Senior Accountant

This position is posted by Jobgether on behalf of a partner company. We are currently looking for a Senior Accountant in Switzerland.

This role sits at the heart of a fast-moving, remote-first finance organization where accuracy, speed, and continuous improvement are essential to operational success. You will take ownership of key month-end close processes across multiple entities, ensuring financial data is accurate, well-documented, and audit-ready at all times. Working in a highly collaborative and distributed environment, you will play a critical role in strengthening financial controls, improving reconciliation processes, and reducing close cycle time. The position combines hands-on accounting responsibilities with a strong focus on process optimization and systems improvement. You will interact closely with cross-functional teams to resolve operational bottlenecks across billing, revenue, and AP workflows. This is a high-impact role where your work directly improves financial reliability and scalability.

• Own and execute month-end close activities across assigned entities, including journal entries, reconciliations, schedules, and variance analysis.
• Maintain complete, audit-ready documentation ensuring full traceability of all accounting entries and balances.
• Manage bank and cash reconciliations across multiple accounts, currencies, and entities, ensuring timely resolution of discrepancies.
• Support subscription revenue processes, including troubleshooting billing-to-ERP sync issues and revenue recognition workflows.
• Oversee AP and spend processes, ensuring accuracy in invoice coding, approvals, and payment documentation across systems.
• Maintain balance sheet integrity for assigned accounts such as accruals, prepayments, and intercompany balances.
• Identify root causes of accounting issues and implement permanent process or system improvements.
• Contribute to the development of SOPs, controls, and documentation to streamline and strengthen finance operations.
• Support ad hoc accounting and financial analysis requests, including audit and tax-related preparation tasks.

Requirements:

• 5+ years of experience in accounting with strong ownership of month-end close processes.
• Solid experience with reconciliations, financial reporting, and maintaining audit-ready accounting records.
• Hands-on experience working with ERP systems, with NetSuite strongly preferred.
• Strong understanding of accounting principles across multi-entity and multi-currency environments.
• Experience in fast-paced, remote, or distributed work environments with high autonomy.
• Strong attention to detail and ability to clearly explain and document financial data.
• Good communication skills and proactive approach to cross-functional collaboration.
• Experience with SaaS subscription billing or revenue processes (e.g., Chargebee) is a plus.
• Familiarity with AP/spend management tools such as Payhawk is an advantage.
• Process-oriented mindset with a strong focus on continuous improvement.

Benefits:

• Competitive compensation aligned with location and experience, with a total target range up to approximately USD 98,000–107,800.
• Equity participation through RSUs with long-term value sharing opportunities.
• Flexible employment arrangements (contractor or employee depending on location).
• Comprehensive healthcare coverage for eligible employees (including medical, dental, and retirement benefits in select regions).
• 35 days of paid time off per year, including flexible public holidays.
• Parental leave policies supporting work-life balance.
• Access to mental health and emotional support services.
• Peer recognition program with rewards redeemable as gifts, donations, or monetary incentives.
• Fully remote, trust-based, and supportive work culture focused on outcomes and autonomy.