At Julius Baer, we celebrate and value the individual qualities you bring, enabling you to be impactful, to be entrepreneurial, to be empowered, and to create value beyond wealth. Let's shape the future of wealth management together.
As an experienced banking accountant, you will play a key role within Financial Accounting, covering accounting activities for Lending, Banking Operations (including Client Corporate Actions), and Cash Desk. Acting as a trusted subject-matter expert, you will manage daily accounting tasks and actively drive the continuous improvement of accounting processes and systems.
YOUR CHALLENGE
* Advice, development and monitoring of sub-ledgers within the relevant business areas
* Actively participate in projects aimed at optimising and automating accounting processes, including the definition of booking logics and data flows
* Collaborate in the preparation and analysis of financial statements and reports in accordance with IFRS and Swiss Banking GAAP (RVI)
* Provide expert support related to internal and external audits, and for reconciliations between finance systems and core banking platforms
* Collaborate closely with internal stakeholders across departments such as Group Tax, Management Accounting, IT Operations, and Payroll
* Participate in the testing, implementation, and rollout of new functionalities in SAP and core banking systems
* Support in ensuring data quality and further developing internal controls. Analysis, specification, and optimisation of existing processes
* Provide training to employees and prepare user documentation (primarily in English)
* Support the individual locations worldwide from a financial accounting perspective
* Ensuring consistent adherence to internal control systems
YOUR PROFILE
* Completed financial or business administration education with further training in accounting (e.g. specialist certificate in finance and accounting, Bachelor/Master in Accounting or Banking & Finance)
* Several years of professional experience in bank accounting, preferably in the areas of lending, banking operations or corporate actions
* Experience with T24 or comparable core banking systems mandatory
* Sound knowledge of banking products, particularly in lending
* Good understanding of IFRS and Swiss Banking GAAP (RVI) is an advantage
* Project experience with SAP and use of SAP is an advantage
* Sound handling of MS Office programmes
* Very good English language skills, both written and spoken. Fluency in German is an advantage
* Strong analytical skills as well as independent and meticulous work approach
* Team-oriented personality with strong communication skills and resilience
We are looking forward to receiving your full job application through our online application tool.