Accounting Officer

General Information

TMF Group is a leading provider of critical administrative services, helping clients invest and operate safely around the world. Our 11,000 experts and 125 offices in 87 jurisdictions worldwide serve corporates, financial institutions, asset managers, private clients, and family offices, providing the combination of accounting, tax, payroll, fund administration, compliance, and entity management services essential to global business success. Please visit our website to read more about our business: https://www.tmf-group.com

Our clients rely on us to keep their client entities in good legal and financial standing and compliance with local and international laws and regulations. It is our role to support them and their business to achieve their business goals in the ever complex and changing environment. We approach the relationship we have with our clients holistically and each team members pays a pivotal part in our joint success. 

As an Accounting Officer, you will be the first point of contact for our clients in the Netherlands for the full range of financial, accounting and tax matters. Together with the Legal Officer, who is responsible for legal and compliance matters, you will be responsible for managing the client relationship under the supervision of the Supervisor Accounting. You will be dedicated to creating a long-term relationship with our clients and business partners and help our clients navigate the complex environment they do business in, taking the interests of all relevant stakeholders at heart. You demonstrably understand that teamwork is what makes the dream work for all parties involved.

You will be part of a team of knowledgeable professionals, which is dedicated to pro-actively providing our clients the best possible services, tailored to their specific needs. 

• Build up a strong working relationship with local and international clients, notaries, external advisors, banks, regulatory bodies and other relevant parties. 
• Adequately keep up with (client) activities and refer them to trusted third parties, to tighten the relationship with such parties, also enabling increased business opportunities for TMF Group as a whole. Pro-actively engage with Client Executive Directors, Business Development Directors and other local and international commercial colleagues where beneficial.
• Provide the client with comprehensive financial and administrative support and transactional assistance within the scope of the engagement. Taking a personalized and practical approach, and ensuring the client meets its timelines in all legal and regulatory matters.
• Set-up and maintain computerized administrations and/or financial databases 
• Generate and administer accounting procedures and ensure that all procedures are carried out in accordance with local legislation and policies of the client
• Compile, enter and post monthly journal entries 
• Prepare statutory financial reports as well as client-specific reports 
• Assist in cash management including the management of bank accounts and payment instructions 
• Prepare reporting to third parties, e.g. Chamber of Commerce, Dutch Central Bank, Tax Authorities and other relevant parties
• Interact with Supervisor Accounting on daily basis and assist on special projects.
• Ensure proper correspondence for accounts 
• Maintain contact with auditors, tax advisors, lawyers, notaries and other involved parties in order to obtain the required information for reporting purposes 
• Interact with external auditors in completing audits
• Identify problems or unexpected events arising during work and resolve them.
• Draft notifications concerning income tax, dividend tax and where necessary VAT (if no advisor has been appointed
• Organise the correspondence file, have the company file prepared, and supervise the input of documents in the company file. Perform regular checks to ensure the company file is correct and complete.
• Signal any accounting, administrative or tax issue of a(n) (intended) client transaction and liaise - after consultation with a Supervisor Accounting - with the client and/or advisors. Identify financial, economic and fiscal bottlenecks and contribute to their solution in liaison with external advisors.
• Attend and independently carry out meetings with clients and business partners.
• Execute any activities necessary to ensure TMF Group c.a. and its clients comply with which is from a sound compliance point of view required or otherwise desired 
• Interact with the Supervisor Accounting and the MPM on daily basis and assist on special projects 
• Ensure a timely and correct filing of the administrative records 
• Keep client data and the client database up to date in a timely and accurate manner. 
• Keep records per account of own worked hours on a daily to weekly basis and in line with the specific fee arrangements with the client.
• Review of the records per account of your client entities of team members worked hours.
• Review and approval of draft invoice in a timely manner.
• Pro-actively coordinate outstanding debtors balance and  arrange for payment of (annual) fees, debtors control and collect outstanding receivables.
• Together with the Legal Officer monitor the fixed fee agreements and manage the potential fixed fee gap. Pro-actively entering into discussions with the client after consultation with a Supervisor Accounting.
• Act as a gatekeeper to ensure TMF Group meets its obligations as a gatekeeper of the financial system as required by local and international laws and regulations.
• Perform any other tasks and duties as requested or assigned by the Supervisor Accounting and/or Market Practice Manager.

• Financial-administrative degree (ACCA, CPA, ACA or a Bachelor’s degree SPD, HEAO AA, HEAO BE) or a comparable level achieved through exposure and experience
• Preferably a minimum of 3 - 5 years relevant working experience
• Excellent knowledge of generally accepted accounting principles (Dutch GaaP, IFRS and preferably US GaaP)
• Thorough knowledge of finance, accounting and cost control principles
• Good knowledge of SAP, CaseWare and Dynamics
• Excellent English written and verbal communication skills
• General interest in international financial/capital markets and financial instruments

• 26 holidays per year (40 hour work week)
• Pension plan (statutory own contribution – 1% of the pension base)
• Collective healthcare insurance
• Company fitness
• Company language training
• Commuting allowance, based on 0,23 cent per km (max 30 km one-way) or a NS Business Card
• Accident insurance
• WGA gap insurance
• WIA gap insurance (disability insurance)
• ANW gap insurance (nabestaanden overbruggingspensioen)
• Overtime compensation
• Bike plan
• Homework allowance – EUR 2,15 per day
• EUR 200,00 TMF Health Budget annually