Accounting Specialist 80 – 100 %

29 September 2026
80 – 100%
Permanent position
Zürich

Job summary

Join Transa Backpacking AG as a Financial Accountant in Zurich! Exciting opportunity with great benefits awaits.

Tasks

Handle accounts receivable, collections, and asset accounting.
Process open receivables and navigate legal collection matters.
Record bank transactions and reconcile accounts with precision.

Skills

Commercial training and experience in financial accounting required.
Detail-oriented with strong problem-solving capabilities.
Tech-savvy, comfortable working with various systems.

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About the job

For our finance team in Zurich, we are looking for an Accounting Clerk 80 - 100% to start immediately or by arrangement.

Are you fascinated by numbers, processes, and connections? Can you keep an overview even when juggling many balls at once? Then read on...

YOUR SPECIALITY AS AN ACCOUNTING CLERK

Accounts receivable, debt collection, and asset accounting. Your passion.
Processing outstanding receivables, initiating the next steps, and confidently navigating legal debt collection and enforcement procedures. Your thing.
Recording and posting bank transactions. Gladly.
Reconciling accounts, detecting discrepancies, and finding solutions. You have an eye for detail.
Working with our ERP system and confidently handling digital processes. Cool.
Working through the pile without losing sight of the details. Of course.
Questioning, improving, and helping to shape processes. Naturally.

THIS IS YOU

A commercial education and several years of experience in financial accounting. You have that in your backpack.
Further training as an accounting clerk or a comparable qualification. Evident in your profile.
You find accounts receivable, debt collection, and accounting connections more interesting than their reputation suggests. Perfect.
Technical affinity and enjoyment in working with various systems. Naturally.
Working independently, taking responsibility, and thinking along. You like that.
Being outdoors. Your hobby.

YOUR BENEFITS

A shared spirit of outdoor enthusiasts that can move mountains
Generous employee discount and attractive benefits with partners
A 40-hour week or flexible working time models (depending on the model, up to 7.5 weeks of holiday per year) and the possibility of unpaid leave
Possibility of home office
Above-obligatory and part-time friendly social benefits
Possibility of unpaid leave
Loyalty bonus (holiday or money) every 5 years
Employee events from outdoor cooking to bivouac tours
And much more

The right equipment in your backpack? Does this role as an Accounting Clerk 80 - 100% appeal to you?

Then we look forward to your online application. Please do not send your application by email for data protection reasons.
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THIS IS US

Transa Backpacking AG has been the competence centre for high-quality travel and outdoor equipment for over 45 years. Around 450 employees live the motto "Get out. But properly." We are organised in circles and use the patterns of Sociocracy 3.0 – this ensures employees are deployed according to their abilities. In the branches in Zurich, Basel, Bern, Lucerne, St. Gallen, and Winterthur, as well as the two outlet stores, you will find over 42,000 products from around 550 brands. Should products ever get damaged, we take care of them in the repair workshop in Zurich Altstetten.

MORE INFORMATION

If you have any questions, please feel free to contact Rebekka from the finance team: Tel. 044 278 90 95,
or visit us online: www.transa.ch

We wish to fill this vacancy as an Accounting Clerk 80 - 100% without the support of recruitment agencies.