Job Description

Your area of work:

Join one of the world’s leading international clearing and settlement organizations as a Junior Financial Accountant. This role requires an individual with a specific and technical skill set to support our Financial Accounting team. In a dynamic, client-focused, and technology-driven environment, you will be responsible for a range of specialized accounting tasks for various Clearstream entities. You will be integral to our accounting operations, contribute to critical closing processes, and support legal entity reporting in a role that demands in-depth knowledge of our internal systems, financial products, and established procedures.

Your responsibilities:

• Business As Usual (BAU): Execute daily financial accounting activities, including preparing and processing journal entries in SAP, verifying supporting accounting documentation to ensure accuracy and compliance, and handling responses to stakeholder requests. Perform daily monitoring of accounting balances, investigate discrepancies across entities (intercompany specific processes), and ensure overall stability and accuracy.
• Financial Control & Monitoring: Perform daily monitoring of accounting balances to identify and investigate discrepancies across entities, ensuring the integrity and accuracy of financial data. Perform weekly payments via payment runs and monitor cash balances via internal cash systems.
• Financial Closing: Actively contribute to monthly and quarterly closing activities and prepare detailed account reconciliations (nostro, Treasury deals such as FX swap and repo transactions, collateral management via CMAX application, customer cash via NCCIP application, transit accounts, interests, value date adjustment on balance sheet) leveraging prior experience within our accounting environment to ensure timely and precise financial reporting. Ensure timely and precise financial reporting in line with Clearstream's established procedures.
• Annual Accounts: Assist in the preparation of assigned annual accounts in accordance with Lux GAAP and IFRS standards. Leverage on knowledge on SAP features including ledger specific trial balances.
• Audit Support: Support senior financial accountants by preparing specific documentation and analyses for internal and external audits (knowledge of auditor platform is a plus), drawing on prior experience in financial statement analysis and control testing.
• Internal Controls & Policy: Adhere strictly to internal guidelines on controls and reconciliations. Ensure the proper application of accounting policies and contribute to updating procedures and guides, leveraging direct experience with our processes.
• General Ledger Integrity: Ensure the completeness and accuracy of the general ledger chart of accounts, maintaining meticulous and clean books for all assigned entities.

Your profile:

• Master’s degree in Finance, Accounting, or Financial Economics from a recognized Business School is required. Enrollment in the ACCA qualification journey, with a proven pass of the Financial Accounting (FA) exam, is essential.
• Prior experience within the Clearstream Financial Accounting department is a plus.
• Hands-on experience required with monthly closing activities, account reconciliations, daily journal entries in SAP, and investigation of account discrepancies.
• Previous experience in Audit at a major firm (Big Four) with exposure to IFRS standards is highly required.
• Previous experience as a Financial Controller is essential, specifically including a proven track record of creating management reports, developing performance dashboards in Power BI, and analyzing sales data.
• Foundational knowledge of IFRS and Lux GAAP is required. Candidates must possess specific, demonstrable knowledge of Clearstream’s financial products and accounting processes, which must have been gained through direct, hands-on experience.
• Advanced proficiency in SAP and Microsoft Excel is mandatory.
• Demonstrated experience with Bloomberg for financial data analysis is required.
• Proficiency in building dashboards with Power BI is essential.
• Knowledge of SQL and Python for data processing and analysis is required.
• Excellent, fluent command of written and spoken English is mandatory.
• Intermediate proficiency in French is required for effective communication with local stakeholders and team members.
• The candidate must be a detail-focused and proactive team player with a proven ability to work independently and integrate seamlessly within our fast-paced environment. A demonstrated track record of consistently meeting tight deadlines during prior internship periods is essential.