Accountant

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We are seeking an Accountant to join our Finance team!

About us:

Collège du Léman is one of Switzerland’s most prestigious international day and boarding schools, located on the edge of Lake Geneva in view of the Swiss Alps.

The school helps students to find their place in the world by inspiring individual growth, academic excellence and global citizenship. It is a truly international community with more than 100 different nationalities amongst the 1500 day and 200 boarding students. They come together on a green, village-like campus covering 8 hectares. Students follow international and national curricula, with English, French and Bilingual programmes. These lead to a choice of the IB Diploma and Careers

Related Programmes, the CDL High School Diploma, the French Bac and the Maturité Suisse. They go on to leading universities around the world. Collège du Léman is part of the Nord Anglia family of

69 schools worldwide and this role is an exciting opportunity to develop a career with the world’s leading premium education organisation.

Main Responsibilities:

As an accountant, you will assist the chief accountant in preparing quality accounts and meeting the requirements of the group and the authorities in a timely manner.

Your main responsibilities will be the following:

• Prepare journal entries
• Perform accounts reconciliation and analyses
• Assure monthly closing assignments
• Participate in financial reporting, in both IFRS and Swiss Gaap
• Contribute to tax compliance
• Take part in group’s policies application and procedure writing
• Be a key contact point for internal and external audits
• Follow up on insurance contracts, including Boarders’ health insurance
• Mange the departmental credit-card authorizations and reconciliation
• Issue UN customers’ attestations at the end of a school year
• Will be a key player in the future implementation of a new financial system
• Back-up of the A/P Accountant

Skills and Competencies we look for:

You will interact with the administrative teams within the school as well as the head offices in Lausanne and London. You will make sure to meet internal and external requirements and deadlines.

The main skills required to endorse this role are:

• Good interpersonal skills, collaborative, and team player
• Accounting knowledge, with sound experience in IFRS accounting (4/5 years)
• Excellent communication skills in both French and English
• Expert in Excel and financial systems
• Rigorous and detail oriented
• Pressure resilient and flexible in busy times
• Hands-on and good organizational skills
• Practical and analytical spirit
• Autonomous and keen on taking initiatives

Qualification:Degree in Finance or Accounting.

Experience:4 to 5 years in G/L accounting; IFRS standards mastered.

Experience in a multinational environment, or in Audit and knowledge of Swiss Gaap are a plus

Technology:Excellent knowledge of MS Office tools, expert in Excel. At ease with any accounting software.

Knowledge of Navision, Continia, Jet report and OneStream is an asset.

Appetite for financial systems upgrades and optimization.