Accounting Clerk/Secretary

Accounting Clerk/Secretary
We are an independent Swiss asset management firm based in Geneva, we specialize in financing the real economy through private credit solutions focused on sustainable agricultural and food value chains in emerging and frontier markets. As a prudentially regulated impact investor, we combine rigorous financial discipline with ESG and impact objectives in an international environment.
Our human\-sized team offers an accountant / secretary the opportunity to work at the heart of operations: supporting bookkeeping and financial reporting, assisting with administrative and corporate documentation, and coordinating office and governance processes in close collaboration with senior management. You will evolve in a multilingual, multi\-cultural setting, interacting with banks, investors and service providers, while contributing to projects that have tangible economic and social relevance in the real economy.
Accounting Clerk/Secretary
Overall duties and responsabilities:
Support day\-to\-day bookkeeping: supplier invoices, expense claims, payments, basic reconciliations and month\-end support.
Prepare VAT return on a quaterly basis
Support with auditors (finance / HR / taxes)Handle office administration and secretarial work: mail and call handling, document formatting, filing, and meeting.
Assist with HR administration: maintaining employee files and HR documents, tracking absences/holidays.
Liaise with banks, service providers and internal teams to gather information, clarify accounting/HR, questions and ensure smooth operations in a small, international office
Notifies management of any anomaly, situation or particular problem and, as necessary, proposes changes or improvements to the work flow within the unit.
Profile :
Commercial apprenticeship or equivalent, with initial experience in accounting / administration in Switzerland.
3 to 4 years minimum experience preferably in a professional accounting/audit firm, bank, asset manager or commodities good command of Excel and standard office tools; experience with accounting software is an asset.
Very strong attention to detail, organisation and discretion; comfortable working in French and English in a multicultural environment.
Must have the legal right to work in Switzerland (valid work/residence permit or Swiss/EU citizenship), and be able to work on site in Geneva on a regular basis.
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