Beschreibung
Hi,
We have a job opening for "Cost Accountant" at Zurich,switzerland employment type- contact
Required Experience & Skills
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Accounting Graduate/Qualified accountant - ACA/CIMA/CPA equivalent, with 6-10+ years experience
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Extensive experience of cost accounting and management of the processes for a large multinational organisation
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Ability to interpret Financial Accounting Policies (FAPs) and implement changes where required; ability to interpret IFRS's and relate to contracts
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Ability to determine appropriate accounting treatment for outsource and software contracts (in consultation with onshore management for high value contracts)
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Excellent spoken and written English with a neutral accent
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Proven ability to communicate with multiple onshore clients
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Proven ability to manage output from multiple teams
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Ability to understand the big picture and ultimate purpose of role - ie correct P&L and Balance Sheet for IT
Role Description
The role has overall responsibility for the booking, control, and analysis of IT costs booked:
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Proactive management of the relationship with CFO - understand issues and propose solutions eg understand upcoming contracts to suggest accounting approach
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Review, understanding and explanation of the P&L - actuals, variances to prior month and forecast
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Review, understanding and explanation of the balance sheet - review, validation and substantiation of balances, monthly and quarterly analysis of entire IT functional balance sheet, and preparation of a quarterly IT balance review for presentation to the IT CFO.
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Management of the month-end process - collate/calculate accruals/prepayments to be booked (various data sources), review actual costs against forecast, investigate variances and book adjustments where required, review finalised actuals with CC CFO onshore team
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Query resolution for queries generated by offshore teams (eg coding, matching, analysis, commentary, etc) and by onshore CC CFO teams relating to work performed by offshore teams. This will include liaison with other offshore vendors where applicable (eg CSC for Telecom Expense Management, Cognizant)
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Implement changes to accounting policy - eg change in useful life of assets, change in thresholds for capitalisation
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Standardisation of processes and tools across IT cost accounting
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Manage ad hoc requests