GL Accountant - Temporary contract in Genf

About Our Client

Our client is seeking an immediately available senior accounting and finance professional to reinforce its finance function during a period of significantly reduced internal capacity.

Job Description

• Accounting and entity management
• Take responsibility for the day-to-day accounting of several entities.
• Record, review and control accounting entries and supporting documentation.
• Prepare bank, intercompany, balance-sheet and other account reconciliations, and resolve outstanding items.
• Maintain complete accounting records and audit trails.
• Manage accounts payable and receivable, including intercompany transactions.
• Payments and cash management
• Prepare and execute payments under established approval processes.
• Ensure payment instructions are accurate, complete and adequately supported.
• Maintain the payment register and underlying documentation.
• Monitor bank balances, liquidity requirements and upcoming payment obligations.
• Contribute to cash-flow forecasting and short-term funding requirements.
• Identify and report unusual transactions, discrepancies or liquidity risks to management.
• Period-end closing (if extension) and financial reporting
• Support and, where appropriate, own monthly and annual closing activities.
• Prepare reconciliations, closing entries and supporting schedules.
• Review balances and investigate discrepancies or unusual movements.
• Assist with statutory and management financial statements.
• Analyse actual results against budgets or forecasts.
• Contribute to consolidated reporting, including Swiss GAAP work.
• Tax, audit and regulatory support
• Prepare VAT returns and supporting documentation, including Swiss and UK VAT matters where required.
• Assist with information required for corporate and other tax filings.
• Coordinate with external tax advisers, accounting providers and auditors.
• Prepare audit schedules and supporting documents, respond to questions and record agreed adjustments.
• Budgeting, controls and process support
• Support entity budgets, cash-flow forecasts and financial projections.
• Review financial information produced internally or by external providers.
• Identify incomplete information, control weaknesses and unresolved issues.
• Review employee expense claims.
• Support improvements to accounting procedures, controls and digital workflows.
• Work closely with the senior accounting specialist providing the initial introduction, assignment guidance and ongoing operational context.
• The Successful Applicant
• Required profile
• Senior accounting or finance professional with substantial hands-on experience.
• Strong technical accounting knowledge and ability to manage entity accounts independently.
• Demonstrated experience in general ledger accounting, reconciliations, accounts payable, payments, month-end closing and reporting.
• Experience preparing statutory accounts and coordinating external audits.
• Practical VAT and tax-support experience.
• Experience with multiple legal entities in an international group, family office, fiduciary, trust, professional-services or similar environment.
• Strong Excel skills and familiarity with accounting and online banking systems.
• The company uses GIT Win EUR as its accounting software.

Previous experience with GIT Win EUR would be advantageous; otherwise, the resource must be comfortable learning the system quickly with guidance from the senior accounting specialist.

• Fluent professional English is required; French and/or German would be an advantage.
• Swiss GAAP FER and UK accounting or VAT exposure are advantageous.
• What's on Offer
• An assignment in a family office