Zürich
Specialist in Finance and Accounting (m/f/d)
- 09 October 2026
- 80 – 100%
- Permanent position
- CHF 105 000 - 120 000 /year
- German (Fluent)
- 8001 Zürich
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Specialist in Finance and Accounting (m/f/d)
Salary - CHF105,000 - 120,000Role:
You will take on a versatile and responsible role in the finance and accounting department of an established real estate company. You will independently manage the financial and real estate accounting, be responsible for financial statements as well as various tax and payroll matters, and work closely with internal and external contacts. At the same time, you will have plenty of scope to develop processes further and actively drive digitalisation in accounting.
Responsibilities:
You independently manage the financial and real estate accounting including accounts receivable, accounts payable and fixed assets
You oversee the accounting of a foundation and perform the necessary closing entries
You prepare monthly, quarterly and annual financial statements and take care of accruals, bad debt provisions and account reconciliations
You are responsible for the entire payment transactions and handle the processing of LSV payments
You check, code and process accounts payable invoices via digital workflows
You manage accounts receivable and ensure consistent rent collection
You conduct payroll accounting including payroll runs, daily allowance calculations and salary certificates
You prepare documents for audits and collaborate with the audit office
You manage fixed asset accounting and take care of capitalisations and depreciations
You prepare VAT returns and perform the corresponding annual reconciliations as well as calculations per property
You create evaluations and support budgeting, reporting and other analyses
You document accounting processes and controls and actively contribute to the further development of the internal control system (ICS)
Qualifications:
You have completed a commercial apprenticeship and further training in finance and accounting, ideally with a federal diploma
You bring several years of experience in independently managing accounting up to the annual financial statement
You have solid knowledge of real estate accounting and are familiar with the specifics of property accounting
Experience in accounting for foundations or pension funds is an advantage
You are confident in dealing with Swiss VAT issues and have good knowledge of payroll accounting as well as social security
You have very good user knowledge of Abacus and ideally experience with a real estate accounting software
You are proficient in MS Office and especially Excel
Experience with digital document processing, workflow and archiving solutions is an advantage
You have very good German language skills in spoken and written form
Benefits:
- Comfortable office with modern infrastructure
- Experienced and dynamic team
- Attractive training and development opportunities
- Flexible working hours
- Numerous employee events
- Interesting and varied tasks/projects
- Home office
- Market- and performance-based salaries
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Work location
Zurich
Contact
Aurela Osmani,
+41443852159