Are you looking for a dynamic environment where collaboration, entrepreneurial spirit and willingness to pull together thrive? At Syz, we offer a fast-paced, stimulating work environment with direct access to senior leaders, a culture hungry for innovation and the opportunity for your voice to be heard and your ideas to be listened to.
Purpose of the role:
The Senior Accountant plays a pivotal role in ensuring the integrity and accuracy of our financial operations. This position involves managing day-to-day accounting tasks, providing strategic financial insights and supporting the bank's overall objectives.
As we strengthen our team, the Senior Accountant will enhance our financial reporting processes, ensure compliance with regulatory standards and implement robust internal controls. Close collaboration with various departments is necessary to streamline financial operations, support decision-making processes and contribute to the organization's financial health.
We aim to bolster our financial team with expertise, ensuring that our accounting practices are efficient and aligned with industry standards. This strategic move underscores our commitment to maintaining financial excellence and supporting growth and stability.
You will assist the Head of Accounting in overseeing and managing accounting operations for the Bank and its affiliated entities within the Group. Tasks include preparing financial statements, managing accounts payable and receivable, conducting reconciliations and ensuring timely and accurate financial data entry.
Key Responsibilities
* Assist the Head of accountant on a daily basis and manage the team in his absence
* Complete accounting of a bank and companies governed by Swiss law
* Check and validate daily operations
* Establish various declarations such as IA, file VAT returns, etc.
* Manage the month-end and year-end closing processes
* Prepare monthly accounting statements
* Prepare monthly analytical reports
* Prepare monthly reconciliation
* Maintain and produce various dashboards
* Manage specific analyzes
* Manage SNB statistic as a back-up
* Support external and internal audits, providing all necessary documentation and addressing inquiries
* Identify and implement process improvements to enhance efficiency and accuracy in financial reporting
Your Profile
Professional Experience
* 5 years' experience in a similar position in the banking sector
* Fiduciary and/or audit experience appreciated
Education:
* Brevet fédéral / Bachelor or equivalent in finance and/or accounting
Personal Competencies:
* Strong analytical, planning and organisation skills
* Ability to control risks
* Team player, able to integrate within a team as well as arrangements to work in groups or alone
* Dynamic, able to take initiatives
* Accurate and thorough
* Risks oriented
* Reliable, business-minded, autonomous
Language Requirements:
* Fluent in both French & English
IT Skills:
* Excellent knowledge of Excel, and other MS Office
* Banking tools: SAP / G2 or equivalent