We currently have an exciting position open for an Officer | Alternative Investments Administration .
The role
At APG, you will be part of the Alternative Investments Administration Team within the Operations department which is the heart of APG Asset Management (AM). The information our team provides must be accurate, timely and complete. The data and information products we provide to a diverse set of internal and external stakeholders is used for high quality decision-making and regulatory and financial reporting. Alternative investments focus can be considered as non listed investments with focus on Real Estate, Infrastructure, Credits and Private equity.
The Alternative Investments Administration team consists of 20 professionals with a balanced mix of gender, nationality, experience level and ages. The team has a critical function within Operations for the Alternative Investments value chain and interacts with a large set of other teams and departments within APG asset management but also with a large set of external parties (external investment managers). As we are an information product and deal driven organized team, your task/roles and responsibilities will be diversified and vary in volume and complexity on a regular base. Our teams main deliverables are accounting, financial reporting and operational initiation and guidance of set up of investments in systems, cashflow transactions and supplemented (to some extent) with reasonableness checks on investments valuations provided by other parties and departments.
The team is based in Heerlen and Amsterdam but this vacancy is explicitly to be filled in Heerlen. You’ll be working in our Heerlen office with sufficient opportunities to work (partially) in hybrid mode once the onboarding is successfully completed.
What you would do
Please note that this role focuses on financial accounting/reporting and operational process management. It is not a portfolio management or business analyst role.
As an Officer on our team, your main tasks & responsibilities are:
- Recurring recording of financial transactions in our systems (cash flows, 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 monitor progress vs. plan and take 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.
- You can (and feel comfortable) to act as the team representative on several Operations related overarching projects/deliverables. We as team want to see from you that you are able to be our team front runner in a reliable way and ensure our interests are represented.
What you bring
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 view lifelong learning and continuous education as a normal ambition and have a “can do” mentality. You can function well in a flexible working environment that matches our business needs. 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 by having the ability to independently figuring out different scenario’s/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. Last but not least some one who 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.
What we offer you
Depending on skills & work experience we are able to offer you a salary within scale 9 with a range of EUR 4.500 – EUR 6.400 per month (based on a 40-hour week) and attractive conditions of employment geared to flexibility:
- A guaranteed year-end bonus of 8.33%;
- Ample attention to your vitality and personal development;
- Hybrid working: at home and in one of our superb offices;
- And of course a well organized pension.
Where you will work
For pension provider APG, pensions are about people, life and how we live together. Through careful asset management, pension administration, communication and advice, APG wants to help build a decent future in which we share our well-being and prosperity honestly and sustainably. For present and future generations. For today, tomorrow and beyond.
APG is committed to serving 4.7 million people in the Netherlands. That explains the importance we attach to reflecting Dutch society. To that end, APG strives for an inclusive work environment in which everyone can be themselves and their unique qualities are embraced.
Choosing APG means choosing a job in which you contribute to a bright future. Don’t delay, apply today!
This job posting was published internally and externally simultaneously. In case of equal suitability, internal candidates will be given priority in the selection process.
A pre-employment screening is part of the procedure.
More information
More information? Please contact recruiter Sarah Beckers (+316 58 85 98 10 or via sarah.beckers@apg.nl), who can tell you more about the specific position. Or contact hiring manager Marcel Steins, via marcel.steins@apg-am.nl.
Do you see a future with APG? Apply with a cv and cover letter and show us what motivates you.
We do not appreciate acquisition in response to this vacancy.