Finance Assistant

Raymond James; München; On-site; EUR 38,000 - 54,000; Full time

Job summary

Raymond James Munich seeks a Finance Assistant to support the Accounting Specialist and Financial Controller with invoice processing, receipt verification, and regulatory reporting.

The role requires excellent numerical skills, meticulous attention to detail, and fluency in German and English. You will prepare Excel upload files, review employee expenses in emburse, coordinate with internal departments and tax advisors, and assist with ad hoc reports such as headcount or cost overviews.

Qualifications

• Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills with a strong affinity for numbers.
• Meticulous attention to detail and a high degree of accuracy.
• Commercial experience and/or a background in finance, accounting or economics.

Responsibilities

• Review and process incoming invoices.
• Check receipts for tax compliance and accuracy.
• Coordinate clarifications with internal teams and tax advisors.
• Prepare Excel upload files for accounting.
• Review employee expenses in emburse for tax compliance.
• Prepare regular reports for Compliance and Management.
• Support regulatory financial reporting.
• Verify CRM data and send update reminders.
• Provide samples of receipts and bank statements for audits.
• Handle ad hoc reports like headcount or cost overviews.

Skills

Analytical skills

Problem solving

Attention to detail

Finance background

Independent work

German & English

Education

Finance/Economics degree

Job description

Finance Assistant (support for “Accounting Specialist” and “Financial Controller”), particularly with the following tasks:

• Review and processing of incoming invoices
• Checking incoming receipts for plausibility, completeness, correctness regarding tax requirements and compliance with internal policies
• Coordinating clarifications with internal departments and external tax advisors when needed, provide receipts to tax advisors (Germany and France)
• Preparing Excel upload files for accounting, filtering upload file data and copying reimbursable expenses to the expense list (support for Admin team)
• Employee expenses: detailed review of expenses in “emburse” (check of correctness regarding tax requirements and compliance with internal policies and/ or approvals)
• Preparation of regular reporting to other departments, like Compliance and Management
• Support with regulatory financial reporting
• Check entries in the CRM tool and send update reminders
• Audit support, e.g. providing sample receipts and bank statements
• Adhoc requests, e.g. report Headcount or cost overviews as requested

Skills & Qualifications

• Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills with a strong affinity for numbers
• Meticulous attention to detail and a high degree of accuracy
• Commercial experience and/or a background in finance, accounting or economics
• Self-motivated, organised and able to work independently
• Fluent in German and English

Further Information

The contents of this Job Description are not a fully inclusive list and may be amended from time to time to reflect the changing needs of the department and/or business.