Senior Accounting & Payroll Specialist

Permanent employee, Full-time · Zürich

Tasks
Accounting & Financial Operations:
  • Own accounts payable, accounts receivable, and general ledger.
  • Manage month-end and year-end close, including postings, reconciliations, and analysis.
  • Monitor liquidity and execute payment transactions as well as bank account reconciliations.
  • Prepare VAT returns and ensure correct VAT treatment.
  • Review and process expenses and corporate cards in Yokoy and Abacus.
  • Prepare and reconcile sales reports and commission calculations for payroll.
  • Support audits and collaborate with tax authorities and external partners (CH / DE).
  • Prepare intercompany transactions and calculations.
  • Perform the financial consolidation.
  • Prepare tax calculations and bookings.
Payroll Administration:
  • Run Swiss payroll end-to-end, including social insurances and tax at source.
  • Reconcile payroll and social insurance accounts (AHV/ALV/BVG/UVG/KTG).
  • Handle annual declarations and statutory filings.
  • Partner with HR on employee changes affecting payroll.
Systems Administration:
  • Act as a key user for finance systems (ERP, banking, expense tools).
  • Manage and control access rights accross the finance and banking system (roles, permissions, approvals).
Continuous Improvement:
  • Identify and implement process improvements across finance and payroll.
  • Identify, manage, and continuously improve Excel‑based reports, ensuring data accuracy, version control, and stakeholder relevance.
  • Contribute to BI and reporting projects (e.g. Power BI).
About the position
In this role, you will take full ownership of day-to-day accounting and payroll operations and actively contribute to improving processes, controls, and transparency. You will work closely with the CFO, support audits and reporting, and play a key role in payroll, commissions, and compliance. Do you want to help us to make lung function testing accessible to everyone everywhere, and to improve the lives of millions of people with lung diseases? Then you have come to the right place!

Location: Zurich, Switzerland
Your profile
  • Advanced accounting qualification (e.g. eidg. Fachausweis Finanz- und Rechnungswesen) or equivalent.
  • 10+ years of proven experience in accounting and payroll, including consolidation.
  • Strong knowledge of Swiss accounting (OR), payroll, social insurance, and tax.
  • Hands-on experience with Abacus; familiarity with Yokoy and BI tools are a plus.
  • Highly structured, accurate, analytical, and detail‑oriented, with a pragmatic mindset.
  • Strong written and oral communication skills in German (C1/native) and English (C1).
  • High integrity, discretion, and ownership mentality.
Why us?
We offer an attractive location, fair pay, good social benefits, flexible working hours, hybrid work, and the best conditions in which to do excellent work. This includes comprehensive onboarding, professional and modern technology, and a collegial and supportive working environment. We promote equal opportunities, diversity, and inclusion.
If this profile describes you and you would like to work at a fast-growing company in a global environment, then we should meet. Apply directly and exclusively via our e-recruiting tool. The more we learn about you, the better. We look forward to receiving your complete application and reference letters. Your data will be treated confidentially and discreetly.
Contact
We kindly ask for direct applications only. Unsolicited dossiers from agencies will not be considered, and we decline all responsibility for any fees related to such submissions.

Jobs@ndd.ch
About us
ndd Medizintechnik AG is a leading  company and innovator in pulmonary function testing devices. For more than 25 years, ndd has created solutions that improve early detection of chronic lung diseases, including COPD  and asthma. Today, ndd offers unique spirometry and pulmonary function testing  devices that are available in more than 100 countries around the globe.
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