Asset Accountant
CERNSammanfattning
Join CERN's Finance and Administrative Processes Department as an experienced Accountant in the General Accounting section, focusing on asset accounting, particularly Property, Plant and Equipment (PPE). You will collaborate with a team of seven professionals to manage tangible and intangible assets, support financial reporting, and engage in exciting accounting projects. The role offers a hybrid work environment and a contract duration of 60 months, starting on 01/03/2027.Jobbet i korthet
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Hybrid work flexibility.Long-term contract of 60 months.
Ansök senast: 2026-11-24
Publicerad: 2026-10-27
Beskrivning
What you'll do:
Within CERN's Finance and Administrative Processes Department (FAP), specifically the Accounting Services Group. We are looking for a dynamic person to join our General Accounting (GA) section and play an active role in the accounting of CERN's tangible and intangible assets, as well as its inventories. You will also support broader financial reporting activities and exciting accounting projects. There will be a particular focus on Property, Plant and Equipment (PPE).
As an experienced Accountant, you will join a team of seven professionals and play a key role in all activities related to asset accounting.
Your responsibilities:
- Coordinate regular register(s) updates and reviews of useful lives and residual values with other CERN stakeholders.
- Analyse CERN projects to identify new assets or consolidation/upgrade of existing assets.
- Perform accounting entries related to movements of assets, depreciation/amortisation, and impairment tests.
- Support the ongoing ERP transformation project touching the areas of asset accounting and financial accounts.
- Perform balance sheet account reconciliations, including a reconciliation of assets register(s) to financial accounts.
- Maintain policies, procedures, and controls to ensure efficient, accurate, and compliant asset accounting.
- Coordinate physical assets counts.
- Support external auditors queries.
- Support preparation of the Organization's Financial Statements, including assets related notes and disclosures.
- Maintain strong relationships with internal and external stakeholders.
Your profile:
- 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 preferably acquired in a company handling large volumes of data or in an international organisation.
- Master's degree or equivalent relevant experience in the field of Accounting, Finance or a related field. Accounting certification, such as ACA, CA, CPA, etc.
Your skills:
- Accounting control and analysis, book-keeping and book-closing.
- Financial reporting and analysis, handling large volumes of data.
- Has a structured and organised approach towards work; is able to set priorities and plan tasks with results in mind.
- Uses openness and honesty to interact constructively with others.
- Assimilates large quantities of information, identifies key issues and formulates conclusions clearly and concisely.
- Demonstrates a willingness to accept changing circumstances; supports initiatives for change.
- Works well autonomously; takes on activities and tasks without prompting.
- Spoken and written English or French, with a commitment to learn the other language.
Ideal start date: 01/03/2027
Contract duration (in months): 60
Grade range: 6
Benchmark job: 5A0030 - Financial Professional
Job flexibility: Hybrid
For more information abour the position and application process, please visit: https://careers.cern/jobs/fap-acc-ga-2026-214-ld-2/
Within CERN's Finance and Administrative Processes Department (FAP), specifically the Accounting Services Group. We are looking for a dynamic person to join our General Accounting (GA) section and play an active role in the accounting of CERN's tangible and intangible assets, as well as its inventories. You will also support broader financial reporting activities and exciting accounting projects. There will be a particular focus on Property, Plant and Equipment (PPE).
As an experienced Accountant, you will join a team of seven professionals and play a key role in all activities related to asset accounting.
Your responsibilities:
- Coordinate regular register(s) updates and reviews of useful lives and residual values with other CERN stakeholders.
- Analyse CERN projects to identify new assets or consolidation/upgrade of existing assets.
- Perform accounting entries related to movements of assets, depreciation/amortisation, and impairment tests.
- Support the ongoing ERP transformation project touching the areas of asset accounting and financial accounts.
- Perform balance sheet account reconciliations, including a reconciliation of assets register(s) to financial accounts.
- Maintain policies, procedures, and controls to ensure efficient, accurate, and compliant asset accounting.
- Coordinate physical assets counts.
- Support external auditors queries.
- Support preparation of the Organization's Financial Statements, including assets related notes and disclosures.
- Maintain strong relationships with internal and external stakeholders.
Your profile:
- 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 preferably acquired in a company handling large volumes of data or in an international organisation.
- Master's degree or equivalent relevant experience in the field of Accounting, Finance or a related field. Accounting certification, such as ACA, CA, CPA, etc.
Your skills:
- Accounting control and analysis, book-keeping and book-closing.
- Financial reporting and analysis, handling large volumes of data.
- Has a structured and organised approach towards work; is able to set priorities and plan tasks with results in mind.
- Uses openness and honesty to interact constructively with others.
- Assimilates large quantities of information, identifies key issues and formulates conclusions clearly and concisely.
- Demonstrates a willingness to accept changing circumstances; supports initiatives for change.
- Works well autonomously; takes on activities and tasks without prompting.
- Spoken and written English or French, with a commitment to learn the other language.
Ideal start date: 01/03/2027
Contract duration (in months): 60
Grade range: 6
Benchmark job: 5A0030 - Financial Professional
Job flexibility: Hybrid
For more information abour the position and application process, please visit: https://careers.cern/jobs/fap-acc-ga-2026-214-ld-2/
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Asset Accountant
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