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Accounting Officer - Capital Markets Services

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Accounting Officer - Capital Markets Services

TMF Group Amsterdam

What is required?

  • BSc or MSc degree
  • 3 years working experience
  • Fluent in English
  • Experience with IFRS and preparing annual reports
  • Being able to work independently and in a team

What will you get?

  • €3,300 - €4,500 gross p/m
  • 40-hour workweek
  • 26 vacation days
  • Subject-oriented and soft skills training with TMF Academy
  • 8% holiday allowance, 13th month, travel allowance, participation in Health platform (massages) and NS business card

What will you do?

  • 20% Client meetings
  • 50% Data analysis in Excel
  • 15% Administration
  • 15% Internal meetings

This vacancy has been created based on interviews with employees to help you get a realistic preview of the job.

Vacancy

As an Accounting Officer in the Capital Markets Services (CMS) department at TMF Group, you are responsible for all accounting related services for Special Purpose Vehicles (SPVs), the entities assigned to you. You monitor and control the SPVs administration and bookkeeping, and ensure that all procedures are carried out in accordance with relevant legislation and policies. You prepare consolidated financial statements and yearly annual reports, and provide audit assistance to such documentation. You also handle the VAT returns and process the income tax. You maintain contact with the national and foreign asset managers, trustees, banks and other parties concerned to gather the required information for reporting purposes, meeting deadlines and serving the clients’ needs. 

You collaborate closely with the Transaction Manager and the Account Manager. Within your team, you support the Accounting Supervisor and Accounting Team Leader.

If you enjoy working with numbers, dealing with international clients and are able to cope with tight deadlines, then this is the job for you.

Working week

Accounting Officer
Lin-Mari Kotze

I have an enjoyable day when I have a to do list and at the end of the day I can tick some items off of the list.

I have a less enjoyable day when I'm not able to finish my to do list because of unexpected extra activities.
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Firsthand experience

On a daily basis, you prepare the source documents, which support the yearly annual report. What do you do?

You receive a document with transactions from your colleagues in Sofia. This information is compiled from cash flow files, reports and documentations received from Investment Managers and the Collateral Administrator. You then reconcile the transactions you received to reports, confirmations and documentations received from Collateral Administrators, Investment Managers and Banks. You also need to calculate and make adjustments for year-end accruals and impairments. After you have drafted the trial balance you draft the Financial Statements in Caseware which need to comply with Dutch Gaap or IFRS depending on the specific entity. These workbooks and Financial Statements are then audited, you are the main contact between the auditors and third parties and you need to assist the auditors and work closely with them, the Collateral Administrators, Investments Managers and Banks to resolve all audit queries as quickly as possible to enable you to meet filing deadlines. In addition to the above mentioned each SPV has payment dates at which you need to draft and calculate the VAT payable that is in line with Dutch and EU Vat regulations. You are responsible for drafting Transaction Profiles, submitting VAT and CIT returns to the Dutch tax authority to ensure compliance.

Growth

Within the TMF Academy, employees have the opportunity to follow both professional and soft-skill courses in a very broad range. And their global footprint makes an international career possible! They are committed to fast-tracking people with potential and create opportunities for advancement within the company.

Accounting Officer
Senior Accounting Officer
Supervisor Accounting
Teamleader Accounting
Director Client Services

Working at TMF Group

TMF Group was founded in 1988 and is a global expert in local business. With a network of offices in more than 83 countries, TMF Group has the expertise and knowledge in that country to help companies expand. We help our customers with the following solutions: HR & Payroll, Accounting & Tax, Family & Business Wealth Solutions, Global Governance Solutions, Alternative Investments and Corporate Secretarial.

View company profile of TMF Group
  • HQ in Amsterdam
  • Active in 83 countries
  • 53 % / 47%
  • Average age 40
  • 430 employees in NL
  • 7600 employees worldwide

Colleagues

Floris Hop (29) - Accounting Officer

Why did you decide to work for this company?
Working at TMF Group gives me the opportunity to learn a lot in a relatively short time. I get a perfect picture of how companies are managed, how legislation is complied with, and how relationships with external (foreign) parties work.

What did you study?
Bachelor International Business & Management.

What do you do in your spare time?
Discover the world.

Jesper Kuyvenhoven (40) - Client Executive Director, Global Business Solutions

Why did you decide to work for this company?
I started working at TMF Group because it is a renowned name within the trust sector and because of my interest and affinity with the financial market. In addition, there is a multi-cultural corporate culture.

What was your previous job?
Account Manager, Institutional Services at Kasbank N.V.

What do you do in your spare time?
Sports, travel and reading.

Mohammed Daimoune - Senior Tax Compliance Officer (CIT)

Why did you decide to work for this company?
I joined TMF to expand and revisit my knowledge of international tax. Also, the thought of working with colleagues from different backgrounds appealed to me. So far I have not been disappointed in my choice and I am enjoying my time with TMF.

What did you study?
Fiscal Economics.

What do you do in your spare time?
Spend time with my family.

Lauma Jakobsone - Tax Compliance Officer (VAT)

Why did you decide to work for this company?
I decided to work for TMF because of its global presence and large variety of clients (from simple operating entities to finance and holding companies). TMF has been a great place to learn the technical and practical side of VAT.

What did you study?
LL.M. International and European Tax Law.

What do you do in your spare time?
Yoga and long walks with my dog.

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