Junior Financial Services Accountant Private Equity

It’s never been a more exciting time to join Vistra.  

At Vistra our purpose is progress. We believe that our clients have the power to change the world and to do great things for global progress, and we exist to remove the friction that comes from the complexity of global business – to help our clients achieve progress without friction. 

But progress only happens when people come together and take action. And we’re absolutely committed to building a culture where our people can do just that.  

We have an exciting opportunity for you to join our team as Financial Services Accountant. Reporting to the Manager, this full-time and permanent position is based in the Netherlands and offers regional coverage, allowing you to make a significant impact to our Funds and its’ growth.

Our opportunity for you

We have an exciting opportunity as a Junior Financial Services Accountant for our largest Private Equity client portfolio.

Scope

Vistra is looking to recruit a Junior Financial Services Accountant. You will deliver accounting services and advice to Venture Capital and Private Equity (VC/PE) structures and Managers. This sector specific Accounting Team consists of 10 accountants and a manager.

You will perform Fund accounting, which includes Investor reporting, creating capital calls and distributions, making Waterfall calculations, the preparation, maintenance and reconciliation of ledger accounts and financial statements such as balance sheets, profit-and-loss statements and disclosures. You will assist on tax matters and will also be ensuring the integrity of accounting records for completeness, accuracy and compliance with accepted accounting standards and you are producing client customised interim reports. Finally, you will provide assistance to the Fund manager to keep the structure in good financial and legal standing with the assistance of the Legal and Compliance team and with the backup of our Centre of Excellence. As a Junior Financial Services Accountant, pro-active guidance will be available when starting out.

Key responsibilities

• Review Financial Statements;
• Review bookkeeping (accruals, interest calculations, sales entries,  movements in investment property, lease incentives, intangibles, service charges reconciliations according to Dutch GAAP but also US GAAP principle);
• Review the distributions and capital contribution requests;
• Review the cash flow statements;
• Review (and preparation) of Client specific monthly reporting;
• Prepare and coordinate the CIT & VAT returns;
• Prepare the audit file and provide the assistance with statutory audits;
• Follow up, and coordination on client specific accounting requests.

Attributes & Skills

• Expert level of Dutch GAAP, knowledge of IFRS is preferred;
• Excellent verbal and written Dutch and English communication skills;
• You are pro-active, focused on quality, persuasive and you have great advisory skills.

Relevant experience

At least 1-3 years of relevant experience (audit or accounting).

Education/Professional Qualifications:

Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Finance (e.g.. Accounting, Business Economics, Business Administration).

What Vistra offers

A challenging position in an ambitious organization where no day is the same. A company with a view to the future which you can grow together with and, above all, put your own stamp on.

In addition, we also offer:

• Competitive working conditions;
• A work laptop;
• 8% holiday allowance & 26 days off per year + 1 flexible public holiday. You also have the option to purchase (max. 5) vacation days;
• Premium-free pension scheme;
• Training and courses via our online learning platform Percipio;
• The possibility to work partially from home and a fee to set up your home workplace.

We value interdepartmental collaboration, try to work as ONE throughout the world and of course get to know each other better outside of work at our DoMiBo’s (Thursday Afternoon Drinks). We look forward to getting to know you better as well!

Join US!

Our promise to our clients is simple: we help them seize opportunity and make a difference in the world. It’s the same to you.

Make a difference — seize your world of opportunity with Vistra!

LET’S GROW TOGETHER.