Group Consolidation

Function: Group Finance
Location: Eysins, Switzerland – 100% on-site
Reports to: VP Group Financial Reporting & Internal Controls
Scope: Approx. 60 reporting entities across multiple countries
Type: Full-Time

Role Overview

The Group Consolidation & Tagetik Administration Manager will play a key role in strengthening CTS Group's financial reporting and consolidation capabilities as the organization continues its rapid international growth.

Reporting to the VP Group Financial Reporting & Internal Controls, the role will take hands-on ownership of the CCH Tagetik environment, monthly Group consolidation process and intercompany reconciliation coordination across approximately 60 reporting entities.

This is an operational and highly hands-on role. The successful candidate will work directly on the consolidation system and entity submissions, while maintaining close contact with finance teams across the Group to ensure data quality, timely reporting and effective issue resolution.

As CTS continues to build and standardize its Group Finance organization, the role will also contribute to developing the procedures, controls and ways of working required to create a robust and scalable financial reporting environment.

Key Responsibilities

Group Consolidation & Financial Reporting

• Manage the monthly Group consolidation cycle across approximately 60 reporting entities, ensuring accurate and timely completion.

• Coordinate entity data submissions, monitor completion and proactively follow up on missing, incomplete or inconsistent information.

• Review consolidation outputs, including intercompany eliminations, investment eliminations, goodwill, currency translation and other consolidation adjustments.

• Review consolidated Balance Sheet, Income Statement and Cash Flow information, identifying inconsistencies and proposing Group adjustments where required.

• Prepare monthly consolidation reporting and relevant analysis for Group Finance and senior leadership.

• Establish practical KPIs to monitor the quality and efficiency of the consolidation process and identify opportunities for continuous improvement.

• Support the external audit of the Group consolidated financial statements.

CCH Tagetik Administration

• Act as the operational owner and key administrator of the Group's CCH Tagetik consolidation environment.

• Maintain master data including legal entity structures and ownership, Group chart of accounts, project and reporting dimensions, currencies and exchange rates.

• Maintain entity-to-Group chart of accounts mappings and work with local finance teams to resolve mapping and system configuration issues.

• Manage user access, entity contacts and the onboarding of new entities into the consolidation environment.

• Maintain Tagetik procedures, user documentation and training materials.

• Act as the first point of contact for entity users and coordinate with the external implementation partner on more complex system matters.

• Support continuous improvement and further development of the Tagetik environment as Group reporting requirements evolve.

Intercompany Coordination

• Coordinate the monthly intercompany reconciliation process across the Group.

• Open and manage the reconciliation cycle within Tagetik, ensuring entities complete matching activities within Group Finance deadlines.

• Maintain clear visibility of reconciliation status by entity and proactively follow up on outstanding items.

• Support local finance teams in resolving mismatches and coordinate resolution of recurring or complex intercompany issues.

• Develop reporting and KPIs covering intercompany quality, ageing and resolution.

• Contribute to the development and implementation of Group intercompany policies, procedures and related training.

Finance Processes, Governance & Training

• Own the month-end communication cycle to Group entities, including calendars, deadlines, exchange rates, instructions and reminders.

• Maintain relevant Group Finance collaboration tools, contact lists and query-routing processes.

• Develop and deliver training to entity finance teams and key users, providing targeted follow-up where required.

• Contribute to the development of Group Finance policies and procedures, including chart of accounts guidance, accounting manuals and intercompany processes.

• Support the progressive development of the Group's financial controls framework as the consolidation and reporting environment matures.

• Help standardize financial reporting practices across an increasingly international organization.

Experience & Qualifications

• 7–10 years of relevant professional experience, with significant hands-on exposure to Group consolidation and/or Group financial reporting.

• Strong practical consolidation experience under Swiss GAAP FER, IFRS or US GAAP, including currency translation, intercompany and investment eliminations, goodwill and consolidation adjustments.

• Experience working with Balance Sheet, Income Statement and Cash Flow consolidation.

• Practical experience with a consolidation/EPM platform such as CCH Tagetik, OneStream, HFM, SAP BPC or equivalent.

• CCH Tagetik administration or super-user experience is highly desirable; alternatively, demonstrated ability to quickly master complex financial systems.

• Experience coordinating intercompany reconciliation across multiple legal entities.

• Understanding of legal entity structures, acquisitions, incorporations and changes affecting Group consolidation.

• Qualified accountant (ACCA, CPA or equivalent) or progressing toward qualification with relevant practical experience.

• Background may include Group Finance, financial controlling, external audit or consolidation-focused consulting, provided strong hands-on consolidation experience is demonstrated.

• External audit, internal audit or internal controls experience is advantageous.

• Advanced Excel skills and strong overall systems aptitude.

• Fluent written and spoken English is essential; additional languages are advantageous.

Skills & Personal Attributes

• Strong technical accounting and consolidation capability combined with a highly practical, hands-on approach.

• Comfortable working directly with entity files, system data and detailed reconciliations.

• Naturally curious, with the ability to investigate why numbers behave as they do rather than simply reporting the outcome.

• Strong ownership mindset, with disciplined follow-through from identification of an issue through to resolution.

• Highly organized and able to manage multiple reporting workstreams, entity queries and changing priorities simultaneously.

• Able to create structure and repeatable processes in a rapidly evolving environment.

• Proactive, autonomous and self-motivated while enjoying working within a collaborative international team.

• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.

• Clear and pragmatic communicator, comfortable engaging directly with finance teams across different countries, cultures and levels of seniority.

• Able to challenge constructively and escalate issues early when support or decisions are required.

• Positive, solutions-oriented and comfortable operating in an environment where processes are still being built and improved.

• Curious about new technologies and the responsible use of AI and automation to improve Finance processes and efficiency.

What Success Looks Like

Success in this role means CTS has a reliable, timely and increasingly scalable Group consolidation process, supported by a well-managed CCH Tagetik environment and clear ownership across all reporting entities.

Group Finance has consistent visibility over entity submissions and intercompany positions; issues are identified and resolved quickly; local finance teams understand the processes and tools they are expected to use; and reporting quality continues to improve as the Group grows.

Beyond running the monthly process, the role will help create the systems, procedures and financial reporting discipline required to support CTS's continued international expansion.

Why Join CTS

CTS offers the opportunity to join a rapidly growing international Group at a point where its Finance organization and systems are being actively built and transformed.

Rather than inheriting established processes, the successful candidate will have the opportunity to shape how Group consolidation operates, become the operational owner of a newly implemented CCH Tagetik environment and work closely with Group Finance leadership and finance teams across multiple countries.

The role offers significant autonomy, exposure and learning opportunities within a pragmatic, entrepreneurial environment where ownership, curiosity and initiative are valued.