Financial accountant - Trading House

Responsible for full bookkeeping, payments, reconciliations, intercompany processes, and monthly/annual closings. Ensures accurate financial statements under IFRS/Swiss GAAP and supports audits.

Client Details

For our client, a trading house, we are currently looking for a financial accountant.A background in audit is required for this role.

Description

Job Description

The Accountant Will Have Responsibility For

• Book keeping for differents companies of the group
• Booking and request of invoices payment
• Booking of cash transactions and reconciliations of bank balances
• Booking of L/C fees and bank charges in the in-house trading software
• Calculation and booking of intercompany interests
• Monthly intercompany reconciliations, proposing and arranging intercompany settlements
• Reconciliation with clearing-house accounts
• Review and follow-up of overdue invoices
• Analytical review of balance sheet and P&L accounts
• Monthly and year-end closing for various companies
• Financial statements preparation (IFRS, Swiss statutory accounts, management accounts)
• Preparing for and participating in annual audits
  
  

Profile

Qualifications

• A background in audit is required for this role.
• 2+ years' experience in similar role in trading business, ideally commodity trading
• Excellent track record in accounting and IFRS standards
• Advanced knowledge of Excel
• Fluent in English
  
  

Additional Information

• Outstanding communication and relationship management skills
• Result oriented, creative and demonstrably commercial
• Well organised, disciplined, able to follow through
  
  

Job Offer

A permanent contract