Stiftung Hilfswerk der Evangelischen Kirchen Schweiz (HEKS)
Zürich
Accounting Specialist, 80-100%
- 29 August 2026
- 80 – 100%
- Permanent position
- Zürich
Job summary
HEKS employs over 1500 staff across 35 countries. Join us to make a difference!
Tasks
- Manage the main ledger according to Swiss GAAP and regulations.
- Participate in financial digitalization and development projects.
- Create periodic VAT statements in a complex environment.
Skills
- Commercial training with experience in finance or accounting.
- Fluent in German and English, French is a plus.
- Affinity for process automation and digital tools.
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About the job
HEKS employs over 1500 permanent staff. At 24 locations in Switzerland and worldwide in 35 countries, HEKS operates with 290 programmes and projects amounting to around 144 million Swiss francs. In 2024, HEKS reached approximately 16 million people with its work.
HEKS pursues the vision of a just world in which the dignity of all people is respected, peace prevails, and natural resources are preserved. The goal is a transformation on social, economic, and political levels. HEKS contributes to improving the living conditions of people in Switzerland and worldwide, asserts their rights, and raises awareness and mobilises for this purpose.
HEKS pursues the vision of a just world in which the dignity of all people is respected, peace prevails, and natural resources are preserved. The goal is a transformation on social, economic, and political levels. HEKS contributes to improving the living conditions of people in Switzerland and worldwide, asserts their rights, and raises awareness and mobilises for this purpose.
Accounting Specialist, 80-100%
We are strengthening our finance team and are looking for an
These are your main tasks:
- You are responsible in day-to-day operations for maintaining the general ledger according to the Swiss GAAP FER standards and Swiss Code of Obligations, in particular
- Processing and posting of accruals, valuation issues, provisions, and other complex individual matters
- Ensuring the correct and complete recording of all subsidiary ledgers (accounts payable, donation accounting, asset accounting, etc.)
- Managing the asset accounting - You proactively contribute to development and digitalisation projects within financial accounting
- You are responsible for preparing periodic VAT returns in a demanding environment (flat-rate tax method, international context) as well as for assessing and declaring withholding tax and for the accounting and reclaiming of withholding tax
- You act as a specialist in the consolidation, accounts payable, and revenue recognition processes, working closely with your colleagues domestically and abroad
- You support the team with questions regarding the handling of legacies, planning and conducting external audits, and ensuring an effective internal control system
Ideally, you bring the following:
- A commercial apprenticeship as well as a completed or ongoing professional certificate in finance and accounting or a comparable additional qualification, plus several years of professional experience in a similar role
- Fluent German and English skills are required; French skills are an advantage
- In-depth VAT knowledge and experience with Business Central as well as knowledge of accounting treatment of foreign currency issues are advantageous
- An engaged, dynamic, and structured personality with a flair for numbers
- Affinity for process automation and digital tools
What you can expect from us:
- A meaningful, varied, and exciting role in a renowned NGO with national and international focus
- High degree of independence and the opportunity to contribute in an environment with short decision-making paths
- Great flexibility regarding presence times and workplace
- Contemporary employment conditions
Would you like to join the HEKS team? We look forward to receiving your application via our application tool. Please understand that applications by email or post cannot be processed.
For further information, please contact Julia Binder, Head of Finance and Donation Accounting, at julia.binder@heks.ch.
More information about HEKS can be found at www.heks.ch.
Lived diversity – inclusion is important to us:
We welcome applications regardless of gender, nationality, ethnic origin, religion, age, or sexual orientation.
For further information, please contact Julia Binder, Head of Finance and Donation Accounting, at julia.binder@heks.ch.
More information about HEKS can be found at www.heks.ch.
