Head of Accounting & Finance

Are you at home in finance and accounting, prepare financial statements independently, and do you want to not just manage, but actively help shape things? Then a versatile key position awaits you here. In an internationally active industrial company, you will take on technical responsibility, lead a small accounting team in Switzerland and Poland, and together with IT, further develop modern, digital financial processes.

Company Information

Our client is a traditional industrial company with several locations in Switzerland and Germany. The company combines many years of experience with a modern, future-oriented orientation. For the further development of the finance department, we are looking for a technically proficient and pragmatic personality who combines strategic thinking with operational involvement and enjoys taking on responsibility.

What the company offers

• A long-term oriented key position with a lot of creative freedom
• A flexibly selectable workload between 60 and 100 percent
• Home office by arrangement
• A varied combination of leadership, operational accounting, and project work
• Careful induction by the long-standing Finance Manager
• Direct and short decision-making paths
• Close cooperation with the company management
• The possibility to actively drive digitalization and AI-supported financial processes
• Support and promotion for professional further training
• An in-house canteen with heavily discounted meals
• A fitness room directly at the location
• A down-to-earth and professional SME environment with an international orientation

Our client requests

• Further training in finance and accounting, for example with a federal diploma (Fachausweis), or a comparable qualification
• Several years of practical experience in finance and accounting
• Proven experience in the independent preparation of monthly and annual financial statements
• A sound understanding of balance sheets, income statements, and period-appropriate accruals
• Enjoyment of an operational role and of rolling up your sleeves in daily business
• A pragmatic and solution-oriented SME mentality
• Interest in digitalization, process optimization, and modern financial solutions
• Proficient German language skills
• Good English skills for professional exchange with the team in Poland
• Leadership competence as well as enjoyment in professionally developing employees
• An independent, structured, and reliable way of working

What awaits you

• You provide technical leadership to one employee in Switzerland as well as four employees in the accounting team in Poland
• You ensure good cooperation and clear processes between Switzerland and Poland
• You work in international exchange in German and English
• You take responsibility for the monthly and annual financial statements of the group companies in Switzerland and Germany
• You develop step-by-step towards the consolidation of the group companies
• You handle questions regarding VAT, customs, and cross-border business transactions between Switzerland and Germany
• In addition to your leadership function, you are also operationally active in finance and accounting
• You support cross-cutting issues and projects within the finance department
• You analyze existing processes and further develop contemporary financial processes
• Together with IT, you drive digitalization and automation forward
• You design, among other things, modern and AI-supported processes such as the accounts payable workflow
• You actively contribute your ideas and can help shape the finance department in the long term

Ready for a responsible finance function with real creative freedom?

For the first contact, your CV or a short message is sufficient. We look forward to meeting you.