Accounting Manager

About the job

For our client, an innovative industrial company firmly rooted in local heritage, we are looking for an Accounting Manager to take charge of accounting, treasury, and analytics.

Accounting Manager

As part of an organisational transformation, your duties are broad and exciting: supported by your team, you will oversee general accounting, treasury, and all internal controls through the production of financial statements, risk analysis, and company performance.

More specifically, with your team you are responsible for:
- Supervising the entire accounting cycle including stock and inventory, managing monthly, quarterly, and annual closings...
- Supervising and validating provisions, depreciations...
- Overseeing quarterly VAT returns
- Monitoring cash flows and bank positions
- Short, medium, and long-term forecasting
- Cash management
- Managing financial risks, acting as partner and contact for banks
- Leading internal control
- ERP key user

- Federal Diploma or Chartered Accountant qualification is an advantage
- Minimum 10 years’ experience, ideally in industry or with industrial clients if you are in a Big 4 or fiduciary firm
- Professional French and English, German is an advantage
- Proficiency with IT tools – ERP key user

This position is a true pillar within the company, so we are looking for a solid person with a certain agility who will be proactive and not afraid to take initiatives.

It is important to want to understand the heritage and legacy of the organisation before seeking to change it.