Leading and Shaping the Accounting Function of a Technology Company

Daily rate

By arrangement

Expenses

plus expenses

Project duration

as of now - 31.12.2022

Deployment country

Switzerland

Deployment city

Raum Bern

Required availability

100 %

Industry

IT services

Function

Accounting & Controlling

Service

Operative vacancy

Our client, a technology company, is a newly formed joint venture.

A dynamic Director Accounting (m/f/d) ad interim is sought to relieve the CFO.

 

Responsible for 3 teams:

• Consolidation, General Ledger, Tax, Audit
  
• Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable;
  
• Payroll/ Time management
  

 Goals:

• Leading and developing the accounting function and teams for the group, end to end
  
• Ensure the integrity of all financial information in accordance with accounting principles (IFRS and local)
  
• Developing and maintaining accounting policies and procedures
  
• Financial consolidation
  
• Planning, organizing and coordinating the year-end close process with internal and external auditors
  
• In charge of overall tax compliance
  
• Work with ERP and FP&A teams on improving processes and systems
  
• Improve and maintain company's internal control system
  
• Hiring, training and retaining competent accounting managers and staff
  
• Collaboration and responsibility for special projects/sub-projects (M&A, mergers, etc.)
  

Main Tasks

• Monthly, quarterly and annual financial statements according to the required standards (OR and IFRS) incl. consolidation and required audits
  
• Regular monitoring of cash management and liquidity control
  
• Ongoing and improvement of accounting processes incl. payroll accounting and ICS
  
• Ensuring successful completion of the company’s direct and indirect tax filings
  
• Manage monthly payroll and operate time management process
  
• Manage shareholder affairs from an accounting perspective
  
• Operational cash management and liquidity control
  

 Responsibilities (team, resources)

• Responsible for the technically correct and timely execution of the above-mentioned tasks
  
• Responsibility for the accuracy of the business data in terms of form and content
  
• Competencies in accordance with the organisational regulations and competency regulations of the Group 
  

Main interaction

• Internal: CFO, ERP/Systems, HR, Legal, line managers/cost center managers
  
• Persons responsible for participations of the Shareholders, Group Accounting of the Shareholders as well as various other partners
  
• Auditors / Banks
  
• Tax authorities
  
• Employees for payroll & time management issues
  

Personnel accountability

60 Employees

Budget accountability

4 million Euro

• +10 years of experience in accounting
  
• People Management experience (management of a larger Accounting department)
  
• Experience in financial consolidation
  
• Experience with IFRS
  
• Knowledge of SWISS GAAP FER
  
• In-depth knowledge of Tax
  
• Experience with quoted, larger corporates
  
•  Very good MS Office skills (especially Excel)
  
• ERP experience (Abacus, Workday)
  
• Generally high IT and ERP affinity
  
• Experience with consolidation software
  
• Experience in project management, especially project leadership
  
• Experience in transformation processes, PMI
  

Linguistic proficiency