Senior Manager

at  LRI Invest

Description
Apex is looking for a Senior Manager – Accounting to support our growing operations in corporate services delivery. This full-time Senior Manager role is based in Luxembourg and comes with a generous salary and benefits package.
As a Senior Manager (Client Service Delivery), you will act as the central point of contact for clients, identifying and anticipating potential areas of concern and providing appropriate solutions to their problems.

In your first few weeks in this Senior Accountant role, you can expect to:

• You will act as central point of contact for your clients, identifying and anticipating potential areas of concerns and providing appropriate solutions to their problems.
• You will utilise your excellent organisational skills and sound judgment in order to meet and exceed client expectations, address their service needs and meet their deadlines.
• You will be accountable to all operational areas of your accounts, both accounting and administration. You will manage a team that deals with the general accountancy of legal entities/funds, processing and booking invoices, execution of payments, management of accounts receivables and accounts payables, reconciliation balances, fixed assets, and miscellaneous bookings.
• You will be responsible for the production of client reporting requirements, perform quality reviews of client reports, and serve as a high authority contact in addressing day-to-day queries of your team.
• You will also involve in various regulatory and management reporting requirements including EMIR and SFTR reporting. You will represent the clients in dealing with the regulators.
• You will take ownership of the performance of your team and ensuring that the team delivers, while effectively managing team’s resource. You can deal with teams that are outside your jurisdiction, supporting operating teams in London, Jersey and South Africa.
• You will also provide directorship services to the client’s board of directors, and lead board meetings.
• You will actively participate in the implementation of business plans, identifying business opportunities and developments and promoting business growth.
• You will be involved in client proposals and pitches, fee quotes and negotiations and reviews of client satisfactory ratings.
• You will lead and proactively participate in the development and implementation of of systems and procedures, new accounting and administration IT processes ensuring that they meet business, client and team needs.

To apply for this Senior Manager role, your soft skills, expertise and experience should include:

• An accounting qualification (ACCA, ACA or equivalent)
• At least 8 years of relevant experience in the field of Finance/Accounting, including administration in the finance sector
• Meaningful years of experience in servicing Capital Markets clients
• Experience in accounting, including consolidation/controlling of alternative investment vehicles.

Benefits - As a truly global business, we tailor benefits to each location to safeguard our people and respect local cultures and ways of working. Our people are our greatest asset, and we invest in talent development. Join our global network, and you will benefit from education support, sponsorship and in-house training programs.
Please reach out to our team today to apply for this full-time Senior Manager position in Luxembourg. We’d love to help you get your next role and enable you to fulfil your professional ambitions.
Apex Group Ltd ("Apex” or “the Group"), established in Bermuda in 2003, is a global financial services provider. With over 80 offices worldwide and 12,000 employees in 38 countries, Apex delivers an expansive range of services to asset managers, financial institutions, private clients, and family offices. Apex’s purpose is to be more than just a financial services provider. The Group is committed to driving positive change to address three core areas: the environment and climate change, women’s empowerment and economic independence, and education and social mobility. Life at Apex isn’t just about the work you do. It’s about embracing the culture and loving what you do. Every employee plays a part in making Apex who we are today, and the more we grow, the more important that becomes. The international nature of our business and global network of offices means that there are opportunities to broaden your life experiences and take short-term or permanent relocation options

In your first few weeks in this Senior Accountant role, you can expect to:

• You will act as central point of contact for your clients, identifying and anticipating potential areas of concerns and providing appropriate solutions to their problems.
• You will utilise your excellent organisational skills and sound judgment in order to meet and exceed client expectations, address their service needs and meet their deadlines.
• You will be accountable to all operational areas of your accounts, both accounting and administration. You will manage a team that deals with the general accountancy of legal entities/funds, processing and booking invoices, execution of payments, management of accounts receivables and accounts payables, reconciliation balances, fixed assets, and miscellaneous bookings.
• You will be responsible for the production of client reporting requirements, perform quality reviews of client reports, and serve as a high authority contact in addressing day-to-day queries of your team.
• You will also involve in various regulatory and management reporting requirements including EMIR and SFTR reporting. You will represent the clients in dealing with the regulators.
• You will take ownership of the performance of your team and ensuring that the team delivers, while effectively managing team’s resource. You can deal with teams that are outside your jurisdiction, supporting operating teams in London, Jersey and South Africa.
• You will also provide directorship services to the client’s board of directors, and lead board meetings.
• You will actively participate in the implementation of business plans, identifying business opportunities and developments and promoting business growth.
• You will be involved in client proposals and pitches, fee quotes and negotiations and reviews of client satisfactory ratings.
• You will lead and proactively participate in the development and implementation of of systems and procedures, new accounting and administration IT processes ensuring that they meet business, client and team needs

To apply for this Senior Manager role, your soft skills, expertise and experience should include:

• An accounting qualification (ACCA, ACA or equivalent)
• At least 8 years of relevant experience in the field of Finance/Accounting, including administration in the finance sector
• Meaningful years of experience in servicing Capital Markets clients
• Experience in accounting, including consolidation/controlling of alternative investment vehicles