Head of Accounting (PF-OP-ATT-2024-67-LD)
CERN
- Genf
- Unbefristet
- Vollzeit
- The CERN
- Manage a team of 4-5 people;
- Supervise the financial reporting and analysis, including the preparation of the Fund's Financial Statements;
- Take ownership of the Fund's accounting policies, ensuring compliance with all regulations and accounting standards (IPSAS);
- Monitor the custodian's activities, including ensuring compliance with the service level agreement and performing documented periodic due diligence reviews;
- Oversee the support and monitoring of investment transactions executed in the financial markets;
- Monitor cash requirements and work with the investment team on cash forecasts;
- Perform operational risk assessments, including establishing and maintaining robust internal controls;
- Ensure the relevant sections of the Internal Control System are up to date and reflect the key risks and mitigating controls;
- Liaise with auditors;
- Serve as the principal contact for external bank counterparties;
- Assist the Head of Operations in the implementation and follow-up of accounting and investment related projects.
- Investment accounting;
- Drawing up financial statements;
- Investment operations, including custody;
- Management of teams;
- Management of operational projects.
- Book-closing
- Accounting control and analysis
- Financial reporting and analysis
- Knowledge of financial markets and related instruments
- Leading with strength and credibility: conveying and instilling energy, enthusiasm and ownership of CERN goals. Demonstrating authority and being accountable for actions, decisions and effective functioning of the team.
- Managing self: working well autonomously; taking on activities and tasks without prompting. Taking initiative beyond regular tasks and making things happen.
- Achieving results: delivering high quality work on time and fulfilling expectations. Having a structured and organised approach towards work; being able to set priorities and plan tasks with results in mind.
- Communicating effectively: delivering presentations in a structured and clear way; adjusting style and content to the audience; responding calmly and confidently to questions. Successfully changing other people's opinions by persuasive arguments.
- Solving problems: identifying, defining and assessing problems, taking action to address them. Finding the information needed to solve problems; making objective judgments based on all the facts available.
- Spoken and written English or French: ability to understand and speak one of the two languages in professional contexts as well as the ability to draft texts for publications and/ or official communications and to make oral presentations.
- Willingness to acquire knowledge of the other language rapidly.