Director of Finance And Accounting

The Director of Finance plays a key strategic and leadership role within our organization. This position is responsible for driving financial excellence, ensuring compliance with Luxembourg AIFM regulations, and leading high-performing finance teams across borders. The role combines strategic oversight with hands-on leadership in accounting, controlling, reporting, and process optimization to support the company’s sustainable growth and operational scalability

Key responsibilities

• Lead the Finance team, which combines as of today the Accounting & the Controlling team providing strategic direction, setting clear goals, coaching talent, and fostering a culture of continuous improvement.
• Serve as Deputy to the CFO, representing the function in the cross-functional manager forum and stepping in on strategic and operational matters when required.
• Serve as a partner for senior management referring to strategic initiatives, strategic partnerships, m&a initiatives, which includes the development of the finance department to a state of the art finance department overseeing routine business, enhance the capabilities to a high performing, able to deliver professional number driven support and sparring function for senior management and business partners
• Design and optimize finance processes and organizational structures to boost efficiency, strengthen internal controls, and enable the business to scale.
• Own the audit, planning & reporting cycle: prepare and present annual budgets, rolling forecasts, P&L statements, balance sheets, liquidity analyses, and variance commentary for executive management and the supervisory board.
• Preparation of budgets, financial forecasts, profit and loss statements, balance sheets and liquidity analysis (and associated reporting for executive management and the supervisory board)
• Management of financial investments, tax assessments & tax declarations (exposure to treasury operations would be advantageous)
• Ensure accurate period-end close by calculating quarterly accruals, maintaining fixed-asset records, and posting in DATEV in line with HGB/IFRS and company policies.
• Partner cross-functionally with Operations, IT, and Business Units to evaluate new initiatives, advise on financial implications, and safeguard financial integrity.
• Liaise with auditors and regulators, preparing audit packages and responding to queries to guarantee timely, clean audit outcomes and full compliance.
• Continuously monitor key KPIs, transforming data into actionable insights and recommending initiatives that enhance profitability and cash flow.
• Lead and develop finance colleagues across multiple countries, embracing diversity and ensuring alignment in an international environment.

What we expect

• An excellent track record with relevant professional experience (ideally including strategic leadership/change management / project management / system & process implementation and optimization)
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills including the ability to build and maintain good relationships with various stakeholders in a complex, international environment
• Leadership experience at the team level (6-8 employees), ideally with international team leadership exposure.
• Accounting regulation expertise including knowledge of relevant laws and regulations
• Relevant experience from working in regulated financial institution, preferably an AIFM under Luxembourg regulation (CSSF); experience under BaFin/KVG is a plus
• General knowledge of Financial Markets (Asset Manager / Investment Manager Institutions)
• Degree in economics, business administration, finance or a related field
• Strong analytical capabilities with the ability to translate concepts into workable solutions
• High level of IT literacy
• Excellent verbal, writing & presentation skills in German and in English
• Goal oriented & fully committed to delivering high quality results in a timely fashion
• Demonstrable commitment to FiM’s vision/ mission

What you can expect:

• An agile, widely diverse international working environment with employees of 68 nationalities that is keenly interested in making a positive difference through their work and who share a collaborative, can-do spirit.
• A job that allows you to fully utilize and expand your skills within an innovative, hands-on company culture.
• A purpose-driven, performance-oriented company that rewards above-average results.
• An organization dedicated to providing effective training and upskilling to its employees.
• A company that offers a flexible and amicable work environment, placing a high value on work-life balance.