Swissport International Ltd. provides ground services for more than 230 million passengers and handles 4.3 million tonnes of cargo a year on behalf of some 835 client-companies in the aviation sector. With a workforce of more than 62,000 personnel, Swissport is active at more than 280 stations in 48 countries across five continents, and generates consolidated operating revenue of EUR 2.7 billion. This is about much more than just delivering
a service. It‘s about caring, a smile, a spontaneous gesture or a helping hand, to simply make the difference.
Job Summary
This position is within the Group Corporate Finance team and has holding level responsibility within the world’s leading cargo and ground handling company. The main responsibility of the Holding Financial Controller is to ensure timely monthly, quarterly and annual reporting under IFRS of three Swiss Holding entities which form the basis for internal reporting to the “Group Executive Management and Shareholders” as well as external reporting in the form of quarterly interim and year-end financial statements. As Holding Financial Controller you will have a leading role in the preparation and review of the monthly, quarterly and annual closing of the Swiss Holding entities, with special attention to the extensive intercompany transactions and risk management treasury transactions at Holding level. In addition, you will lead and participate in challenging projects and support the Swiss HQ Accounting and Group Intercompany team.
Main Responsibilities:
Financial Reporting of Swiss Holding entities:
Overall overview of IFRS reporting of Swiss Holding entities (monthly, quarterly and yearly reporting)
Operating and ensure the execution of internal controls related to the financial reporting.
Review and validate reported balances in the Group Reporting System
- Review and validate reported intercompany balances in the Group Reporting System.
- Monitor and help in the resolution of identified errors and differences both for third party and intercompany balances.
- Ensure timeliness and completeness of transactional processing.
- Prepare monthly closing journal entries and account reconciliations for complex transactions.
Lead Swissport Swiss Holding entities’ monthly financial reporting processes and reconciliations:
.Oversee work of contributors in the monthly transactional processing and journal posting
.Play an active role in improving quality of reporting
.Help to work out and promote resolution of old outstanding mismatches
.Drive process improvement
.Depending on given thresholds act as a decision maker (or decision support) related to resolution of reporting differences
.Ensure appropriate issue tracking including identification of root causes, corrective actions required and timing of resolution;
- Take end-to-end ownership of Swiss Holding reporting process:
.Help develop and implement standard and transparent procedures
.Maintain contact with Group FP&A, Group Business Service Center, Group Tax, Group Treasury, Group Intercompany and Group Financial Reporting teams, as well as teams of the Operational Units
.Participate in the development and maintenance of policies and procedures for Holding accounting and reporting procedures that improve quality and efficiency of financial reporting
.Observe Group governance guidelines
.Take ownership that unresolved variances stay within defined thresholds and help achieve KPIs related to financial reporting activities
- Prepare ad hoc reports and analyses, as requested
- Support annual financial audit of the Swiss Holding entities.
Your Profile:
University degree (or similar) with specialisation in finance and/or accounting
- At least 5 years of work experience in an Financial Controlling / Reporting environment.
- Thorough knowledge of accounting principles and procedures.
- Experience with creating financial statements.
- Experience with general ledger functions and the month-end/year end close process.
- ERP knowledge, SAP experience is strongly preferred.
Excellent knowledge of MS Office (especially Excel) and easy familiarisation with new IT tools is a must, experience in OneStream is a plus.
Ability and willingness to work in a high performance and diverse environment.
Strong problem-solving skills and analytical skills.
Hands on approach and, self-master mentality
Strong functional expertise and understanding/interest in end-to-end business processes.
Ability to work effectively at all levels in an organization
Team oriented and independent working style is a must.
Resilience, determination, accuracy and reliability.
Ability to communicate accurately and efficiently in English on professional level, German language knowledge is advantage, but not a requirement.
Eager to acquire experience and build a career in a high-performance environment with a strong teamwork spirit.
Genuine interest in aviation industry is a plus.
