ABOUT DM

DM is the leading provider of specialist accounting services to the global alternative asset management industry. Our client base includes some of the largest global investment managers and fund administrators. We are an ambitious, fast-growing business with 250 team members across Ireland, Singapore, the Netherlands, Luxembourg, Bulgaria and the Cayman Islands
We succeed through our deep expertise, teamwork, constant focus on service excellence and cutting-edge technical capabilities. We offer our employees highly flexible working practices, significant personal growth opportunities and a wide range of benefits.

ABOUT THE ROLE

As a Senior Associate, you will learn how our clients are organized and will test their internal controls. Internal controls are procedures, guidelines, standards and segregation of duties. Your job is to establish that control activities have been carried out according to the prescribed process and procedures. Testing of internal controls is done through walkthroughs and sample testing. A walkthrough starts with a meeting with the process owner of the client. Together with your Supervisor, you will go through the internal controls in order to test them in practice. When you finish the test phase, you conclude whether the internal controls have been correctly applied in practice. You discuss your conclusion with your Supervisor. Finally, you set up a meeting with the client to discuss the final conclusion and results.

In addition to a challenging job with a wide range of development opportunities, you will have considerable freedom and independence in carrying out your work. This is focused on your work-life balance, with an emphasis on sufficient rest after busy periods. We celebrate successes, anniversaries and personal events together with attention and care. In addition, you’ll have:

• an environment where good ideas and initiatives are encouraged;
• an opportunity to work abroad within the DM Group, such as Singapore, Ireland or Cayman Islands;
• an annual fulltime salary between € 37.500 and € 55.000, holiday pay and 13th-month payment, communication and travel/lease allowance;
• 30 leave days, pension scheme and a bicycle plan;
• One-year contract with the prospect of permanent employment, available to start immediately;
• the opportunity to further develop yourself through various training and education programs. Facilities that fully support your development!
• a workplace in a beautiful monumental building in Voorburg;
• flexible working hours and the possibility to work part-time and/or partly from home;
• fun and enjoyable staff events and an annual team even

In the role of Senior Associate, you primarily work within the service line Internal Audit & ISAE Assurance. An important part of this service line is assessing the internal control environment of financial entities. Providing assurance, for example, through an ISAE3402 (Type I or Type II) report, is an important piece of added value that we also provide to our clients. By actively supporting the Internal Audit function through thematic audits, or performing the internal audit function ourselves, we make an important contribution to the overall internal control environment of our clients. Below a brief description of our other service lines:

• Financial Reporting: we support asset managers, fund administrators and pension funds with the preparation of financial and regulatory reports and assist them with complex reporting issues. This ranges from various types of regulatory reports to very complex annual financial reports prepared on the basis of a variety reporting standards in multiple jurisdictions.
• Consulting: we advise and support clients in being demonstrably compliant with laws and regulations and to stay in control. This includes implementing new laws and regulations, designing and implementing internal control frameworks, managing various projects for various clients and conducting and preparing gap analyses on regulatory demands