Analyst - Fund Controller

Our client is a Luxembourg fonds commun de placement (“FCP”) managed by our client’s Real Estate Division.

An opportunity exists for someone to join our client’s Luxembourg office and support the Fund Controller team, which consists of three people, responsible for the administration and reporting of the Fund.

Due to an internal move, our client is currently seeking to recruit a:
Analyst - Fund Controller

Your responsibilities:
- Extensive liaison with external service providers to assist the Fund
controllers in the following duties:
o Opening of bank accounts and preparation of cash analysis schedules
o Obtaining signatures on legal documents and coordinating with service
providers to ensure completeness and correct filing and tracking of
documents
- Controlling payment of invoices (obtaining signatures, tracking payments
on the bank accounts and provide information on liquidity at entity and
fund level)
- Maintenance of investor contact and bank detail lists and investor query
logs
- Providing ad-hoc administrative support
- Organizing board meetings for all legal entities within the structure
- Ensuring minutes are drafted, signatures obtained, and that meeting
registers are updated
- Assisting with trial balance and accounts preparation for middle-tier
entities within the Fund structure
- Assisting with the quarterly reporting to investors
- Daily liaison with the Fund’s external service providers (e.g.
custodians, local accountants, tax advisors, auditors, etc)
- Assisting with any ad-hoc queries from a range of contacts both internal
and external from the company


Your profile:
- Qualified or Part Qualified accountant with 2 to 3 years accounting
experience (a Real Estate environment experience is a clear advantage)
- Fluent English with a very good command of French is a clear advantage
- Computer literate (specially Excel)
- Highly organized
- Capable of multi-tasking to meet deadlines
- Attention to details and initiative are crucial
- Pro-active


If you feel you correspond to the above profile, do not hesitate to send us your English CV along with a cover letter under reference 249740 to: lux@robertwalters.com