- Finance, Legal & Business Intelligence
Finance Manager
- EF Education First
- Mid-Senior Level
- On-site
- Zurich, Switzerland
EF Education First is looking for an ambitious, career-driven and enthusiastic Finance Manager to join our team at the head office in Zurich, Switzerland.
Key responsibilities
- Manage finance operations, month-end, quarter-end, and year-end tasks
- Oversight of financial reporting and consolidation procedures, including collaboration with internal and external auditors
- Ensure compliance with EF's Group Control Policy and maintain internal controls
- Optimize finance processes and collaborate with Global Excellence Centers for core processes
- Preparation of legal entity forecasting
- Handle legal, tax, and VAT matters, ensuring compliance with local laws and transfer pricing regulations
- Prepare financial and managerial reports, including Board presentations
- Oversee intercompany transactions and manage cash and treasury activities
The ideal candidate has
- Minimum 5 years of accounting experience
- University and Master’s degree in Accounting
- Experience in the education and /or travel industry
- Experience working in Oracle Fusion Cloud and AARO Systems
- Understanding of US GAAP and IFRS
- Previous experience working with Business Process Offices
- Understanding of OECD transfer pricing concepts
- Knowledge of European and international indirect tax reporting requirements
- Staff management experience and the ability to direct priorities
- Open-minded, solution-oriented and driven
- Effective in presenting information clearly and credibly
- Strong analytical, organizational and time management skills
- Flexible and able to multitask / proactive and flexible
- The ability to thrive in an international and fast-paced environment
Start date: From January 2025
Why work at EF?
We are international. With a global network of offices and schools, EF is able to offer an international career in any part of the world.
We are entrepreneurial. EF has grown into the largest international education company by hiring people who are street smart and “can get things done”. Our entrepreneurial spirit is at the core of what makes working at EF a ton of fun.
We embrace change. Be prepared to join a flexible organization where no day is the same. We believe change is key to business success, personal development, and career progression.
About EF Education First:
At EF we believe that the world is better when people try to understand one another. Since 1965, we have helped millions of people see new places, experience new cultures, and learn new things about the world and about themselves. Our culturally immersive education programs—focused on language, travel, cultural exchange, and academics—turn dreams into international opportunities.
When you join EF, you join a multicultural and diverse community working across more than 600 schools and offices in 50 countries, all with one shared mission of opening the world through education. Whoever you are, whatever you are passionate about—we welcome you and want you to bring that to work every day. EF is proud to be an equal opportunity employer and we are committed to inclusion and belonging across race, ethnicity, gender, age, religion, caste, parental status, identity, experience and everything else that makes you unique.
Founded in Sweden in 1965, EF has schools and offices around the world, including hubs in Boston, London, Mexico City, São Paulo, Shanghai, Stockholm, Zürich, and more. Learn more at https://www.ef.com.
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