Mandate Manager :in Fiduciary (50-80%)

About the job

BDO AG is one of the leading auditing, fiduciary, and consulting firms in Switzerland. With over 40 locations and a strong international network, it combines local customer proximity with broad professional expertise.
For the Schaffhausen branch, we are looking for an experienced fiduciary personality who enjoys challenging professional questions and is happy to share their knowledge. You will support the team with complex issues, ensure the quality of mandate work, and independently manage fiduciary mandates. You can expect personal collaboration in a young, committed team – combined with professional exchange and development opportunities within the BDO network. You will benefit from short distances, an office directly at the station, six weeks of holiday, annual working hours, and diverse training opportunities.

Your challenge

• Review, professional support and quality assurance (approx. 75% of working time)
  • Review of financial and payroll accounting, VAT returns as well as interim and annual financial statements; occasionally also tax returns
  • Professional support of the team with demanding questions and challenges in ongoing mandates, especially in payroll accounting
  • Support of less experienced employees, sharing your knowledge and ensuring reliable, high-quality mandate processing
  • Support of new mandates during onboarding and handover of operational tasks to the team
  • Close exchange with the branch management and targeted involvement of specialists within BDO
    
• Independent mandate management (approx. 25% of working time)
  • Handling fiduciary mandates, mainly for SMEs from various industries, in the areas of financial and payroll accounting, VAT as well as interim and annual financial statements
  • Advising clients on accounting, payroll and social security
  • Maintaining existing customer relationships and proactively recognising risks, customer needs and additional advisory requirements
    Additionally, you can participate in internal specialist groups, contribute your knowledge across locations and engage in digitalisation and automation topics.

Your qualities

• Diploma as a fiduciary expert desired; fiduciaries with a professional certificate and many years of experience as well as experienced specialists in payroll accounting with broad fiduciary knowledge are also addressed
• At least five years of relevant professional experience and work experience in Switzerland
• Sound knowledge in payroll accounting as well as good knowledge in financial accounting, VAT and preparing financial statements
• Knowledge of cross-border payroll and social security issues is an advantage
• Ability to independently assess work professionally and support others with complex issues
• Experience in customer contact, ideally from a fiduciary or consulting company
• Structured, reliable and pragmatic working style as well as enjoyment in collaboration and sharing knowledge
• Confident German skills including understanding of Swiss German and English skills for oral communication (B1–B2)

Would you like to solve challenging fiduciary questions, share your knowledge and competently support clients?

Then Flurin Schwager looks forward to receiving your application documents or your call.