Accounting Specialist

About the job

Accounting Specialist at Zürcher Freilager AG

Zürcher Freilager AG is a company specialised in real estate investments and developments. It manages a rental area of over 258,000 sqm in total. Its portfolio consists of the Freilager Zürich and Embraport in Embrach ZH. To strengthen our team in Zurich, we are looking for a committed individual as Accounting Specialist.

Your Tasks

• Independent management of financial and real estate accounting including subsidiary ledgers for debtors, creditors and assets (via Garaio REM and Abacus)
• Independent management of the accounting of a foundation including closing entries
• Monitoring and handling of all payment transactions, LSV
• Creditor process: coding, checking and approval of invoices in the digital workflow (via Nextway/ Kofax)
• Debtor and rent collection
• Payroll accounting: payroll runs, daily allowance accounting, salary certificates
• Closings: preparation of monthly, quarterly and annual financial statements, accruals, bad debt provisions, account reconciliations, audit preparation, cooperation with auditors
• Asset accounting: activation of fixed assets and construction accounts, execution of depreciation runs
• VAT returns, annual reconciliation/calculation of VAT rates per property, withholding tax
• Heating and ancillary cost accounting (Zurich and Embrach) in cooperation with property management
• Booking of special income and third-party accounting
• Maintenance of master data, personnel data, chart of accounts, opening of new financial years, properties and ancillary cost periods
• Optimisation and further development of processes in accounting and financial reporting
• Evaluation of accounting data, participation in budgeting and reporting
• Documentation of accounting processes and controls (ICS)

Your Profile

• Commercial basic training with further education in finance and accounting (e.g. professional certificate) or equivalent qualification
• Several years of experience in independent accounting management up to the annual financial statement
• Experience in real estate accounting
• Preferably also experience in accounting for foundations and pension funds
• Sound knowledge of VAT, payroll accounting and social security
• Confidence in closing and balance sheet preparation
• Analytical and data-oriented thinking, affinity for numbers
• Independent, precise and efficient working style as well as high punctuality
• Willingness to actively contribute to the further development and digitalisation of processes
• High sense of responsibility, discretion and integrity (including handling of payroll data)
• Communicative and cooperative personality in exchange with internal and external parties

IT Skills

• Sound knowledge of MS Office, especially Excel
• Very good knowledge of Abacus and Garaio REM
• Experience with digital document processing, workflow and archiving solutions
• High digital affinity and openness to automation and AI-supported applications

We Offer

• High level of responsibility for the accounting of two units with direct collaboration with the CFO and scope for shaping the further development and digitalisation of financial processes
• Modern working conditions and an attractive working environment
• Opportunities for further training to support your professional development
• A motivated and collegial team
• Attractive employment conditions and social benefits

How to Apply

We look forward to receiving your complete application including CV, certificates and salary expectations addressed to Mr Philippe Aeschi.

Please use the online application tool for this purpose.