Senior Financial Accountant

Senior Financial Accountant (f/m/d)

Build the future of financial markets. Build yours.

Ready to make a real impact in the financial industry? At Deutsche Börse Group, we'll empower you to grow your career in a supportive and inclusive environment. With our unique business model, driven by 16,000 colleagues around the globe, we actively shape the future of financial markets. Join our One Global Team!

Who we are

Deutsche Börse Group is one of the world’s leading exchange organisations and an innovative market infrastructure provider. With our products and services, we ensure that capital markets are fair, transparent, reliable, and stable. Together, we develop state-of-the-art IT solutions and offer our IT systems all over the world. 

Within the Deutsche Börse Group, Clearstream is an international central securities depository (ICSD). It provides post-trade infrastructure and securities services for the international market and 59 domestic markets worldwide, with customers in 110 countries.

Your career at Deutsche Börse Group

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:

• Business As Usual (BAU): Oversee and ensure the smooth execution of daily financial accounting operations, maintaining stability and accuracy.
• Financial closing: Drive the monthly and quarterly closing processes and prepare trial balance reconciliations to ensure timely and precise financial reporting.
• Annual Accounts: Lead the preparation and coordination of assigned annual accounts in accordance with both Lux GAAP and IFRS standards.
• Audit coordination: Serve as a primary contact for internal and external audits, preparing detailed analyses and documentation while effectively advising auditors on business activities.
• Internal Controls & Policy: Guarantee that all accounting activities are performed in strict alignment with internal controls. Ensure the proper application of accounting policies and contribute to updating procedures as necessary.
• Ad-hoc projects: Provide in-depth analysis for financial statements and participate in, or potentially lead, various ad-hoc projects to drive process improvements and support business initiatives.
• General ledger integrity: Ensure the completeness and accuracy of the general ledger chart of accounts and review reporting packages on a quarterly and annual basis.

Your profile:

• A Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Economics, Finance, or Accountancy.
• A minimum of 4 years of relevant professional experience, ideally gained within a banking institution or a major audit firm.
• Strong knowledge of IFRS and Lux GAAP is essential. Familiarity with bank accounting standards is a significant advantage.
• 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.
• 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.