Thierry L.

Senior accountant chez Montres Breguet SA

L'Abbaye, Vaud, Switzerland

About

- Working in accounting environment from startups to multinational companies - Maintain and close GL accounts on a monthly basis (reconciliations and account analysis) - Prepare annual statutory financial statements and disclosures for legal entities - Support of internal and external audits - Set up, maintain and review documented procedures and ensure compliance with ICS in place - Swiss direct and indirect tax returns - Set up chart of accounts for SMBs with a basic analytical accounting - Experience in choosing and supporting implementation of various ERP (Abacus, Navision, Oracle, SAP,Sage) - Hiring team members and assist them with training

Experience

  • Montres Breguet SA (L'Abbaye, Vaud, Switzerland)
    • Senior accountant
      Oct 2020 - Present · 5 yrs 9 mos

    • Contrôleur de gestion
      Jan 2020 - Sep 2020 · 9 mos

    • Comptable senior
      Oct 2017 - Dec 2019 · 2 yrs 3 mos

  • Comptable at Cablisys Holding SA
    Jan 2016 - Oct 2017 · 1 yr 10 mos

  • Companies portfolio manager at Fiduciaire Ernest Riesen Sàrl
    Jan 2015 - Nov 2015 · 11 mos

    -Customer Companies accounting (booking entries, P&L, balance sheet) -Swiss VAT return -Yearly result optimization to all customers -Tax return and assistance with fiscal authorities (companies and private person) -Salary and HR management -New customer meeting and assistance in company setup -Trainee supervision

  • Nestlé S.A. (Vevey)
    • Accounting Specialist
      Jan 2013 - Jan 2015 · 2 yrs 1 mo

      -Financial accounting of Nestlé “central companies” (financial, reinsurance, venture funds) – Statutory and group account -Nestlé SA financial holdings (accounting management, tax, stamp duty) -Use of SAP -Use of GEMS portal (Global Entity Management System) investment management in term of finance / tax / legal / royalties / intellectual property -Consolidation software (Magnitude) and treasury software (Quantum) -Quarterly closing statutory and group account -Monthly VAT return for 5 companies inside Nestlé VAT group -Tax return for 12 Swiss companies -Bank account reconciliation -Intercompany booking -Withholding tax claiming -AP/AR/GL bookings -Relationship with tax, legal, treasury and consolidation dept. -Accounting project (company liquidation/closure, financial holdings workflow)

    • Accounting manager Editions Mondo SA
      May 2012 - Dec 2012 · 8 mos

      -Liquidation and accounting closure -Reporting to the CFO -Monthly and quarterly closing (use of consolidation software Magnitude) -Aléa (specific inventory) and Winway ERP -Swiss VAT return -Support for Swiss tax compliance (VD) -AP/AR/GL bookings -GL accounts reconciliation -Relationship with legal, fiscal and logistics dept. to perform the company closure

  • Finance and Administration manager at Premium Entertainment Switzerland Sarl
    Dec 2010 - Apr 2012 · 1 yr 5 mos

    -Reporting directly to the company investors -Modeling the entire company in the accounting and HR side (Premium Entertainment Switzerland – Capitole Entertainment) -Abacus ERP (complete setup from its choice to the accounting chart and the good usage of each module ) -Setup anylitical accounting by cost center -Editing and reviewing processes -Hiring and managing 2 people in finance team -Cash pooling, interfacing with bank -Treasury reporting, forecasting and analysis -Budget and forecast planning -Swiss, Austrian, German, French, Belgian, Dutch, Luxemburg and UK VAT returns (Golden Caravan, Premium, Capitole) -Swiss tax compliance (GE, VD) -HR management of 25 people (Premium Enter. + Capitole Enter.) -GL accounts reconciliation -I/C booking management