Trade Accountant

For a leading commodity trading company headquartered in Baar, Zug.

**Responsibilities**:

- Period close_
- Execute the month end trade accounting close per profit center based on International Financial Reporting Standards ‘IFRS’
- Review the department’s trial balance for IFRS technical compliance
- Prepare detailed monthly IFRS P/L and working capital reporting
- Reconcile the middle office and trade accounting month end P/L’s and document and explain any breaks
- Review and reconcile department SG&A/overhead reporting
- Review and reconcile department management reporting
- Support regional offices with technical accounting challenges during period close
- Intra period close_
- In collaboration with the Middle Office, remedy processes leading to prior month P/L reconciliation breaks
- Support the front and middle office including corporate teams with the preparation of ad-hoc departmental financial reports and analysis
- Coordinate the department’s external audit, internal audit and financial governance processes
- Execute departmental financial governance testing
- Maintaining professional and technical accounting, finance and controls knowledge
- Structure deals_
- In collaboration with the Middle Office, conclude on and document the IFRS accounting treatment for new structured deals in advance of execution
- Price curve modelling_
- Validate the IFRS compliance of Middle Office price curves

**Requirements**:

- Background in Accounting with three to five years of trade accounting experience in a commodity trading or financial institution
- Chartered Accounting qualification (CA/CPA/ACCA)
- Working knowledge of commodity trading systems and ERP integration
- Working knowledge of ERP’s, especially SAP FI/Co and BW
- Advanced knowledge of MS Office tools, especially Excel
- Advanced English language ability, both written and spoken
- Keen interest in trading, derivatives, business process automation, internal control, efficiency and improvement
- Holder of a Swiss work permit or CH / EU / EFTA passport holder

**Job Type**: 100%

Work Location: In person