By joining Bio-Techne, you’ll join a company with a powerful and positive purpose of enabling cutting-edge research in Life Sciences and Clinical Diagnostics. Bio-Techne, and all of its brands, provides tools for researchers to further treat and prevent disease worldwide.
AR/AP Accountant – Temporary position 12 months 100%
Start date : ASAP
Your Missions
Reporting to the Accounting Manager, you will be working in close collaboration with a team of 3-4 accountants on the Accounts Payable cycle (60-80%), and support the team on Accounts Receivable and other ad-hoc tasks (20-40%):
Reconcile AP invoices with Purchase Orders
Record vendor invoices into the accounting system
Prepare payment batches on a weekly basis
Reconcile and book vendor payments
Manage the accounting inbox and vendor communications
Update and maintain vendor database
Validate Employee Expenses and Credit Card transactions
Support in the Accounts Receivable cycle
Support on ad-hoc tasks related to monthly closings
Other administrative tasks
Your ideal profile
First experience in accounting or finance on the Swiss market is desired of at least 2 years
Bachelor’s degree in accounting, finance, management or equivalent desired, higher education is a plus
Excellent verbal and written communication skills and ability to communicate effectively
High attention to detail, ability to maintain deadlines, curious and analytical-minded
Ability to maintain confidentiality of highly sensitive information
Good Excel skills are a must, experience with Winbiz and/or Microsoft Dynamics Business Central is desired
Good organizational skills and ability to prioritize activities in a rapidly changing environment
Fluency in English and French is mandatory
Bio-Techne is committed to product quality, customer satisfaction, continued improvement, minimising environmental impacts and conserving natural resources. Environmental and quality management is an integral core value and vital part of the Bio-Techne culture.
Why Join Bio-Techne:
- We offer competitive wages along with extensive benefits for employees and their families.
- We invest in our employees’ financial futures through retirement programs and an employee stock purchase plan.
- We help our employees develop their careers through mentorship, promotional opportunities, training and development, internship programs, and more.
- We offer an international and diverse working environment, enriched by employee resource groups; volunteer and charity events; and employee events that build a culture of caring and belonging.
- We foster a culture of empowerment and innovation, where employees feel valued and encouraged to bring their new ideas to the table.
Bio-Techne is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran.
To protect the interests of all, Bio-Techne will not accept unsolicited resumes from any source other than a candidate application. Any unsolicited resumes sent to Bio-Techne will be considered Bio-Techne property.
Skills Required
- Fluency in English and French
- Good Excel skills
- Ability to maintain confidentiality of sensitive information
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
- High attention to detail and ability to meet deadlines
- Good organizational skills and ability to prioritize
- First experience in accounting or finance on the Swiss market (at least 2 years)
- Bachelor's degree in accounting, finance, management or equivalent (higher education a plus)
- Experience with Winbiz and/or Microsoft Dynamics Business Central
Bio-Techne Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Bio-Techne and has not been reviewed or approved by Bio-Techne.
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Healthcare Strength — Medical and dental coverage are often regarded as strong, with core health benefits broadly available across U.S. roles. Day-one eligibility and comprehensive options are described as a relative bright spot even when pay sentiment is mixed.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — PTO, paid holidays, paid parental leave, and volunteer time are emphasized alongside flexible scheduling. Work-life balance elements are seen as strengths relative to base-pay concerns.
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Strong & Reliable Incentives — Quarterly or semi-annual bonuses and eligibility for annual cash incentives add meaningful upside for many salaried roles. Structured plans such as a Management Incentive Plan reinforce predictability of variable pay.
Bio-Techne Insights
What We Do
Bio-Techne Corporation (NASDAQ: TECH) is a leading developer and manufacturer of high-quality purified proteins and reagent solutions - notably cytokines and growth factors, antibodies, immunoassays, biologically active small molecule compounds, tissue culture reagents, and cell and gene therapy workflow solutions including T-Cell activation technologies. Bio-Techne’s portfolio also includes protein analysis solutions, sold under the ProteinSimple brand name, that offer researchers efficient and streamlined options for automated Western blot and multiplexed ELISA workflow. These reagent and protein analysis solutions are sold to biomedical researchers, as well as clinical research laboratories, and constitute the Protein Sciences Segment. Bio-Techne also develops and manufactures diagnostic products including FDA-regulated controls, calibrators, blood gas and clinical chemistry controls, and other reagents for OEM and clinical customers. Bio-Techne’s genomic tools include advanced tissue-based in situ hybridization assays (ISH) for research and clinical use, sold under the ACD brand, as well as a portfolio of clinical molecular diagnostic oncology assays including the ExoDx®Prostate (IntelliScore) test (EPI) for prostate cancer diagnosis. These diagnostic and genomic products comprise Bio-Techne’s Diagnostics and Genomics Segment. Bio-Techne products are integral components of scientific investigations into biological processes and molecular diagnostics, revealing the nature, diagnosis, etiology and progression of specific diseases. They aid in drug discovery efforts and provide the means for accurate clinical tests and diagnoses. With thousands of products in its portfolio, Bio-Techne generated approximately $714 million in net sales in fiscal 2019 and has over 2,200 employees worldwide.
