(Senior) Finance Manager

OBJECTIVE AND MAIN TASK OF THE FUNCTION

- Responsible for the group reporting process, meeting requirements in terms of both time and quality while avoiding audit deficiencies

- Responsible for costing as related to the local, Swiss made products

- Leads financial planning and analysis process, including annual budgeting and forecasting as week as cash flow planning

- Not only manage and oversee functions, but also able to perform detailed reviews, analyses, and reconciliations

TASKS

- Responsible for themonthly/quarterly group reporting (sales/CoGS, reporting package, provision for current & deferred taxes, other deliverables) in collaboration and coordination with both the local and foreign STAAR finance teams, ensuring 10Q/10K reporting information due to Corporate office is prepared accurately and timely.

- Ensure proper valuation and reconciliation of inventory, product costing and related financial and reporting aspects, including collaboration with relevant local departments and US Cost Accounting group

- Lead cash flow planning, forecasting process

- Responsible for lease accounting, fixed assets and (capital) project controlling

- Manage FP&A for local entity as well as EMEA, APAC sales organizations and ensure collaboration with the US FP&A team

- Manage the preparation and filing of local statutory financial statements for STAAR Surgical AG as well as certain foreign entities, in collaboration with outside consultants

- Review critical workbooks, journal entries, and account reconciliations, ensuring completeness, accuracy, and relevancy

- Work with internal/external auditors, coordinate related activities internally

- Ensure process narratives / documentation are up to date and (key) controls are in place and functioning properly in accordance with SOX and Swiss law. Continually monitor and improve internal controls as necessary

- Support finance projects and ad-hoc requests

- Recruit, train, lead and develop Finance team members

REQUIREMENTS AND SKILLS

Education: (Applied) University degree in Finance / Accounting,
certified expert in financial reporting and controlling,

CPA or equivalent

Special Knowledge: Expertise in US GAAP/IFRS and cost accounting

Proficiency in English; strong command of either French

or German is advantageous

Strong Excel skills

Experience with Oracle (ERP) is advantageous

Personality: Distinguished ability to work under pressure even in periods of heavy workload and high capacity

Excellent ability to communicate with peers, superiors

Excellent analytical, prioritization, decision-making and management skills, but yet able to review, focus on and perform detailed work to meet deadlines

Professional Experience: Minimum of 5-7 years in a similar role with progressively
increasing responsibility and 3-5 years of supervisory

experience, ideally in an international and/or
manufacturing environment