Accountant Commodities
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Job Description
For a leading commodity trading company headquartered in Baar Zug Switzerland.
Tasks
Period close
- Execute the month end trade accounting close per profit center based on International Financial Reporting Standards IFRS
- Review the departments trial balance for IFRS technical compliance
- Prepare detailed monthly IFRS P/L and working capital reporting
- Reconcile the middle office and trade accounting month end P/Ls and document and explain any breaks
- Review and reconcile department SG&A/overhead reporting
- Review and reconcile department management reporting
- Support regional offices with technical accounting challenges during period close
Intra period close
- In collaboration with the Middle Office remedy processes leading to prior month P/L reconciliation breaks
- Support the front and middle office including corporate teams with the preparation of adhoc departmental financial reports and analysis
- Coordinate the departments external audit internal audit and financial governance processes
- Execute departmental financial governance testing
- Maintaining professional and technical accounting finance and controls knowledge
- Review and control the departments application access and segregation of duties
Structure deals
- In collaboration with the Middle Office conclude on and document the IFRS accounting treatment for new structured deals in advance of execution
Requirements
- Background in Accounting with three to five years of trade accounting experience in a commodity trading or financial institution
- Chartered Accounting qualification (CA/CPA/ACCA)
- Working knowledge of commodity trading systems and ERP integration
- Working knowledge of ERPs especially SAP FI/Co and BW
- Advanced knowledge of MS Office tools especially Excel
- Advanced English language ability both written and spoken
- Keen interest in trading derivatives business process automation internal control efficiency and improvement
- Holder of a Swiss work permit or CH / EU / EFTA passport holder
Employment Type
Full Time
