Officer Alternative Investments Administration

For APG, Magnit is looking for a Officer Alternative Investments Administration. Please note: This role is not suitable for freelancers (ZZP). During the onboarding period, the candidate is expected to work fully on-site. After this period, the candidate is expected to be present at the Heerlen office two days per week. This position is open for 36 to 40 hours per week and falls within salary scale 9. The first CV selection will take place on Friday, 1 May. There is an option for extension. Be aware that this role is a financial accounting /reporting and operational process management role. This is not a portfolio management or business analyst role.

As an Officer on our team, your main tasks & repsonbilities are:

• Recurring recording of financial transactions in our systems (cashflows, valuations, commitments)
• Performing quality checks on the financial data elements provided by internal and external parties
• Recurring preparation of financial reports or financial information (financial statements, costs overviews, investments overviews, movement schedules, cash flow forecasts)
• Active liaison with internal and external vendors and stakeholders to ensure the relevant financial data needed for our deliverables are obtained in time and are of sufficient quality
• Assuming the overall coordination process of certain reports and deliverables, taking responsibility for the timely and accurate delivery of overall deliverables/projects where multiple of your colleagues work on; this entails coaching, review, setting up timelines and plans and monitoring progress vs. plan and taking corrective actions where necessary
• Active in the coaching of more junior colleagues and assuming a quality review role on the work performed by more junior colleagues
• Act as the team representative on several operations-related overarching projects/deliverables; be the team frontrunner in a reliable way and ensure our interests are represented

Functie-eisen

As an Officer on our team, you know how to approach issues from different angles (top down and bottoms up) and ask the right questions. You are someone with a healthy ambition who takes action independently, but you are also a motivated team player. For the best integration in this position, you identify with being highly presentable, having well-developed communication and interpersonal skills and you show a lot of initiative. You see lifelong learning and permanent education as a normal ambition and you have a “can do” mentality. And, you can function well in a flexible working environment that matches our business needs.

We also ask for:

• a bachelor’s or university degree preferably in financial economics, business economics or business administration
• at least 5 years of experience in an financial process role (accounting/reporting, operations) with a demonstrable track record in having assumed more and increasing responsibility (volume and complexity); ideally this is your 2nd or 3rd step in your career
• Experience with coaching colleagues
• Experience with priority setting in your workload; strong workload planning skills; solid base in project management skills
• Self starter, independent and creative way of thinking with the ability to independently figure out different scenarios/solutions when a hurdle arises
• Solid skillset in accounting and reporting
• An excellent command of English (both spoken and written); Dutch is an advantage
• The right candidate has a curious mindset, strong affinity with checking details, is ambitious and eager to want to prove himself, high energy level and committed to get the job done even when it seems difficult; keeps calm and never looses oversights of the end goal

Good to have (not mandatory)

• Experience in asset management and ideally with non listed investments
• Experience working at APG in a asset management role or operations role

QUALIFICATION/LICENSURE

Preferred years of experience: 5 years

Travel required: 25% to 50%

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