Senior Financial Accountant (m/f/d) - 80 – 100%, Start Immediately or by Arrangement

About the job

The Swiss Federal Institute of Intellectual Property is the central contact point of the federal government for patents, trademarks, geographical indications, design protection and copyright. We support innovators and creatives in turning their ideas into value, thereby promoting innovation, competitiveness, cultural diversity and social progress. Under the label ip-search, we also offer worldwide patent searches.

Further information about the tasks of the IPI and our attractive employment conditions can be found at www.ige.ch .

You enjoy working with numbers and appreciate customer contact, are committed and want to actively shape your work? Then we are looking for you to strengthen our Finance and Accounting / Controlling team.

In this versatile role, you take on a central role in operational accounting. You ensure that day-to-day business runs reliably, all tasks according to the monthly checklist are completed on time, and the financial accounting maintains an overview even with manual processes. At the same time, you contribute to the further development of our financial processes. Under the lead of the SAP project management and other internal partners, we continuously develop the processes in SAP S/4HANA (FI-CA and FI-CAX). Therefore, we are looking for a person with solid practical knowledge who sees change and digitalisation as an opportunity.

Senior Financial Accountant (m/f/d)

• Independent and professionally confident handling of ongoing financial accounting
• Ensuring timely and high-quality day-to-day business
• Execution and monitoring of all recurring tasks according to the monthly checklist
• Processing and reconciliation of general ledger, accounts receivable, accounts payable, bank, cash and other accounting processes
• Clarification of discrepancies, open items and accounting matters
• Responsibility for monthly, quarterly and annual closing tasks
• Ensuring complete, correct and comprehensible documentation of bookings and processes
• Professional responsibility for three employees in financial accounting: issuing clear work instructions as well as coordinating and tracking timely completion
• Supporting team members with professional questions and complex business cases
• Active participation in the further development and optimisation of financial processes
• Support and collaboration on cost accounting, cost centre accounting and controlling topics

• Further education in finance and accounting, for example as a certified financial accountant, bachelor in business administration with a focus on accounting or a comparable qualification
• Several years of solid professional experience in financial accounting as well as in the professional coordination or supervision of employees
• Very confident practical knowledge in operational accounting and manual accounting processes
• Experience in independently handling monthly and closing tasks
• Very good user knowledge of ERP systems; experience with SAP S/4HANA (FI-CA, FI-CAX) is an advantage
• Understanding of cost accounting, cost centre accounting and controlling
• Interest in process optimisation, digitalisation and the further development of ERP-supported processes
• Communicative, helpful and service-oriented personality
• Confident and professional appearance towards different internal stakeholders
• Very good German or French skills with good knowledge of the other language

Ms Carmen Brantschen
HR Business Partner
Phone +41 31 377 70 07
E-mail jobs@ipi.ch

The Swiss Federal Institute of Intellectual Property is the central contact point of the federal government for patents, trademarks, geographical indications, design protection and copyright. We support innovators and creatives in turning their ideas into value, thereby promoting innovation, competitiveness, cultural diversity and social progress. Under the label ip-search, we also offer worldwide patent searches.

Further information about the tasks of the IPI and our attractive employment conditions can be found at www.ige.ch .