AR/AP Accountant (12 months contract)

By joining Bio-Techne, you’ll join a company with a powerful and positive purpose of enabling cutting-edge research in Life Sciences and Clinical Diagnostics. Bio-Techne, and all of its brands, provides tools for researchers to further treat and prevent disease worldwide.

AR/AP Accountant – Temporary position 12 months 100%

Start date : ASAP

Your Missions

Reporting to the Accounting Manager, you will be working in close collaboration with a team of 3-4 accountants on the Accounts Payable cycle (60-80%), and support the team on Accounts Receivable and other ad-hoc tasks (20-40%):

• Reconcile AP invoices with Purchase Orders

• Record vendor invoices into the accounting system

• Prepare payment batches on a weekly basis

• Reconcile and book vendor payments

• Manage the accounting inbox and vendor communications

• Update and maintain vendor database

• Validate Employee Expenses and Credit Card transactions

• Support in the Accounts Receivable cycle

• Support on ad-hoc tasks related to monthly closings

• Other administrative tasks

Your ideal profile

• First experience in accounting or finance on the Swiss market is desired of at least 2 years

• Bachelor’s degree in accounting, finance, management or equivalent desired, higher education is a plus

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills and ability to communicate effectively

• High attention to detail, ability to maintain deadlines, curious and analytical-minded

• Ability to maintain confidentiality of highly sensitive information

• Good Excel skills are a must, experience with Winbiz and/or Microsoft Dynamics Business Central is desired

• Good organizational skills and ability to prioritize activities in a rapidly changing environment

• Fluency in English and French is mandatory

Bio-Techne is committed to product quality, customer satisfaction, continued improvement, minimising environmental impacts and conserving natural resources.  Environmental and quality management is an integral core value and vital part of the Bio-Techne culture.