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Baden, Switzerland

Job Title: Financial Controller

Location: Baden, Switzerland


Join Us!

Grab a chance to join a Global company - Linxon as financial controller to join as a valuable member of the Central Europe Finance team, a partner to operations and to the Finance business Controller, working closely with the Managing Directors of the Central Europe.

What will you do?

Responsibilities:

Responsible for all financial matters of the Swiss and German legal entities.

Statutory Reporting & Compliance:

  • Prepare and review Swiss/German statutory financial statements under IFRS/Swiss GAAP.
  • Coordinate year‑end audits, acting as the main point of contact for external auditors.
  • Support local directors in fulfilling their statutory responsibilities.
  • Responsible for the preparation of the monthly, quarterly and annual financial results of the legal entities.

Tax & Regulatory Oversight:

  • Corporation tax provisions and disclosures.
  • Preparation and review of VAT returns.
  • Transfer pricing documentation.
  • Review tax balances and ensure accurate accounting treatment.
  • Support external audits, enquiries, and information requests.

Other Responsibilities:

  • Act as a strong business partner in executing the business strategy
  • Drive a culture of accountability and simplification and be part of global harmonization projects
  • Obtain a comprehensive understanding of project details and risk necessary for future planning, analysis and reporting; contribute to monthly and quarterly project reviews
  • Active participation in the tender preparation process, assess commercial and financial risks and opportunities, contribute to defining mitigation plans for risks identified and action plans to materialize opportunities.
  • Produce annual budgets, quarterly forecasts, estimates and other reports requested by Corporate finance.
  • Responsible for the daily cash management of the legal entity.
  • Responsible for securing guarantees and bonds, and implementing a proper hedging strategy
  • Responsible for the coordination of relocation and facility management of the office space (real estate strategy).
  • Implement and maintain robust internal controls over financial reporting to safeguard assets and ensure data integrity.
  • Establish an efficient process around billing, AR, AP, expense claims and payroll with shared service providers
  • Prepare accounting entries, project cost controlling reports, financial statements and banking statements
  • Ensure compliance with company procedures.
  • Stay abreast of changes in accounting standards, local regulations and tax laws impacting legal entities.

Experience Required:

  • Minimum 10+years of accounting experience in a project environment
  • Knowledge of engineering and construction (E&C) business
  • Good, analytical decision-making and problem-solving skills as well as ability to quickly adapt to changing situations and work under pressure
  • Must have experience in managing a team
  • Autonomy, rigor, ethics, flexibility, adaptability, persuasiveness
  • Proficiency in Office Suite, knowledge of VBA considered a bonus
  • Experience working with SAP ERP an asset
  • Experience working with Oracle or Accpac is an asset
  • Experience working with Oracle Hyperion an asset

Qualifications:

  • Bachelor's degree in accounting or finance and/or a Swiss Accounting Certification, CPA title is an asset.
  • Understanding of the Swiss accounting standards, relevant local Tax issues and IFRS accounting rules for construction contracts

Languages:

  • Native-level German
  • Fluent English (negotiation level)

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About Linxon:

Shaping energy solutions to empower sustainable connectivity.

We combine Hitachi Energy's deep technological knowledge and Atkins Realis's project management expertise to create a company dedicated to substations – we are Linxon.

Linxon's vision is to deliver the best market offering for turnkey substation projects through world-class power technologies and delivering the highest level of competence in managing infrastructure projects.

As a leading engineering company, we help our customers with turnkey substation solutions in the field of power transmission, renewable energy and transportation.

In this role, you will have the opportunity to be part of a new company as it evolves and help shape it for the future. If you like new challenges, have an entrepreneurial spirit and are interested in working with other motivated professionals with expertise in the Substations EPC business, then this is the new opportunity for you.

To know more about the Linxon please click on the link below.

Building the infrastructure to power the world - we are Linxon! - YouTube

Linxon

Location

Baden, Switzerland

Job Type

Full time

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Salary range

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Why choose AtkinsRéalis?

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