Specialist Accounting

Your new job

• Functional management of the finance department with approx. 4 employees (general ledger, accounts payable, accounts receivable)
• Responsibility for the preparation of the monthly and annual financial statements in accordance with the Swiss Code of Obligations and IFRS for our two Swiss companies
• Ensure legal and tax compliance according to Group policies
• Developing and optimising existing processes according to best practice
• Responsible for the VAT returns for Switzerland, Germany, and the Netherlands, as well as monitoring the correct VAT processing in the respective countries
• Taking an active role in managing foreign exchange and liquidity
• Responsible for company cars and the management of company expenses
• Taking responsibility for or working on projects

Your knowledge, your abilities, your experience

• Completed higher education and further training with a specialisation in finance and accounting (Chartered Specialist in Accounting & Financial Managment or an equivalent qualification)
• Minimum 5 years of professional experience in finance and accounting in an international and industrial group environment in the same position
• Extensive SAP FI/CO experience (having worked with SAP's other modules, SD and MM, would be an advantage)
• Excellent MS Office skills, in particular Excel, and a high level of IT affinity
• Business fluent in German and English, both spoken and written
• High initiative, integrity and strong sense of responsibility
• High level of social skills and enjoyment of collaboration with other departments and teams
• Service-oriented, reliable and conscientious
• A proactive, curious, assertive and networked personality with a sense of optimisation potential
• Team player, flexibility and resilience
• Your profile is rounded off by a high affinity for numbers, an analytical way of thinking, a precise way of working and the ability to meet deadlines

  Our offer

• Challenging, varied and independent work in a fast-growing, international group of companies with a short decision-making process
• Flexible working hours with the option to work remotely
• Personal and professional development opportunities with attractive employment conditions
• A unique working environment - we live our values and cultivate a respectful culture of "you"
• The work location is very close to the railway station and easily accessible by train from Zurich and Zug