Accountant (m/f/d)
What you’ll do
- Managing the day to day transactions such as postings, reconciliations, receivables and payables.
- Preparing of management accounts on a monthly basis, including accruals and deferrals in accordance with Lux GAAP / IFRS.
- Knowledge of other GAAPs advantageous (Germany, Malta, Netherlands, Italy, Sweden).
- Preparation of annual financial statements of holding and service companies.
- Compiling of various financial reports for internal and external use.
- Contact person for tax advisors and auditors.
- Preparation and submission of VAT returns.
- Preparation of invoices, support budgeting process and performing interest calculations.
- Assisting in specific assignments and projects as assigned by management.
What we’re looking for
- University degree and successful completion of further accounting certifications (ACCA, Luxembourgish Accountant or similar).
- At least 2 years of professional experience as accountant.
- Relevant experience in the annual financial statement process according to Lux GAAP and other local GAAPs (and tax law) as well as VAT returns.
- Understanding of Improvements of existing processes.
- Good knowledge of Sage BoB and MS-Office, WORKDAY (DATEV) advantageous.
- You are fluent in written and spoken English, with German and/or French desirable.
- Analytical thinking, independent work-style and initiative, ability to work in a team, high degree of accuracy and diligence, affinity for numbers.
What we offer
- Work with an inspiring team of professionals and be part of a fast growing, dynamic and successful investment firm.
- Great opportunity to learn, grow and further develop your career.
- An attractive and performance-related remuneration package.
- Be part of an international team with close collaboration across multiple departments.
- Dynamic and open-minded team, diverse culture, regular team events.
Please apply online including all relevant application documents (cover letter, CV and certificates), and stating your earliest possible starting date, preferred working hours and salary expectation.
What you’ll do
- Manage operations and financials of private equity funds and Special Purpose Vehicles (SPV), be part of a team working closely with our CFO
- Actively support closings of investment deals in collaboration with deal teams, legal and tax.
- Forster seamless communication and coordination with internal departments, including deal teams, legal, investor relations, as well as external parties and portfolio companies.
- Manage and review work of external fund administrators and ensure high quality and timely deliverables.
- Review and support preparation of quarterly reports and investor capital accounts
- Monitor liquidity and initiate capital calls / distributions.
- Close collaboration with accounting to ensure transactions are properly reflected.
- Work with external auditors to facilitate efficient and timely audit completion.
- Coordinate other external experts such as tax and legal.
- Actively participate in the development and enhancement of processes and tools, contributing to team-specific and firm-wide initiatives
- Manage ad hoc processes as required, demonstrating flexibility and agility in responding to evolving needs
What we’re looking for
- 3- 8 years of relevant experience in a Big 4 audit firm or private equity firm.
- University degree in finance, accounting or related field; further professional qualifications (ACCA, CPA, CFA) preferred.
- Excellent communication skills in English, proficiency in additional language such as German or French is a plus.
- Experience with Luxembourgish private equity funds (closed-ended).
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with a solid understanding of international accounting standards and Lux GAAP.
- Ability to thrive in a fast-paced, deadline-driven environment, with exceptional organisational and prioritisation skills.
- Have a personal drive and strive for excellence, willing to develop and learn. A person who walks the extra mile, takes responsibility and wants to deliver high quality.
What we offer
- Unique, challenging and independent role, managing various areas related to fund operations.
- Work with an inspiring team of professionals and be part of a fast growing, dynamic and successful investment firm.
- An attractive and performance-related remuneration package.
- Be part of an international team with close collaboration across multiple departments.
Please apply online including all relevant application documents (cover letter, CV and certificates), and stating your earliest possible starting date, preferred working hours and salary expectation.
What you’ll do
- Contract management among various jurisdictions and offices in close collaboration with management.
- Preparation and review of contracts (loan agreements, set-off agreements, service agreements, SPAs etc.);
- Reorganisations of companies and planning of acquisition structures together with M&A lawyers;
- You will support corporate bodies by reviewing or drafting contracts and agreements, or also resolutions and shareholders’ general meetings, including notices, proxies, and minutes;
- Support with simple due diligence issues – chain of title, etc;
- Correspondence with notaries, external lawyers, courts and authorities;
- Dealing with issues relating to money laundering prevention;
- Supporting Know Your Customer processes, maintain registers and support other compliance areas.
What we’re looking for
- University Degree in Law
- Fluent in English and German, French will be considered an asset.
- Proficient understanding of private equity and real estate investment structures, legal, and administrative requirements.
- Minimum of 2-5 years of in a similar role with relevant experience, knowledge in the Fund industry is an advantage.
- Ability to thrive in a fast-paced, deadline-driven environment, with exceptional organisational and prioritisation skills.
- Quality-driven and structured with attention to details, minded with a “can do” attitude, effective and proactive.
- Personal drive for excellence, willing to develop and learn. A person who walks the extra mile, takes responsibility and wants to deliver high quality.
