Accounting Policy Advisor

Key Responsibilities

Do you have a professional background in accounting policy and business advisory services? Do you have a transformation-ready mindset? We’re looking for an addition to our Group Accounting Policy (GAP) to provide assistance with:

• developing IFRS accounting policies and delivery of advice across a wide range of topics to constituents across our leading Global Wealth Management, Investment Bank and Asset Management, and Swiss Personal & Corporate banking business divisions and Group Functions.
• coordination and monitoring GAP’s Accounting change workflow
• coordination of the GAP’s IFRS Standard Setting monitoring
• organizing and coordinating Group Accounting Policy’s (GAP) input into the UBS's annual and quarterly external reporting workflow.

Full Time

341654

London, Zürich

Do you have a professional background in accounting policy and business advisory services? Do you have a transformation-ready mindset? We’re looking for an addition to our Group Accounting Policy (GAP) to provide assistance with:

• developing IFRS accounting policies and delivery of advice across a wide range of topics to constituencies across our leading Global Wealth Management, Investment Bank and Asset Management, and Swiss Personal & Corporate banking business divisions and Group Functions.
• coordination and monitoring GAP’s Accounting change workflow
• coordination of the GAP’s IFRS Standard Setting monitoring
• organizing and coordinating Group Accounting Policy’s (GAP) input into the UBS's annual and quarterly external reporting workflow.

• stay at the forefront of new and emerging topics that impact the Group’s financial accounting
• assist with the implementation of new accounting policy requirements, partnering with the impacted Business divisions, Finance and Technology
• gain a deeper understanding of the banking ecosystem.

You’ll be a member of the global GAP team. GAP is a team of accounting subject matter experts that delivers accounting policy advice to all UBS Business Divisions and Group Functions.

You have:

• higher Education (university degree) combined with one of the internationally recognized accountancy qualifications (e.g. ACA, CPA)
• 4 to 6 years in public accounting / audit / accounting advisory function
• AI / process-automation literacy
• a good understanding of IFRS, knowledge of Swiss GAAP will be advantage
• knowledge on the financial services industry

You are:

• an excellent communicator (both orally and in writing) with ability to interact effectively with staff at all levels including senior management
• an individual with strong analytical skills
• methodical, concise and accurate, with strong attention to detail
• proactive, hands on solution oriented and flexible
• an individual who displays commitment and strong ownership of tasks and works consistently towards goals and resolutions
• able to cooperate and consult appropriately with a wide range of individuals both in GAP and the wider organization
• able to balance demands of a diverse client and project portfolio in a dynamic environment
• fluent in English
• proficient user of MS Office (Word, Excel and PowerPoint)

UBS is a leading and truly global wealth manager and the leading universal bank in Switzerland. We also provide diversified asset management solutions and focused investment banking capabilities. Headquartered in Zurich, Switzerland, UBS is present in more than 50 markets around the globe.

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