Asset Accountant

Asset Accountant

Conditions

• Ideal start date: 01/03/2027.
• Contract duration: 60 months.
• Hybrid job flexibility.
• For more information abour the position and application process, please visit: https://careers.cern/jobs/fap-acc-ga-2026-214-ld-2/

Tasks

• Perform accounting for CERN's tangible and intangible assets and inventories.
• Focus on Property, Plant and Equipment (PPE) accounting.
• Support broader financial reporting activities and accounting projects.
• Coordinate regular register updates and reviews of useful lives and residual values with stakeholders.
• Analyse projects to identify new assets or consolidation and upgrades of existing assets.
• Perform accounting entries for asset movements, depreciation/amortisation, and impairment tests.
• Support the ongoing ERP transformation project regarding asset accounting and financial accounts.
• Perform balance sheet account reconciliations, including asset registers to financial accounts.
• Maintain policies, procedures, and controls for compliant asset accounting.
• Coordinate physical assets counts.
• Support queries from external auditors.
• Support preparation of Financial Statements, including asset-related notes and disclosures.
• Maintain strong relationships with internal and external stakeholders.

Requirements

• Master's degree or equivalent relevant experience in Accounting, Finance, or a related field.
• Accounting certification, such as ACA, CA, CPA, etc.

Preferred

• Proven experience as a general accountant with a focus on asset accounting, such as Property, Plant and Equipment (PPE).
• Demonstrated experience with international accounting standards IFRS and/or IPSAS.
• Experience acquired in a company handling large volumes of data or in an international organisation.
• Experience in accounting control and analysis, book-keeping, and book-closing.
• Experience in financial reporting and analysis, handling large volumes of data.
• Structured and organised approach to work, with the ability to set priorities and plan tasks.
• Openness and honesty to interact constructively with others.
• Ability to assimilate large quantities of information and formulate clear, concise conclusions.
• Willingness to accept changing circumstances and support initiatives for change.
• Ability to work well autonomously and take on tasks without prompting.
• Spoken and written English or French, with a commitment to learn the other language.