Specialist in Financial Accounting

About the job

Services : Our name says it all. We ensure that colleagues in the departments can fully concentrate on their tasks in teaching and application-oriented research. We provide services in the areas of finance and controlling, business applications, human resources, IT and real estate.

Specialist in Financial Accounting

What you will do here

• Participate in the monthly financial statements and co-responsible for the preparation of the annual financial statements according to Swiss GAAP FER
• Prepare and coordinate the annual audit and act as the professional contact person for the audit office
• Advise and support BFH employees on accounting and bookkeeping questions according to Swiss GAAP FER
• Handle specialist questions regarding the SAP modules FI/CO and FI-AA as well as further develop finance-relevant processes and the internal control system (ICS)
• Represent the co-head of the Finance and Controlling department with a focus on financial accounting professionally

What you ideally bring with you

• University degree in business administration or a comparable education or further training
• Several years of professional experience in financial accounting with proven responsibility for monthly and annual financial statements
• Sound knowledge of SAP S/4HANA (especially FI/CO and FI-AA) as well as accounting and bookkeeping
• Very good Excel skills; experience with Excel macros is an advantage
• Analytical, independent and solution-oriented working style with a high quality orientation

Some of our advantages in advance

Doing something meaningful, an engaging environment and a plan for the future. A commitment at the Bern University of Applied Sciences makes sense. We conduct practice-oriented research and develop useful solutions for business, culture and the people in Bern, Switzerland and worldwide. This is not only incredibly interesting but also enjoyable and we learn a lot ourselves. Everyone studying or continuing their education alongside work here benefits from this up-to-date knowledge. We have big plans for the future. We combine our strengths to make a meaningful contribution to a sustainable, digitally literate and health-conscious society. This creates great prospects for your future work with us.

I will guide you through the
application process

Claudine Herb
HR Consultant
T +41 31 848 30 76

For professional questions

Franziska Liechti
Co-head of Department (Financial Accounting)
T +41 31 848 32 19

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