Financial Accountant

**JOB DESCRIPTION**

**Job Title**: Financial Accountant

**Reporting to**: Legal Entities Controller

**Department**:Finance

**Location**:Baden, Switzerland

**Purpose of the Job**:
We are seeking a technically strong Financial Accountant (fluent in English & German) to join the Central Europe finance team to support a growing business. The successful applicant will be relied upon to maintain auditable financial accounting processes & procedures. In addition, the role will be focused upon the weekly payments, and maintaining the cash liquidity forecast of the business.

You’ll be working in a fast-paced environment where priorities can change quickly according to business needs. With the support of your team, you’ll be expected to turnaround tasks efficiently to meet deadlines.

**Positioning in the Organization**:
The position reports solid line into the Legal Entities Controller:
**Finance Manager, UK - Legal entities Controller - Financial Accountant**

**Key Areas of Responsibility (KARs)**:

- Prepare the weekly liquidity and forecast cash flow files and review the currency requirements based on business activity, analyse any variances to the previous forecast.
- Weekly payment selection files, liaising with the finance shared service department and local business, managing the end-to-end payment process. Resolution of any supplier payment issues.
- Play a supportive role in month end duties: submission of journal entries in Oracle and FCCS, cash management, review of contract summaries, coordination with regional units to reconcile inter-company transactions, preparation of continuity schedules and enrichment forms.
- Assist in the preparation of monthly management reports including but not limited to aged debtors, aged creditors, accrual reporting, cash reporting, P&L and balance sheet analysis.
- Legal entity review of the P&L and Balance Sheet controls submitted by other Hubs.
- Responsible for preparation of monthly reconciliations for key control accounts in Blackline.
- Support in the preparation of Swiss and German VAT and other Tax returns.
- Contribute to the legal statutory reporting of the Swiss and German entities.
- Play a supporting role in internal audit and reporting requirements for the business.
- Ensure the upkeep of financial accounting procedures, internal controls and the authorisation process for all accounting activities, ensuring compliance with company procedures.
- Compile ad hoc analysis and other summaries to assist the management team in the efficient day to day running of the business.
- Monitor the rollover FX hedging requirements and support in the quarterly hedge effectiveness test, plus ad-hoc treasury/ banking responsibilities.
- Ad-hoc finance administrative requirements, including setup of new project codes, support in timesheet submissions, level of authority updates in the system.

**Position Parameters**:
Typical KPIs
- Delivering to deadlines including month end cycle and weekly cash liquidity file
- Accurate reporting
- Stake holder satisfaction,
- Alignment with company business strategy
- Having a robust and positive working relationship across functions

**Experience Required**:

- Experience in a multi-location and highly distributed business model, “_think Global, act Local_”
- Experience working with Oracle is a preferred but not essential
- Advanced user of MS Office
- Advanced Excel skills

**Competencies/ Skills Required**:

- Fluent in English and German language, with excellent communication and writing skills
- Create and be part of a dynamic collaborative team and be a team player
- Ability to manage pressure in a fast-paced environment.
- Ability to breakdown finance information to non-finance professionals.
- Highly focused on process improvement and controls.
- Good commercial understanding.
- The ability to think outside the box and move things forward using your own initiative.
- Ability to drive through change.
- Highly detailed oriented, with excellent analytical and problem-solving skills.
- A confident individual with excellent interpersonal skills and the ability to build relationships across the business whilst embracing cultural differences.

**Education**:

- Graduate level in a finance related field is preferable

**Personal Qualities Required**:

- Effective communicator
- Result orientated
- Proactive and self-starter
- Resilient and flexible achiever
- Driven by value added and business sustainability
- Passionate to succeed
- Willingness to learn
- High degree of attention to detail
- Takes pride in the output delivered
- Down to earth, hands on, pragmatic

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