Financial Consultant, Reporting

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**Job Description**:
LINE OF BUSINESS DESCRIPTION

Finance Luxembourg oversees provision of the full suite of Finance services to the Luxembourg office. The team, supported by Finance functions within the wider CIBC Group, will oversee regulatory, management and statutory reporting, accounts payables and expense accounting and taxation. Finance Luxembourg provides value by helping clients and partners to make effective decisions, including compliance with regulatory and statutory requirements, processing of vendors invoices and expenses, along with participation and support of global and regional projects / initiatives.

Key Responsibilities include:

- Delivering timely and accurate financial reporting, including:

- control of non-interest administrative expenditure and associated compliance with CIBC expenditure policies and booking guidelines.
- responsibility for monthly/quarterly/annual closings in assigned org units plus assistance with oversight of Luxembourg entity ledger.
- performance of reconciliations with investigation of differences and analysis of accounting information.
- preparation and posting of journal entries,
- support of local payable and receivable ledger function as liaison with outsourced provider, suppliers and internal stakeholders.
- Supporting the team’s oversight of Finance activities provided for the Luxembourg office (with support from Group Finance teams) to ensure appropriate level of service is provided in accordance with the service level agreement.
- Liaising with external and internal auditors on Finance specific matters to meet audit requirements.
- Maintaining financial reporting systems in a manner which aids automation and accuracy and provides timely information to the business leaders.
- Supporting preparation of notes to financial statements as assigned by manager.
- Timely provision of complete and accurate support information for tax and regulatory reporting teams as required.
- Undertaking ad-hoc Finance specific tasks in supporting the Chief Financial Officer, Luxembourg or Director, Luxembourg Finance as required. This may include UAT testing or system implementation, dependent on team activities.

Primary internal and external contacts:

- Chief Financial Officer - Luxembourg - line manager - assisting in their primary functions as assigned.
- Director, Luxembourg Finance - as delegate of CFO or as fellow team member.
- Chief Operating Officer - Luxembourg - as head of infrastructure.
- Representatives from various Finance functions in other group locations - to monitor their service or investigate issues, with a particular focus on expenses and receivables.
- Internal Audit - in relation to activities covered by the Luxembourg Finance team
- External Audit - support regarding their performance of statutory audit work.
- Tax Group - support covering local tax reporting.
- Tax Agent - assisting in relation to filing of various direct and indirect tax returns for the Company.
- Operations team in respect of cash investigations
- Treasury team to support their oversight of the cash position in administrative accounts.
- Human Resources team within Group for HR related matters, including payroll processing.

Qualifications and Experience:
Required:

- Minimum 3 years of experience in an accounting or audit role with an understanding of the work and responsibilities of a Finance team.
- Qualified Accountant or equivalent qualification/experience.
- Knowledge of Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (IFRS / Luxembourg GAAP) covering local requirements to ensure financial records meet the local standards.
- Ability to work in an English speaking office. French/Luxembourgish/German would be beneficial.
- Experience of accounting general ledger software such as OBIE, Peoplesoft or SAP.
- Knowledge of Luxembourg Corporate Income Tax, Goods and Services Tax, Fringe Benefits Tax, Payroll Tax, and other relevant taxes and levies.
- Ability to work independently under limited supervision, and to deal with stakeholders at varying levels of seniority.
- Understanding of investment banking activities and the regulatory environment.

What you need to know
- You need to be legally eligible to work at the location(s) specified above and, where applicable, must have a valid work or study permit

Job Location

K2 Dolce

Employment Type

Regular

Weekly Hours

40

**Skills**:
Accounting, Accounts Payable (AP), Auditing, Business Taxes, Expense Accounts, Financial Controlling, Financial Information, Financial Recordkeeping, Financial Statements, General Le