What we offer
- Unique, challenging and independent role, managing various legal areas related to private equity investments and operations.
- Work with an inspiring team of professionals and be part of a fast growing, dynamic and successful investment firm.
- An attractive and performance-related remuneration package.
- An international team with close collaboration across multiple departments.
- Dynamic and open-minded team, diverse culture, regular team events.
Please apply online including all relevant application documents (cover letter, CV and certificates), and stating your earliest possible starting date, preferred working hours and salary expectation.
The team in Amsterdam is constantly looking for interns for at least three months. In this position you will support our Debt Financing & Capital Markets’ team as a fully-fledged team member and thus learn the broad financing business within a private equity. The Debt Financing & Capital Markets’ Team works on new financings alongside the Investment Team for our Private Equity strategy (AURELIUS European Opportunities IV, AURELIUS Equity Opportunities and AURELIUS Wachstumskapital) as well as refinancings for our portfolio companies.
We are one of the few European private equity companies to recruit our young professionals directly from our pool of interns.
Responsibilities:
- Collaboration on cross-industry external debt financing projects both in the context of M&A transactions and for portfolio companies
- Supporting the team in due diligences with a focus on the debt financing potential
- Preparation of lender materials (teaser, company presentation, lender memorandum) for potential financing partners
- Financial modelling and debt capacity analysis
- Coordination in outreach to lenders (NDA processing, sharing lender materials and tracking lender responses)
- Monitoring of existing financings
Profile:
- Business or scientific university degree at a renowned university
- Excellent school and academic performance, you are in your Master’s studies
- First relevant practical experience as part of internships in related areas (leveraged and acquisition finance, investment banking)
- Strong motivation combined with a creative thinking as well as strong teamwork skills
- Very good written and spoken English skills, other foreign language(s) an advantage (Dutch, German)
- High-level handling of MS Office (especially Excel and PowerPoint)
Our Offer:
- High growth potential with the opportunity to gain experience, work together with interdisciplinary teams and actively contribute to a growing organization
- Flat hierarchy promoting rapid decision-making processes and direct access to management
- Be part of an international team with close collaboration across multiple departments including with the investment and operational teams
- Dynamic and open-minded team with a diverse culture
If you are interested in this exiting and dynamic opportunity, we look forward to receiving your online application with your earliest possible starting date!
Due to the growth in our portfolio, we are strengthening our Operations Team in the USA.
AURELIUS’ Task Force is a close-knit team of advisors with deep functional expertise and long-standing management experience. They support value generation in portfolio companies through effective and hands-on project and change management in the areas of Procurement, Operations, Sales/Marketing, IT and Finance.
Responsibilities
- Lead the IT due diligence process in connection with the acquisition of companies, particularly the creation of IT carve-out scenarios, red-flag reports, and estimation of the associated costs
- Coordinate implementation of IT carve-out projects after the acquisition of new company investments
- Coordinate IT transformation projects during or holding time, e.g., ERP modernization
- Coach business and IT stakeholders of the portfolio companies to optimize IT processes as well as project methodology, roles, and deliverables
- Analyse poorly defined problems, moderate solution finding process and suggest solution alternatives
- Support software license transfer agreements
- Build network of internal and external project staff and service providers, staff projects and oversee deliverables of external and internal team members
- Build local IT Practice team with 1-2 (Senior) Managers
Prerequisites
- You are an experienced IT all-rounder with knowledge in several IT areas e.g., IT Strategy and Governance, application and infrastructure management, service delivery or IT-security
- Successfully completed studies in computer science, natural sciences, engineering, or economics
- At least 10 years of relevant professional experience, ideally in the context of an IT consulting, IT company or as ITlLead in the Industry
- Experience in IT projects management in the field of IT carve-out, M&A, IT transformation or development of IT landscapes or applications as stream lead or sub-project lead
- You work in a consulting-oriented manner and are able to use your broad knowledge in a wide variety of situations
- Excellent communication combined with strong analytical skills
- Entrepreneurial thinking and acting, implementation strength and business/commercial acumen
- Ability to travel on a weekly basis (3-4 days on site)
- Fluent in English, other language skills are welcome
Our offer
- An attractive and performance-related remuneration package
- The opportunity to implement your own ideas and create real entrepreneurial added value
- Flat hierarchies with very fast decision making
- End-to-end view of the portfolio companies through their Aurelius lifecycle from due diligence to divestment
- Dynamic career development in a very successful and rapidly growing investment company
Please apply online including all relevant application documents and stating your earliest possible starting date and salary expectation.
As we are at the forefront of transforming organizations and are looking for an experienced Agile Transformation Manager to support our efforts in fostering a culture of agility across our portfolio companies. If you are passionate about driving growth and thrive in a dynamic environment, we invite you to join our team of experts in Munich, Duesseldorf or London.
Responsibilities
- Drive Cultural Change and business transformation processes within our portfolio companies.
