Our client is a Swiss human-sized group in a phase of growth and structuring. Active in a niche market, the group has several international subsidiaries and aims to double its turnover over the next 5 years.

Responsibilities

Reporting to the CEO and leading a small team, your main responsibilities are as follows:

· Management and development of the accounting team.

· Producing financial statements and preparing periodic reports.

· Managing and optimising cash flow (cash-flow forecast, risk hedging, banking relations…).

· Handling tax issues and transfer pricing.

· Leading the annual budgeting and long-term planning process, and ensuring its follow-up.

· Implementing relevant management control and proposing corrective actions.

· Designing and maintaining operational and strategic dashboards.

· Providing data and models to simulate new business models.

· Developing tools necessary for KPI monitoring.

· Establishing and maintaining financial governance adapted to the group’s needs and development (internal control system, processes, standards, reporting).

· Optimising departmental processes and driving continuous improvement.

· Contributing to the evolution of the information system and ensuring data integrity,

· Identifying, experimenting with, and deploying AI use cases (analysis, automation, reporting) within the department to improve data quality, process efficiency, and decision support.

Candidate Profile

· Higher education in finance / accounting / controlling, federal diploma as finance & controlling expert or equivalent qualification.

· At least 5 years of experience in a finance leadership role within multi-entity environments.

· Excellent knowledge of Swiss accounting and taxation.

· Comfortable with cash management, banking relations, and foreign exchange risk management.

· Previous experience in margin management and controlling in an industrial environment is a real advantage.

· A high-potential profile who will continue to grow alongside the group.

· Dynamism, commitment, strong enthusiasm, sense of responsibility, and autonomy.

· Agility to switch between operational and strategic levels, and vice versa.

· Ability to manage diverse and cross-functional projects simultaneously.

· Ability to structure/build without destroying the existing framework, and to support change.

· Ease working cross-functionally: with other departments and subsidiaries.

· Leadership to lead your team and develop members of the Finance team as well as other departments.

· Excellent communication skills to interact with all types of internal and external stakeholders, and to represent the company to various partners.

· Comfortable with IT tools and new technologies to maximise existing tools and implement future tools.

· Fluent in French and English; mastery of any other language is an asset.

Conditions and Benefits

· The opportunity to join a financially sound company holding a leading position in its market.

· A key, operational and strategic role within a human-sized group.

· A stimulating and supportive working environment.