Head of Financial Accounting Quality (80-100%, all genders)

Are you a strategic thinker, a hands-on leader, and passionate about excellence  in financial accounting? Do you enjoy ensuring compliance, driving innovation, and continuously improving financial processes?

Starting date: March 01, 2025

You may apply in English or German. 

Facts

  • Location

    Zürich/Kloten

  • Employment level

    Direct entry

  • Function

    Finance / Accounting / Taxes

  • Working time

    Full-time or part-time

  • Salary

    Middle Management

  • Publishing date

    01-16-2025

  • Application deadline

    01-31-2025

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The Head of Financial Accounting Quality is a vital part of the SWISS Accounting management team and plays a crucial role in shaping the financial integrity and efficiency of our organization

 

  • Manage our global operational R2R processes in close collaboration with functional departments and our business service partner
  • Ensure compliance with local requirements and high-quality financial statements of our international activities by collaborating and steering stakeholders
  • Design, implement and document best-in-class financial processes & solutions, collaborating with relevant stakeholders, including IT, to drive efficiency in our organisation
  • Responsible for a small team of 2-3 financial accounting consultants and their professional development
  • Apply project and process management methodologies to efficiently navigate and manage complexity
  • Act as risk champion and coordinator for the accounting  division’s Internal Control System
  • Contact point for internal and external auditors
Contact

Levi Wisler

Human Resources
Swiss International Air Lines AG

E-mail address for inquiries
recruiting.services@swiss.com

Attractive company pension scheme, Subsidized parking or public transport, Company health management, Flight benefits, Remote working (e.g. from home), Flexible workhours and part-time working models, Diversity programmes, Paid maternity and paternity leave

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Join SWISS

Our common goal is to make each customer’s flight a true air travel experience. For this, we go the extra mile – always, in every step of the process, worldwide. Join the SWISS team to become part of our fascinating world, where a job turns into a lifetime adventure.

  • Bachelor’s or Master’s Degree or an “HF” Advanced Federal Diploma of Higher Education in business administration or similar, with a focus on Accounting
  • Minimum of 5 years of practical experience in Accounting
  • Strong SAP FI expertise: Experience with SAP S/4 is a plus
  • Excellent process and project management skills
  • Good communication and presentation skills across various management levels and Lufthansa Group companies 
  • Initial leadership experience or a strong affinity for leadership responsibilities is required
  • Entrepreneurial mindset with the ability to manage complex topics
  • Pro-active and solution-oriented work approach
  • Openness to travel
  • Excellent verbal and written communication skills in both German and English

For any further questions, please contact our Recruiting Services Center at +41 44 564 22 66. 

About Swiss International Air Lines AG

It’s the little differences that make working at SWISS so appealing. The fact, for example, that we treat every detail with care, see quality in terms of hospitality and view nationality through an international lens. In a similar way, we see variety as richness, a job as an experience and SWISS as a world of inspiration. You, too, will be stimulated in our special working environment – one in which, wherever you are, you’ll always feel: Truly SWISS .... where people matter.

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