The VIE contract in short:

According Business France's eligibility conditions, the Volontariat International en Entreprise (VIE) is an assignment in a French company operating overseas for professionals between the age of 18 and 28 who are European Economic Area (EU + Norway, Iceland und Liechtenstein) nationals. 

If you are already living and paying taxes in Germany, you are unfortunately not eligible to do a VIE in Germany. 

For further information about the eligibility conditions to this programme, we invite you to go to Business France website: https://mon-vie-via.businessfrance.fr/

 PLEASE NOTE: your application must be submitted in English (CV + cover letter) to be considered by our non-French speaking teams.

This VIE offer is a unique opportunity for the selected candidate to strenghten his/her knowledge in Finance by discovering 2 teams of Caceis Germany’s Finance Department over the two years of the contract:

For the first year, the VIE will join the accounting department and will be assigned the following missions:

• Support in recurring account control tasks, such as monthly reconciliations, analysis and reporting.
• Active participation in transversal accounting projects.
• Review and improvement of processes, with the goal of reaching efficiencies and a certain level of automation.
• Assistance in various accounting related duties (regulatory reporting, accounts payables, receivables)

During the second year, he/she will switch to the Controlling department and will work on the following topics:

• Preparation of monthly results
• Support for the preparation of the monthly-/quarterly- and yearly closing balances (P&L) including the reporting to the Headoffice in Paris
• Analysis and commenting of the financial results
• Assistance for the budget planning and preparation of during the year forecasts
• Comparisons of budget figures with actual figures for cost center units
• Assistance for several projects like results, activities by business lines

CACEIS Funds Service GmbH offers to its VIEs the following benefits:

• Monthly accommodation allowance (according to the conditions defined by Business France)
• Paid German courses
• Access to a lot of gym clubs with reduced prices
• Discount for the subway card
• Flexible working hours
• International work environment

Master's Degree in Finance / Business Administration or equivalent

A first experience (internship, apprenticeship,…) in accounting and/or controlling would be appreciated
Interest for both accounting and controlling topics

Hard Skills:
- Good knowledge in accounting (IFRS)
- High solution orientation and strong analytical skills
- Meticulous attention to detail
- Good with numbers and figures
Soft Skills:
- Excellent communication skills
- Team spirit
- Constant willingness to learn and improve
- Great inter-personal skills

IT Skills:
- Very good skills in Excel
- Skills in VBA would be appreciated