Asset Accountant (General Accounting)

About the role

CERN's Finance and Administrative Processes Department (FAP), Accounting Services Group, is looking for an experienced Accountant to join its General Accounting (GA) section. You will play a key role in accounting for CERN's tangible and intangible assets and inventories, with a particular focus on Property, Plant and Equipment (PPE), and support broader financial reporting and accounting projects. You will join a team of seven professionals.

Key responsibilities

• Coordinate regular register updates and reviews of useful lives and residual values with other CERN stakeholders.
• Analyse CERN projects to identify new assets or consolidation/upgrades of existing assets.
• Perform accounting entries for asset movements, depreciation/amortisation and impairment tests.
• Support the ERP transformation project covering asset accounting and financial accounts.
• Reconcile balance sheet accounts, including the assets register to financial accounts.
• Maintain policies, procedures and controls for accurate, compliant asset accounting.
• Coordinate physical asset counts and support external auditor queries.
• Help prepare the Organisation's Financial Statements, including asset-related notes and disclosures.
• Maintain strong relationships with internal and external stakeholders.

Required profile

• Master's degree or equivalent relevant experience in Accounting, Finance or a related field.
• Accounting certification such as ACA, CA or CPA.
• Proven experience as a general accountant focused on asset accounting (PPE).
• Demonstrated experience with IFRS and/or IPSAS.
• Experience preferably in a company handling large volumes of data or in an international organisation.
• Spoken and written English or French, with a commitment to learn the other language.

Required skills

• Accounting control and analysis, book-keeping and book-closing.
• Financial reporting and analysis, handling large volumes of data.

What we offer

• Limited duration contract of 5 years, subject to conditions, with possibility of extension up to 8 years and eligibility for an indefinite contract.
• Hybrid working, 40 hours per week, job grade 6-7.
• Competitive tax-free salary increasing with experience, 30 days paid leave plus 2 weeks annual closure.
• Health insurance coverage for yourself, spouse and children, and membership of the CERN Pension Fund.
• Family, child and infant allowances, and a relocation package depending on circumstances.