Position title
Head of Financial Controlling
Responsibilities
Reporting to the global VP of Finance, you will lead:
- Production and presentation of monthly, quarterly and annual financial statements of Swiss legal entities compliant with Swiss Code of Obligations, IFRS and Swiss GAAP FER
- Periodic Swiss entity financial closing process and the day-to-day finance operations such as accounts payable and payroll including collaboration with third party accounting service providers
- Effective internal controls for all Swiss financial entities
- Local audit process with external auditor, tax auditors (incl VAT) and local regulators
- Tax submissions to income tax, VAT, social security and other authorities. Optimize tax position.
- Cash management and relationships with banks and intermediaries (brokers, market makers) to optimise costs, short term money market investments and returns
- Globally, including our US entities, the company-wide planning, budgeting, performance and management reporting process and deliverables
- People management of a small (2-3 FTE) but highly specialised finance team: financial accountant, management accountant and treasury analyst; in close collaboration with your US based peer who leads a similar team.
Qualifications
- CPA, CFA or equivalent (e.g EXPERTsuisse) with minimum 8 years experience in a big 4 accounting firm or equivalent
- Profound knowledge and experience in applying IFRS and Swiss GAAP FER in particular accounting for financial instruments;
- Fluent in both english and german: able to conduct meetings, correspond and negotiate with relevant financial institutions (banks, brokers, insurers), authorities (taxation, regulators), interpret accounting guidance and financial market regulation in both languages
- Experience and interest in hands-on production of financial reports and process automation. Knowledge of Netsuite accounting system is a strong plus.
- Genuine interest in crypto, technology and how it can revolutionize corporate finance, accounting and financial markets. Appetite to innovate and learn.
- Superb operational and people management skills and able to work internationally across cultures, languages and time zones. Driven by fairness and performance.
Hiring organization
The DFINITY Foundation’s mission is to build, promote, and maintain the Internet Computer — the world’s first web-speed, internet-scale public blockchain. It enables smart contracts to securely serve interactive web content directly into the browsers of end users, making it possible to build dapps, DeFi, open internet services, and enterprise systems that are capable of operating at hyperscale. The Internet Computer uses smart contracts to power an emerging decentralized ecosystem of interoperable dapps and services, where nearly every system and service can run in reimagined form on public blockchain.
Employment Type
Full-time
Job Location
Zurich, Switzerland
Date posted
April 12, 2022
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