Accounting Specialist, 80-100%

• 02 October 2026
• 80 - 100%
• Indefinite duration
• Zürich

HEKS employs more than 1500 permanent employees. In 24 locations in Switzerland and in 35 countries around the world, HEKS is active with 290 programs and projects for an amount of approximately 144 million Swiss francs. In 2024, HEKS reached approximately 16 million people through its work.

HEKS pursues the vision of a just world, where the dignity of all people is respected, where peace reigns and where the natural foundations of life are preserved. The goal is a transformation at social, economic and political levels. HEKS contributes to the improvement of living conditions for people in Switzerland and in the world, advocates for their rights and raises awareness and mobilizes for this purpose.

Accounting Specialist, 80-100% #

We are strengthening our finance team in Zurich and are looking for, by agreement, a

Here are your main tasks:

• You are responsible for the daily maintenance of the general ledger according to Swiss GAAP FER directives and Swiss obligation law, in particular
• Processing and accounting of provisions, valuation issues, provisions and other complex cases
• Ensuring the correct and complete representation of all subsidiary ledgers (suppliers, donation accounting, fixed asset accounting, etc.)
• Maintenance of fixed asset accounting
• You participate proactively in development and digitalization projects within financial accounting
• You are responsible for the preparation of periodic VAT returns in a demanding environment (flat-rate method, international context) as well as for the assessment and declaration of withholding tax and the invoicing and refunding of withholding tax
• You intervene as a specialist in the consolidation process, the accounting of suppliers and products, in close collaboration with your colleagues in Switzerland and abroad
• You support the team for questions relating to the processing of legacies, the planning and realization of the external audit, as well as for ensuring an effective internal control system

Here is what you ideally bring:

• A basic commercial training as well as a completed or ongoing professional certificate in finance and accounting or a comparable complementary training as well as several years of professional experience in a similar function
• Fluency in German and English is required, knowledge of French is an asset
• In-depth knowledge of VAT and experience with Business Central as well as knowledge in the accounting treatment of foreign currencies is an advantage
• A committed, dynamic and structured personality with a sense of numbers
• Affinity for process automation and digital tools

Here is what you can expect from us:

• A meaningful, varied and exciting activity in a renowned NGO with a national and international vocation
• Great autonomy and the possibility to participate actively in an environment with short decision-making processes
• Great flexibility regarding presence hours and place of work
• Modern employment conditions

Do you want to join the HEKS team? We look forward to your application via our application tool. Please understand that applications by e-mail or mail cannot be processed.

Lived diversity - Inclusion is important to us:

We welcome applications regardless of gender, nationality, ethnic origin, religion, age or sexual orientation.

For more information, Julia Binder, head of the finance and donation accounting team, is at your disposal at julia.binder@heks.ch.

More information about HEKS is available at www.heks.ch.