IN SHORT

As Head of Accounting & Group Reporting, you’ll lead a core finance function responsible for accurate financial records, legal reporting, consolidation, and tax compliance. You ensure timely closings, audit readiness, and a strong financial backbone that supports strategic decisions. You love structure but thrive in change, constantly improving tools, systems, and the way we work. You’ll lead and inspire a skilled accounting team, work closely with cross-functional partners, and play a key role in scaling a modern, data-driven finance function.

YOUR RESPONSIBILITIES

• Accounting & Compliance: Lead day-to-day accounting operations (general/subledgers, AP/AR, reconciliations) and ensure compliance with legal, accounting, and tax standards through hands-on involvement.
• Reporting & Closings: Manage monthly, quarterly, and annual closings (standalone and group), and deliver timely consolidated and statutory reports.
• Audit & Internal Controls: Act as the main contact for audits and authorities. Ensure audit readiness, enhance internal controls, and implement an accounting & reporting manual.
• Tax & Legal: Oversee tax compliance across jurisdictions, including VAT and annual tax returns, while advising on tax structuring. 
• Systems & Processes: Own and evolve ERP systems (ABACUS / Microsoft Dynamics BC) and drive automation and scalability across accounting processes
• Leadership & Collaboration: Lead the accounting team and actively contribute to cross-functional projects that support FELFEL’s growth and innovation.

YOUR PROFILE

• Degree in Business Administration with a specialization in Accounting and/or Swiss Certified Public Accountant (CPA) or Swiss Certified Expert in Accounting and Controlling.
• 8+ years of experience in accounting and financial reporting, including consolidation
• Proactive, analytical mindset with a high attention to detail
• Proven leadership experience and ability to manage teams
• Experience with ERP systems (Microsoft Dynamics BC/Abacus) and common BI tools (Tableau)
• Excellent analytical, organizational, and communication skills
• Fluent in German and English
• Non-smoker – you don’t smoke during the day and never smell like cigarettes: FELFEL is about healthy living
• EU/EFTA or Swiss work permit

OUR BENEFITS

• Lots of delicious food, just a few steps away from your desk - we make your gastronomic dreams come true
• Best barista coffee and tea for the whole team, thanks to our innovative Gavetti coffee machine
• 5 weeks holiday per year, as well as two full weeks of ‘work from anywhere’ per year to bring more variety to your work day
• We encourage our employees to use public transport by covering your half-fare travelcard
• New parents get 16 or 3 weeks, respectively, of fully paid parental leave. We also support the return to work by making a generous financial contribution to childcare until the child reaches kindergarten age.
• Great team events, such as our well-known FELFEL Summer Outing

ABOUT US

FELFEL is all about good food and coffee in the workplace: we help Swiss employers become masters of hospitality. 
With our smart fridge ‘FELFEL’ and delicious barista coffee ‘Gavetti’, we enable companies to provide their employees with first-class, ultra-fresh food and drinks throughout the day. Whether hearty and traditional, modern and vegan or high in protein - our weekly changing menu ensures that all employees always have something to be excited about ;).
FELFEL is a family business that was founded in 2013. Today, we take care of around 1000 locations in Switzerland, and have 150 employees across our offices in Lausanne, Zurich and New York. 
www.felfel.ch

Start: As soon as possible 
Location: Zurich Wiedikon