Financial Accountant

Job description

Financial Accountant

Tasks

The main tasks include:

• Responsibility for the accounts payable process, including invoice control, posting invoices, and making payments via e-banking and Swift
• Administration and monitoring of specific internal accounts such as fixed assets, general expenses, depreciation, provisions, and prepayments (including budget comparison and IT cost accounting)
• Monitoring the status of the bank's service level agreements (SLA), including validation and payment of invoices
• Preparation of selected group reports and upload to the bank's shared portal (e.g., fixed assets, deposits, auditing, etc.)
• Support in preparing sales tax and regulatory reports for the regulator (e.g., Federal Tax Administration, Swiss National Bank, FINMA)
• Collaboration on various financial projects

Requirements

The requirements include:

• Commercial training, qualification e.g. as an accountant, trustee or comparable training such as a degree in economics
• At least 2-3 years of professional experience in finance, preferably in a banking environment with international operations
• Internal candidates: Consistently strong performance in current role (Upper L or expected performance + at least 2 times in the last 3 cycles)

Specific knowledge and skills

The required knowledge and skills include:

• Good knowledge of accounting
• Basic knowledge of banking
• Good knowledge of English, German, and/or Portuguese would be an advantage.
• Experience with regulatory and sales tax reporting would be an advantage.
• Ability and interest in working in an international team and environment
• Reliable and accurate operation