Specialist, General Accounting (m/f/d)

Job Description

The General Accountant specialist for Swiss Hub Trading Entities is responsible for maintaining the financial integrity and soundness of pricing requests and trade finance activities across two trading entities selling in Eastern Europe, the Middle East, Africa, (EEMEA) and Central Asia. Managed from Lucerne, Switzerland, the role ensures accurate, complete and consistent pricing master data and compliant trade finance execution while supporting the recording and reporting of related transactions for the entities. The specialist serves as a key liaison between internal teams and external banking partners to enable timely, risk-aware and regulation-compliant transaction processing.

Responsibilities:

• Act as a trusted business partner to Export Market Finance, Customer Service, Compliance, Treasury and external banks, ensuring effective coordination on pricing and trade finance.

• Pricing governance: building and maintaining pricing templates, managing intercompany transfer pricing requests and resolving Order‑to‑Cash questions with speed and accuracy.

• Trade finance execution: reviewing letters of credit, guarantees and documentary collections; ensuring every instrument meets policy and regulatory standards.

• Risk management: monitoring exposure, operational risks to support sales performance and customer collections.

• Reporting and compliance: maintaining audit‑ready documentation and supporting close activities.

• Market awareness: staying current on trade regulations and sanctions across EEMEA.

Qualifications and Experience:

• Act as a trusted business partner to Export Market Finance, Customer Service, Compliance, Treasury and external banks, ensuring effective coordination on pricing and trade finance.

• Pricing governance: building and maintaining pricing templates, managing intercompany transfer pricing requests and resolving Order to Cash questions with speed and accuracy.

• Trade finance execution: reviewing letters of credit, guarantees and documentary collections; ensuring every instrument meets policy and regulatory standards.

• Risk management: monitoring exposure and operational risks to support sales performance and customer collections.

• Reporting and compliance: maintaining audit ready documentation and supporting close activities.

• Market awareness: staying current on trade regulations and sanctions across EEMEA.

THE COMPANY

Our Company has had a presence in Switzerland since 1963. With a regional office and manufacturing/packaging facility, Lucerne is considered the center of operations. Approximately 1,000 people work collaboratively at the four Lucerne locations (Tribschenstrasse, Citybay, Schachen and Kriens). A fifth location has been established in Zurich, aimed at accelerating the development and commercialization of many of our company’s medicines and vaccines, which supports our mission to save and improve lives around the world.

We are proud to be certified as a “Top Employer Switzerland” and “Top Employer Europe” showing the company’s commitment to our employees and the community around us.

Our Tribschenstrasse office, located in the city of Luzern has a rich diversity of employees at this location including Global Supply Chain Management, Regional External Manufacturing and one of our European Finance Hubs. The site also serves as our regional and local headquarters of our company’s Animal Health Division in Switzerland.

Who we are … 

We are known as Merck & Co., Inc., Rahway, New Jersey, USA in the United States and Canada and MSD everywhere else. For more than a century, we have been inventing for life, bringing forward medicines and vaccines for many of the world's most challenging diseases. Today, our company continues to be at the forefront of research to deliver innovative health solutions and advance the prevention and treatment of diseases that threaten people and animals around the world. 

What we look for … 

Imagine getting up in the morning for a job as important as helping to save and improve lives around the world. Here, you have that opportunity. You can put your empathy, creativity, digital mastery, or scientific genius to work in collaboration with a diverse group of colleagues who pursue and bring hope to countless people who are battling some of the most challenging diseases of our time. Our team is constantly evolving, so if you are among the intellectually curious, join us—and start making your impact today.

We are proud to be a company that embraces the value of bringing diverse, talented, and committed people together. The fastest way to breakthrough innovation is when diverse ideas come together in an inclusive environment. We encourage our colleagues to respectfully challenge one another’s thinking and approach problems collectively. We are an equal opportunity employer, committed to fostering an inclusive and diverse workplace. 

Required Skills:

Accounting Standards, Accounting Standards, Consumer Relations, Corporate Experience, Credit Management, Customer Service Management, Data Management, Detail-Oriented, Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP), Financial Accounting, Financial Accounting Controls, Financial Analysis, Financial Forecasting, Financial Planning and Analysis (FP&A), Financial Statement Review, General Accounting, Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP), Interpersonal Relationships, Invoice Processing, IS Audit, Operation Risk Management, Order to Cash (OTC), Payroll Management, Preparation of Financial Reports, Pricing Administration {+ 4 more}

Preferred Skills:

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Search Firm Representatives Please Read Carefully 
Merck & Co., Inc., Rahway, NJ, USA, also known as Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC, Rahway, NJ, USA, does not accept unsolicited assistance from search firms for employment opportunities. All CVs / resumes submitted by search firms to any employee at our company without a valid written search agreement in place for this position will be deemed the sole property of our company.  No fee will be paid in the event a candidate is hired by our company as a result of an agency referral where no pre-existing agreement is in place. Where agency agreements are in place, introductions are position specific. Please, no phone calls or emails. 

Employee Status:

Regular

Relocation:

No relocation

VISA Sponsorship:

No

Travel Requirements:

10%

Flexible Work Arrangements:

Hybrid

Shift:

Not Indicated

Valid Driving License:

No

Hazardous Material(s):

N/A

Job Posting End Date:

12/3/2025

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