GL Accountant

Job Description

Finance and Accounting at Epic

What We Do
Our Finance and Accounting teams build the financial infrastructure to scale our growing company. We combine analytical and strategic thinking to develop a sound financial future for our global brand. We work closely with teams across the company, international subsidiaries, as well as with external partners to ensure a world-class finance organization.
Our team contains experts from fields like tax, treasury, purchasing, FP&A, and more.

What You'll Do

We are looking for a General Ledger Accountant to manage a number of our EMEA-based subsidiaries. This person will join our growing International Finance team based in Luzern, Switzerland which serves subsidiaries in: Switzerland, Netherlands, France, Poland, Germany, Finland, Sweden, Spain, Slovakia, and Serbia. We also currently support our Canadian subsidiaries.

You will work alongside existing members of the International Finance team and partner with them and others within Epic to deliver high quality financial reporting, day-to-day accounting and support ad-hoc finance related projects. This will include both financial reporting and operational topics to enable complete and accurate financial reporting at the US, EMEA and Statutory levels.

In This Role You Will
• Ensure completeness, accuracy and quality in all areas of General Ledger accounting and financial reporting
• Own the month end and year end financial closing activities for a number of EMEA subsidiaries
• Recording journal entries (timely and accurately)
• Performing account reconciliations across GL accounts
• Assisting with subsidiary cash flow forecasting, spend analysis, and expense coding
• Assisting of members of the GL Accounting team on an as needed basis
• Management of the annual statutory audit requirements for EMEA subsidiaries
• Collaborate regarding system and process enhancements including UAT when necessary
• Fixed asset accounting and administration (including depreciation, asset tracking and leases)
• Accrual and provision calculations and postings
• VAT declarations, statistical report preparation and submissions
• Intercompany reconciliations and mismatch corrections
• Performing analytical reviews and trend analysis including understanding business strategy
• Be the point-of-contact for any accounting or transactional queries from the Business
• Involvement in finance and accounting projects.

What We're Looking For
• 3-5 years recent and relevant work experience
• Fluency in English is required, and advanced proficiency in German and French are preferred, however any other relevant languages are appreciated
• Already residing in Switzerland or a right to work in Switzerland
• Strong knowledge of General Ledger accounting processes and procedures
• Team player and collaborative
• Experience of dealing with External Auditor requests
• Strong communications, presentation, and interpersonal skills, including the ability to summarize key accounting and operational issues to management.
• Experience of working in different ERP systems (Workday is preferable)
• Analytic problem solving skills
• Someone who is user-focused, solutions-focused, and innovative
• Strong MS Excel skills preferred
• Excellent organizational and prioritization skills
• Ability to multitask and meet deadlines in a timely manner
• Attention to detail, organization and experience in a fast-paced environment
• Relevant education in finance, accounting or business administration
• Independent and self-starter with a ''can-do'' attitude
• You're user-focused, passionate, scrappy, solutions-focused, and innovative. These traits equal success at Epic and influence everything we do.

Jobcode: Reference SBJ-dymnb0-3-22-63-154-42 in your application.