Specialist in Financial Accounting and Reporting 80-90%

"All children and young people grow up strengthened, confident and joyful - in a supportive environment and a society that enables participation."

This is our vision and currently around 200 employees and over 1000 volunteers throughout Switzerland are committed to it with great dedication and passion. With our services such as the emergency number 147, parent letters, application training, media usage workshops and many more, we support children and young people as well as their parents daily.

Are you not keen on hierarchy and long, central decision-making processes? Are you interested in collegial leadership and self-organisation or are you already familiar with it? Oh, now it’s getting exciting!

Would you also like to help shape and have a positive impact on children and young people in Switzerland? Then strengthen our team!

Main accounting (monthly, quarterly and annual financial statements)

• Responsibility and management of the general ledger including accounts payable according to the chart of accounts / Swiss GAAP FER
• Consolidation of all bookings from the subsidiary ledgers
• Preparation of monthly, quarterly and annual financial statements and ad-hoc reports
• Reconciliation of balance sheet accounts (liabilities)
• Preparation of VAT returns
• Ensuring data integrity as well as compliance with legal and regulatory requirements and accounting standards
• Providing a reliable data basis for operational and strategic controlling
• Coordination with external parties (e.g. auditors, banks, foundation supervision)

Subsidiary ledgers

• Management of accounts payable
• Management and maintenance of fixed asset accounting as well as inventory, fund and project accounting including procurement processes
• Preparation of subsidiary ledger evaluations and detailed reports
• Reconciliation of subsidiary ledgers with the general ledger
• Ensuring the correct transfer of all detailed bookings into the general ledger
• Preparation of reports
• Ensuring data quality, internal control system and compliance

• Commercial basic training with further education in finance and accounting
• Several years of professional experience in financial accounting (Swiss GAAP FER)
• Structured, precise and independent working style
• Strong affinity for numbers and high sense of responsibility
• Team-oriented personality with a hands-on mentality
• High personal responsibility, flexibility and entrepreneurial thinking
• Affinity for IT systems and digital processes (e.g. Salesforce, Raisenow, Abacus, Mews/Protel)
• German (native), Italian and French advantageous

• Meaning in your daily work! Your work always has an impact, whether directly or indirectly, on the well-being of children and young people in Switzerland
• Highly motivated team that works together
• 40-hour working week with flexible working hours and a generous mobile office arrangement
• Time to recharge: 6 weeks of holiday per year
• 5 paid training days (equivalent to 40 hours regardless of workload), which can be used freely
• 6 weeks paternity leave / 20 weeks maternity leave (from 2nd year of service)

We look forward to receiving your complete application documents!