Senior Accountant

Job Description

At abrdn, our purpose is to enable our clients to be better investors. Clients worldwide trust us to find future-fit investment opportunities to deliver the outcomes they want. Our technology and insight help empower them to make better decisions, while the powerful partnerships we build help to enhance the expertise that we offer. And by enabling clients to invest responsibly, it helps us to build a better world.

About the department

The Finance function is responsible for activities related to the accounting, product/business control, reporting, and tax functions for the entire firm. This role sits within the Accounting area of the Finance Function which is responsible for producing timely, accurate, and reliable financial information. Prepares profit and loss, and balance sheet accounts, group consolidations, general ledger journals, accruals, and prepayments.

About the role

As the Senior Accountant, you will get the opportunity to be a part of overseeing the day-to-day management of the Accounting Group of Aberdeen Group entities in Germany, providing leadership and direction with responsibility for setting and implementing the abrdn Investments policies and guidelines and ensuring that operations are organised in a controlled and efficient manner.

Key Responsibilities

• Preparation of monthly, quarterly, and annual financial statements in accordance with IFRS and HGB (German Commercial Code). Coordination of these issues with auditors and internal departments.
• Execution of impersonal account bookings as well as supervision and reconciliation of asset accounts and profit and loss accounts (expenses & costs).
• Simulation, execution, and control of manual payment runs.
• Entire handling and supervision of accruals and deferrals.
• Posting and supervision of debtors and creditors invoices, including reconciliation.
• General account analysis (BS and P&L accounts), periodical reports, and ad-hoc reports for Management Board and other recipients.
• Booking and supervision of liquid assets, such as securities, money market instruments, and fixed deposits.
• Calculation and booking of accruals and deferrals for interest and call money.
• Quarterly Preparation of Tax Calculation (Corporate Income Tax / Corporate Trade Tax).
• Registration/monitoring of registration German foreign trade regulations.

About the candidate requirements

• Certified accountant (IHK, Chamber of Industry and Commerce or comparable).
• Very good feeling for figures and pronounced understanding of bookkeeping and accounting.
• Very good knowledge of following accounting standards: IFRS, Local GAAP (HGB), RechKredV, Investment law.
• Very good knowledge of relevant tax laws and regulations, in particular VAT law.
• Good knowledge of Microsoft Office Products.
• Good English Language skills.

Our business

Enabling our clients to be better investors drives everything we do. Our business is structured around three distinct areas – our vectors of growth – focused on our clients’ changing needs. We’re committed to providing an inclusive workplace where all forms of difference are valued and which is free from any form of unfair or unlawful treatment. We define diversity in its broadest sense – this includes but is not limited to our diversity of educational and professional backgrounds, experience, cognitive and neurodiversity, age, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, disability, religion or belief and ethnicity and geographical provenance. We support a culture that values meritocracy, fairness, and transparency and welcomes enquiries from everyone. If you need assistance or an adjustment due to a disability, please let us know as part of your application and we will assist.