Accountant - Controller

Previse Systems is a young Swiss enterprise software company in the energy trading domain set up and is run by experienced executives from the industry with the vision of building the right software for this industry (currently primarily power and gas trading).

At Previse Systems, we utilise the most modern available technology together with innovative new concepts to deliver the next software generation, smart and scalable, to energy markets. Our vision is to become the global leader in energy trading software.

We pride ourselves with a flat hierarchy and a “let’s do it” attitude.

Tasks

In this role you will be working as part of a small and diverse team to
- provide comprehensive financial updates to senior managers by evaluating, analysing, and reporting appropriate data points.
- achieve budgeting goals with proper scheduling, analysis, and corrective actions and help develop and support short
- and long-term operational strategies.
- prepare and conduct month-end, quarter-end, and year-end close processes, ensuring completeness, accuracy, and cohesiveness of information.

Key Responsibilities
- Maintain internal safeguards for revenue receipts, costs, and team and organizational budgets and actual expenditures.
- Establish (in coordination with CEO/CFO/CRO) financial and operating benchmarks, budgets, program monitoring, and reporting standards on biweekly, monthly, and annual basis.
- Implement consistent accounting policies, practices, and procedures across all programs, adhering to national and local legal standards, while remaining knowledgeable of proposed legislation.
- Develop and enforce internal controls to maximize protection of company assets, policies, procedures, and workflows.
- Prepare and gather all necessary reports, both periodically and on demand, including balance sheets, profit and loss statements, revenue forecasts, budgets, and cash-flow statements.
- Ensure the integrity of accounting information and reconcile any financial discrepancies by performing or directing forensic research of accounting issues for compliance and establish quality control for transactions and reporting.
- Handle AP, verify payment documentation, reference outstanding bills, update debt balance, and conduct disbursement.
- Review and reconcile the general ledger, identifying and thoroughly investigating any discrepancies and taking the proper actions to resolve them.
- Conduct month-end, quarter-end, and year-end close processes to verify all entries have been created and posted, ensuring completeness, accuracy, and cohesiveness of information.
- Ensure the company utilises adequate processes, tools and systems in the finance and accounting domain.

**Requirements**:
You have a bachelor’s or master’s degree in accounting or similar with thorough knowledge of accounting and corporate finance principles and procedures. It would be beneficial if you have experience in audit and international accounting.

You are a team player who works well under pressure and who likes to challenge yourself working with highly experienced and talented individuals. You are communicative and able to establish and maintain effective relationships with internal and external customers.

Work Environment

We offer a friendly, driven, multi-cultural and multi-lingual environment in a classical professional office. We have a very open culture and provide a very high degree of freedom, provided the individual is delivering the expected results.

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