Senior Accountant (m/f/d)

About the job

It’s time to board! Become part of our leadership team and actively shape the future of River Advice – setting new standards together in European inland navigation.

River Advice is the world’s leading independent manager of river vessels. Under the UNITED WATERWAYS umbrella, the group with over 4,000 employees represents a fleet of more than 100 passenger and event ships on Europe’s inland waterways. With a broad range of services – from shipping company, crew, as well as nautical and technical management to hospitality & catering, safety & security, ship financing, charter brokerage, insurance management, new build and conversion support, as well as ship ICT – we support our customers in all areas of passenger inland navigation.

Your tasks – Shape the future of River Advice:

• Management of financial accounting (general ledger, subsidiary ledgers, asset accounting, periodic accruals)

• Independent and timely preparation of monthly, quarterly and annual financial statements according to OR and/or Swiss GAAP FER including variance analysis

• Support with tax returns

• Preparation and support of audits, contact person for auditors and tax authorities

• Ad-hoc reports and evaluations

• Deputising for payment transaction processing

Your profile – What you bring:

• Completed commercial basic training (EFZ) or equivalent qualification

• Further training in finance and accounting, e.g. professional certificate in finance and accounting, fiduciary with federal FA or in training for this

• Several years of proven professional experience in financial accounting, ideally as chief accountant or in a fiduciary company

• Confident handling of Swiss accounting and tax law (OR, Swiss GAAP FER and/or IFRS)

• Experience dealing with auditors and authorities is an advantage

• German and English spoken and written

• Independent and precise working style, sense of responsibility, reliability, initiative, analytical and interconnected thinking

• Confident use of common M365 programmes

• Ideally, you have knowledge of SAP Business One and Lucanet

What awaits you at River Advice:

In return, we offer you thorough induction and a varied range of tasks in a lively industry, office space in direct proximity to Basel SBB station, long-term development opportunities within the UNITED WATERWAYS group, and a friendly, international and experienced team in a growing company.

Do you think you are the person we are looking for? Then become part of the success and help us navigate Europe’s waterways!

We look forward to receiving your complete application including your salary expectations and earliest possible starting date.