Head of Finance / Leiter Buchhaltung & Controlling (a)

About IPS Gebäudetechnik AG

IPS Gebäudetechnik AG is an established Swiss company for building technology with around 20 employees and belongs to the European bluu unit. As part of the bluu unit, IPS connects the dynamics of a Swiss SME with the development opportunities of a growing European corporate group.

Your Challenges

• Accounting, Reporting and Tax
  You will be responsible for the accounting, reporting, and taxes of the IPS group (20 employees). Together with an employee in the back office, you ensure reliable financial accounting as well as monthly and annual financial statements in accordance with OR. You remain close to daily operations: you understand accounts receivable, accounts payable, and payroll accounting, check a booking in ERP Messerli if necessary, and ensure that accruals, WIP, intercompany issues, and VAT are accurately reflected.
• Forecast, Cash, and Liquidity
  You develop forecasts as well as cash and liquidity planning and become a sparring partner for management in financial and business decisions. At the same time, you are the central contact person for the finance organization of the bluu unit.
• Transformation and Scaling
  You further develop processes, systems, data structures, and dashboards. In future acquisitions, you assist in quickly harmonizing the financial processes of new Swiss companies and accompany their managements as finance partners.

Your Qualities and Abilities

• Commercial training with experience in fiduciary or accounting and further training in finance or bachelor's degree with relevant practice.
• At least five years of relevant professional experience in accounting and/or reporting/controlling, ideally in an entrepreneurially shaped SME, growth or project environment.
• Sound knowledge of accounting according to OR as well as high closing security for monthly and annual financial statements.
• Broad finance know-how in accounting, consolidation, VAT, and fundamental tax issues.
• Experience in budgeting, forecasting, cash flow, and liquidity planning as well as management reporting.
• Good understanding of controlling, KPIs, contribution margin calculations, and project and service margins.
• High IT, AI, and data affinity as well as experience with ERP systems and Excel; first experience with databases, data models, and/or BI and dashboard solutions is an advantage.
• Experience in optimizing and further developing finance processes, ideally associated with digitization and automation.
• High initiative and the ambition to independently recognize issues, develop solutions, and implement them.
• Enjoy shaping processes and thinking beyond day-to-day business.
• Clear, pragmatic communication and an entrepreneurial mindset.
• Negotiation-safe German language skills; English language skills are an advantage.

Ready to actively shape the financial structures of a growing company?

Then Stefan Fritschi looks forward to receiving your application documents.