, we deliver excellent results for corporates, boards, private equity firms, law firms and government agencies facing complex challenges. Our senior leaders and their teams leverage A&M's restructuring heritage to help companies act decisively, catapult growth and accelerate results.

Our non-hierarchical, hands-on-approach, small expert teams and an international focus are characterizing for A&M.

The EMEA Finance Team supports offices across Europe and the Middle East as part of the shared service function and they are looking for an Assistant Accountant (m/f/d) to be based in Munich.

The Corporate Accounting Team works closely with Local External Accountants and are responsible for all financial accounting and reporting for the EMEA business including but not limited to month end close, balance sheet reconciliations, intercompany reconciliations and statutory and compliance filings (VAT, Financial Statements etc.).

The successful applicant will report to the Financial Accountant, Germany and will work alongside the Finance Team, external advisors, auditors and the wider business as required.

Responsibilities include but not limited to:

• Month end (monthly balance sheet reconciliations, monthly local statutory accounts, monthly VAT and other accounting reports)

• Preparation of intercompany workings and invoices

• Liaising with Accounts Payable and Billing Teams to ensure that costs are correctly allocated to each business unit

• Liaise with external advisors, including auditors and local accountants, assist with the preparation of the financial statements, if required, support the local country audits ensuring resulting in a timely submission filing

• Assistance with ad-hoc projects as and when required

• Ensuring a robust control environment is operated and maintained at all times

Essential requirements:

• Part-Qualified accountant with some experience in industry or Graduate from the University of Economics advantageous

• Previous experience operating in an international multi-site business with exposure to FX transactions

• Knowledge of DATEV would be advantageous

• Experience of supporting the preparation of local GAAP financial statements

• Experience in VAT preparation

• Strong technical knowledge (especially in Microsoft Excel)

• Demonstrable ability to meet deadlines, results orientated and "can do" attitude

• A natural team player who can interact easily with colleagues and have strong communication skills

If you want to be part of A&M's success story and would like to grow in a dynamic environment, we are looking forward to your application.