Accounting Manager

For our client, an innovative industrial company firmly rooted in local heritage, we are looking for an Accounting Manager to work directly with the CFO.

As part of an organisational transformation, your duties are broad and exciting: supported by your team, you will oversee general accounting, treasury, and all internal controls through the production of financial statements, risk analysis, and company performance evaluation.

More specifically, with your team you will be responsible for:
- Supervising the entire accounting cycle including stock and inventory, managing monthly, quarterly, and annual closings...
- Supervising and validating provisions, depreciations...
- Overseeing quarterly VAT returns
- Monitoring cash flows and bank positions
- Short, medium, and long-term forecasting
- Cash management
- Managing financial risks, acting as partner and contact for banks
- Leading internal control
- ERP key user

We are looking for:

- Federal Diploma or Chartered Accountant qualification is an advantage
- Minimum 10 years’ experience, ideally in industry or with industrial clients if you are in Big 4 or an accounting firm
- Professional French and English, German is an advantage
- Proficiency with IT tools – ERP key user
- Salary negotiable, ideally 120/130K CHF

This position is a true pillar within the company, so we seek a solid individual with a certain agility who will be proactive and unafraid to take initiatives.

It is important to want to understand the company’s heritage and legacy before seeking to change it.