Accounting Senior Advisor
At a glance
Senior Accounting role at Deloitte General Services. Luxembourg, LU.
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What you'll do
- Help clients put new accounting standards into practice and account for new products and structured deals
- Serve as the accounting specialist for audit teams handling complex judgments and structured transactions
- Work through consolidation questions and assist audit teams and assurance clients with transaction accounting
- Review accounting policies and financial statements, bringing in tax, risk and regulatory specialists where needed
What you bring
- At least three years in an IFRS or Lux GAAP role at a professional services firm, a company policy team, or a large listed financial-industry audit
- You can prepare accounting input on complex IFRS questions
- You are pursuing a Chartered Accountant qualification, such as ACCA or an equivalent
Who this fits
This client-facing senior advisory role suits someone with practical IFRS or Lux GAAP experience who can advise clients and support audit teams on difficult accounting matters. Consolidation experience, financial-industry business knowledge, or complex LUX GAAP or US GAAP work are advantages. English fluency is required; French, German or Luxembourgish is an asset.
From the employer
Your future team
The Accounting & Reporting Advisory (ARA) group is a dedicated team of IFRS, US GAAP and LUX GAAP experts that seek to use the accounting standards constructively and positively to help clients achieve their desired objectives – be it providing expert input and challenge to transactions or providing the assurance that their IFRS or GAAP reporting will stand up to scrutiny.
ARA is a client-facing group that is accustomed to being the expert in the room. ARA is also in charge of dealing with accounting consultations received from the audit teams of Deloitte. The ARA team members are experts in the accounting standards and their practical application to address the challenges faced by clients in different industries.
Your contribution to our success
- Challenging and advising clients on the implementation and application of new accounting standards and accounting for new products and structured transactions
- Assist, as the lead subject matter expert, the audit teams on accounting for structured transactions and complex accounting judgements
- Assisting with consolidation accounting challenges
- Providing seamless joined up expert input alongside other Deloitte teams such as tax, risk, and regulatory experts
- Providing transaction accounting support to audit teams and assurance clients
- Performing accounting policy and financial statements reviews
Your skills
- You must have 3 years (at least) experience of working within the IFRS / Lux GAAP accounting team of a professional services firm or IFRS / Lux GAAP accounting policy department of a company (ideally active in the financial industry) or delivering large listed IFRS audits within the financial industry. Having experience with consolidated financial statements is an advantage;
- You must have ability to work on accounting input for complex IFRS accounting issues. Having such ability under LUX GAAP or US GAAP is an advantage;
- We value good knowledge of Microsoft Office and analytics tools as well as relevant experience with accounting system such as understanding main functionalities, accounting reports, data structuring, etc.
- Fluency in English; French/German or Luxembourgish are considered as an asset
- Having a practical understanding of businesses within the financial industry is an advantage;
- Are in progress of becoming a Chartered Accountant (IRE, DEC, IRE Belge, ACCA or equivalent)
Interested? Please submit your resume in English
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