- Lead the ongoing development of AURELIUS’ Operating Model and the Transformation Framework.
- Coach and promote agile, data driven and cross-functional governance and mindset within our organization and our portfolio companies.
- Develop and conduct workshops to introduce and solidify our project management and agile collaboration approach and provide training to AURELIUS and portfolio company employees.
- Independently execute agile project management approach across various portfolio companies.
Profile
- Bachelor’s or master’s degree in business administration, computer science or related field.
- 5-8 yrs. of professional experience in change management, cultural change and agile project management
- Demonstrated success as an OKR consultant or an internal advocate for OKR, Scrum and cultural change.
- Certified in agile methodologies (e.g., OKR, Scrum Master, Agile Coach).
- Genuine interest in the private equity industry and a strong desire to drive growth and positive change.
- Proven ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously with a structured and conscientious approach.
- Exceptional communication and facilitation skills in both German and English, along with a high level of empathy.
- Strong sense of independence and an entrepreneurial mindset.
Our Offer
- Be part of an exciting opportunity to make a significant impact in the private equity sector.
- Collaborate with a dynamic and innovative organization.
- Implement agile approaches to unlock potential in our portfolio companies.
Please apply online including all relevant application documents and stating your earliest possible starting date and salary expectation.
Responsibilities
- Managing the day-to-day transactions such as postings, reconciliations, receivables and payables
- Preparing of management accounts on a monthly basis, including accruals and deferrals
- Knowledge of German HGB, IFRS and Lux GAAP is a must, other GAAPs advantageous (Malta, Netherlands, Italy, Sweden)
- Preparation of annual financial statements of holding and service companies
- Compiling of various financial reports for internal and external use
- Contact person for tax advisors and auditors
- Preparation and submission of VAT returns
- Preparation of invoices, support budgeting process and performing interest calculations
- Assisting in specific assignments and projects as assigned by management
- General administrative tasks and any other duties which may be required from time to time
Profile
- University degree and successful completion of further accounting certifications (ACCA, Luxembourgish Accountant or similar)
- At least 3-5 years of professional experience as an accountant
- Relevant experience in the annual financial statement process according to German HGB, Lux GAAP and other local GAAPs (and tax law) as well as VAT returns
- Understanding of improvements of existing processes
- Good knowledge of WORKDAY / DATEV, MS Office and Sage BoB advantageous
- You are fluent in written and spoken German and English, French desirable
- Analytical thinking, independent work-style and initiative, ability to work in a team and under pressure, high degree of accuracy and diligence, affinity for numbers
Our Offer
- An attractive and performance-related remuneration package
- Flat hierarchy promoting rapid decision-making processes
- Dynamic career development in a successful and strongly growing investment company
- Be part of an international team with close collaboration across multiple departments
- Dynamic and open-minded team, diverse culture, regular team events
- Complimentary drinks, coffee, tea, and fresh fruit
Please apply online including all relevant application documents (cover letter, CV and certificates), and stating your earliest possible starting date, preferred working hours and salary expectation.
Responsibilities
Immediately after the acquisition of a new investment through AURELIUS, you will take over the full responsibility for the transformation of the company. Your main task is, together with the established management, to elaborate and implement the strategy, the equity story and a comprehensive added-value concept in the company. Throughout this journey you have the possibility to support the value creation plan from the analysis to the final implementation and be engaged in driving change as well as increasing the overall competitiveness, profitability and sustainable increase of the company value. You will be able to rely on the support of the AURELIUS’ task force and the extensive toolset of the AURELIUS’ operating model.
Qualifications required
- Well-experienced and pragmatic manager with at least five years of leadership responsibility in a medium-sized and/or private equity backed company.
- Consultancy background paired with a profound understanding of commercial, sales and technical topics.
- Experienced in change processes and a proven track record in the operational, strategic, structural and cultural transformation of companies.
- Self-confident and determined as well as a pragmatic “hands-on” result-oriented mentality with an eye for the big picture.
- Excellent negotiation and communication skills combined with a confident, convincing and entrepreneurial personality.
- Analytical / strategical thinking, highly developed sense of responsibility and strong teamwork.
- Cost awareness, an instinct for business and the ability to implement.
- Experience in building up and developing management teams and the capability to lead these through critical transformations with the required sensitiveness and speed.
- Extensive travel and presence on site is a prerequisite.
- Fluent in English, further language skills welcome (German is helpful, but not required).
Our offer
You will be working in a highly dynamic environment with core values such as entrepreneurial spirit, pragmatism and a no-blame and no-politics culture. We offer an attractive development path through the AURELIUS Academy and the opportunity to eventually build up your own investment portfolio as a Senior Managing Director.
Further to your base renumeration and in accordance with the entrepreneurial assignment you have the possibility to participate in the value growth of “your” company and thereby profit from your own success.
Please apply online including all relevant application documents and stating your earliest possible starting date and salary expectation.