Mandate Manager Fiduciary (50-80%)

BDO AG is one of the leading auditing, fiduciary, and consulting companies in Switzerland. With over 40 locations and a strong international network, it combines local customer proximity with broad professional expertise.
For the Schaffhausen branch, we are looking for an experienced fiduciary personality who enjoys challenging technical questions and likes to pass on their knowledge. You will support the team with complex issues, ensure the quality of mandate work, and independently manage fiduciary mandates. In doing so, you can expect personal collaboration in a young, committed team – combined with professional exchange and development opportunities within the BDO network. You can expect short distances, an office directly by the train station, six weeks of vacation, annual working hours, as well as diverse continuing education opportunities.

Your challenge

• Review, technical support and quality assurance (approx. 75% of working time)
• Review of financial and payroll accounting, VAT returns as well as interim and annual financial statements; occasionally also tax returns
• Technical support of the team with demanding questions and challenges in ongoing mandates, especially in payroll accounting
• Guiding less experienced employees, passing on your knowledge and ensuring reliable, high-quality mandate processing
• Accompanying new mandates during onboarding, and during the transfer of operational tasks to the team
• Close exchange with the location management and targeted involvement of specialists within BDO
• Independent mandate processing (approx. 25% of working time)
• Processing of fiduciary mandates, predominantly for SMEs of different industries, in the areas of financial and payroll accounting, VAT as well as interim and annual financial statements
• Advising the managed clients on accounting, wages and social insurance
• Maintenance of existing customer relationships and proactive recognition of risks, customer needs and additional consulting requirements

Additionally, you can participate in internal specialist groups, contribute your knowledge across locations and get involved in digitalization and automation topics.

Your qualities

• Diploma as a fiduciary expert desired; also fiduciaries with a federal diploma and many years of practice as well as experienced specialists for payroll accounting with broad fiduciary knowledge are addressed
• At least five years of relevant professional experience as well as professional practice in Switzerland
• Sound knowledge in payroll accounting as well as good knowledge in financial accounting, VAT and in preparing financial statements
• Knowledge of cross-border payroll and social insurance topics is an advantage
• Ability to professionally assess work independently and support others with complex issues
• Experience in customer contact, ideally from a fiduciary or consulting company
• Structured, reliable and pragmatic way of working as well as enjoyment of collaboration and passing on knowledge
• Proficient German skills including understanding of Swiss German and English skills for oral communication (B1–B2)

Do you want to solve challenging fiduciary questions, pass on your knowledge and competently accompany clients?

Then Flurin Schwager looks forward to your application documents or your call.

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