Accounting Manager
The World Economic Forum, committed to improving the state of the world, is an international organization for public-private cooperation.
The Forum engages the foremost political, business, cultural and other leaders of society to shape global, regional and industry agendas.
Why we are recruiting.
To face business’ growth, the Finance team needs additional resources to maintain and guarantee its high level of service.
Reporting Lines & Interactions
The Accounting Manager will report to the Head of Finance. The Accounting Manager will supervise the accounting team and should possess strong technical accounting, systems, organization, and people management skills.
Main Responsibilities:
Oversees daily operations of the accounting department; ensures company accounting procedures conform to generally accepted accounting principles, and that internal policies and controls are followed.
Review and document financial internal controls with appropriate modifications.
Contribute to the annual audit, providing all information to external auditors including the preparation of all financial statements and notes thereto.
Support for all month end, quarter end, year-end closing including financial reporting, account reconciliations and analysis.
Detailed Responsibilities:
Lead the team for complete all month end balance sheet account reconciliations, including revenue and related management and deferred partnership fees in detail.
Collaborate and support Accounts Payable and Receivable teams daily.
Review Accounts Payable Aging weekly to ensure payments are made timely.
Oversee the payment to vendors including wires and foreign currency payments.
Review and approve appropriate general ledger entries on a daily /weekly basis.
Supervise Investment Schedules (Fixed Assets) for monthly and quarterly reporting.
Analyze all banking fees monthly.
Review travel expenses in Concur system and ensure staff is properly reviewing in accordance with travel policy and recording such expenses timely in the general ledger.
Ensure compliance with Corporate Credit Card policies and suspend card users in accordance with policy.
Analyze travel reports prepared by staff to ensure proper coding and allocations.
Review monthly payroll prepared by staff and ensure monthly journal entry is properly recorded.
Project work as required.
Degree in finance, accounting, and / or business administration
Brevet Federal in accounting or professional accounting qualification (e.g. ACA, ACCA, CIMA or equivalent)
+10 years of professional experience in a similar role, preferably in a global company with international exposure
Excellent technical accounting and systems skills
Strong controls mindset and behaviours
Demonstrated practical experience in process excellence and continuous improvement practices
Excellent communication, collaboration, interpersonal and active listening skills, high levels of emotional intelligence and ability to connect with stakeholders
Excellent presentation skills with ability to communicate complex issues in a clear and concise fashion
Fluent in English
Proactive, practical, pragmatic, flexible, hands-on, customer focused, solution based and results oriented
Why work at the Forum:
The Forum believes that progress happens by bringing together people from all walks of life who have the drive and the influence to improve the state of the world by building awareness and cooperation, shaping mindsets and agendas, and driving collective action. Join us and become a driver for positive change!
