Accountant (m/f/d)
- Recruiter
- Michael Page Belgium
- Location
- Basel
- Salary
- Competitive
- Posted
- 18 Jul 2022
- Closes
- 15 Aug 2022
- Ref
- JN -072022-5688008
- Contact
- Shawn Lehmann
- Job role
- Accountant
- Sector
- Retail and FMCG
- Contract type
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time
- Experience level
- Part qualified
We are looking for an Accountant to join the team and be part of an incredible growth story. You'll be responsible for overseeing the accounts payable and receivable, processing payroll and conducting other tasks related to accounting. You should demonstrate excellent data management skills to be able to track data and produce clear financial reports. In addition, modeling skills are a plus in order to automate and improve processes.
Client Details
The client is an international agricultural-business, supplying food and industrial raw materials to customers worldwide. The team of employees has built a strong position in a variety of businesses.
Description
- Collaborate with global accounting teams on monthly close activities, such as preparing journal entries, and reconciliation of GL accounts
- Track expenses, budget, taxes, cash flow, receipts and other financial dealings of company
- Provide regular financial reports (weekly, monthly and yearly)
- Monitor accounts payable and receivables
- Partner with local HR on payroll matters
- Support the annual financial audit process with our external auditors
- Coordinate and provide support documentation to our external providers
- Identify and develop accounting process improvements
- Document accounting processes and procedures by creating flow charts, diagrams, checklists, and/or memos
- Participate in various accounting software initiatives and implementations
- Reconcile bank accounts by gathering and balancing information
- Validate supplier payments and employee expenses
- Prepare daily payments by DTA
- Monitor pending customer payments
- Collaborate with back office team for sales invoicing, sales report tracking, bank & account receivable reports
- Process Accounts Payable and Accounts Receivables including reconciliations and invoices;
- Update financial data in databases to ensure that information will be accurate and immediately available when needed ;
Profile
- Bachelor's degree in accounting or equivalent OR Commercial employee CFC
- 3+ years of experience in related field OR At least 2-3 years of experience within a Finance environment
- Proficient in Microsoft Office, specially strong Excel skills and QuickBooks, Salesforce and SAP
- Strong organizational and analytical skills, detail oriented, comfortable dealing with financial data and ability to meet deadlines
- Familiarity with the requirements of a monthly/quarterly, and yearly close process
- Ability to deal with confidential information
- Written and spoken fluency in English, German and French is an asset
- Proactive and able to take initiative
- Flexible and autonomous personality coupled with a collaborative team spirit
- Rigorous, precise, numbers minded
- Willingness to roll up your sleeves and dive into the details
Job Offer
- Possibility to take on more tasks if wanted
- International environment
- Diverse and interesting tasks
- Mutual Respect and Teamwork
- Entrepreneurship