Accountant
- Full-time
Company Description
Building the bank of tomorrow takes more than skills.
It means combining our differences to imagine, discuss, code, develop, test, learn… and celebrate every step together. Share our vibes? Join Swissquote to unleash your potential.
We are the Swiss Leader in Online Banking and we provide trading, investing and banking services to +500’000 clients, through our performant and secured digital platforms.
Our +1000 employees work in a flexible way, without dress code and in multicultural teams.
By having a huge impact on the industry, they are growing their skills portfolio and boosting their career in a fast-pace environment
We are all in at Swissquote. As an equal opportunity employer, we welcome candidates from all backgrounds, experiences and perspectives to join our team and contribute to our shared success.
Are you all in? Don’t be shy, apply!
Job Description
You will be a member of the Finance Department, reporting to the Responsible of Accounting Team. In this role, you will evolve in a fast-moving environment where performing a wide variety of tasks with a strong focus on accounting and financial reporting. You will use analytics in the day-to-day execution of your work, provide timely and accurate information supporting decision-making and seek to improve processes where possible.
Responsibilities:
- Maintain general ledger, prepare journal entries and produce various accounting schedules,
- Perform month-end account-closing activities and reconciliations,
- Actively participate in the half-year and year-end closing, with responsibility for specific topics and notes to the financial statements. This includes preparation of answers to external auditors,
- Take responsibility in accounting projects as assigned by Management,
- Propose and implement solutions to various departments and foreign group entities for accounting issues and queries,
- Adhere to standard accounting principles and company procedures,
- Prepare miscellaneous regulatory filings as assigned.
Qualifications
- You have a Bachelor’s degree in accounting,
- You have a previous 5 to 6 years’ experience in accounting, ideally with similar exposure (or close to it),
- You must be fluent in French and English (oral and written),
- You are meticulous, able to collaborate cross functionally and to work on several subjects in parallel, attentive to details with very good organisation skills,
- You demonstrate a good knowledge and relevant experience in the field of consolidation,
- You have experience with IFRS and generally accepted accouting principles in Switzerland (Accounting Rules for Banks “ARB-FINMA” is a plus),
- Your skills in MS Office (Excel in particular) are excellent,
- If you have knowledge of Temenos T24, we will consider this as a plus.