Financial Accountant
Description:
Financial Accountant
Full Job Description I Notes:
Key Responsibilities: The Accountant / Junior Accountant provides financial information to management researching accounting data and preparing reports
Typical activities and responsibilities will include:
* Responsibility for the Accounts payable process, including invoice control, booking of invoices and payments via embanking and Swift
* Management and monitoring of specific internal accounts such as fixed assets, general expenses, depreciation, accruals, pre-payments (including budget vs. actual comparison and IT cost reconciliation)
* Status monitoring of the Bank's Service Level Agreements (SLA), including validation and payment of invoices
* Preparation of selected Group reports and uploading to the bank's shared portal (e.g. fixed assets, deposits, audit, etc.)
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Assistance in preparing VAT and regulatory reports to the regulator (e.g. Swiss Federal Tax authority, Swiss National Bank, FINMA)
* Collaboration in various Finance projects
Education: Commercial apprenticeship, degree t e.g._ Buchhalter, Treuhänder or comparable education such as completed studies in economics.
Work Experience: Working experience of at least 2-3 years in the Finance area, preferably in a banking environment with international operations
Performance: Internal candidates: consistent strong performer in current role (Upper L or Expected Performance + at least 2 times in the past 3 cycles).
Specific knowledge and skills:
* Good knowledge of accounting
* Basic knowledge of banking
* Good knowledge of English, German and/or Portuguese would be an advantage
* Experience with Regulatory and VAT reporting would be an advantage
* Ability and interest in working in an international team and environment
* Reliable and exact working attitude