Junior Financial Accountant (f/m/d)

Your area of work:

Join one of the world’s leading international clearing and settlement organizations and take on a senior role within our Financial Accounting team. In a dynamic, client-focused, and technology-driven environment, you will be responsible for a wide range of accounting tasks for various Clearstream entities. You will play a key part in our accounting operations, contribute to critical closing processes, and support legal entity reporting in a challenging and rewarding role.

Your responsibilities:

• Contribute to the execution of daily financial accounting operations, maintaining stability and accuracy, support in ad-hoc requests from external stakeholders.
• Support the monthly and quarterly closing processes and prepare trial balance reconciliations to ensure timely and precise financial reporting.
• Assist in the preparation of assigned annual accounts in accordance with both Lux GAAP standards.
• Support the Senior financial accountants in providing documentation for internal and external audits and preparing simple analyses.
• Follow internal guidelines on controls and reconciliations around all accounting activities. Ensure the proper application of accounting policies and contribute to updating procedures as necessary.
• Ensure the completeness and accuracy of the general ledger chart of accounts, maintain clean books for assigned entities.

Your profile:

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Economics, Finance, or Accountancy.
• 1 to 2 years of relevant professional experience, ideally gained within a banking institution or a major audit firm.
• Basic knowledge of Accounting in general and appetite to develop expertise into IFRS and Lux GAAP.
• You are a detail-focused and proactive team player with the ability to work independently. You possess the flexibility to thrive in a fast-paced environment and consistently meet tight deadlines.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office, particularly Excel, is required. Experience with SAP is highly desirable.
• Excellent command of written and spoken English is mandatory. Proficiency in French and/or German will be considered a strong asset.