Accountant

About Corintis

Corintis offers innovative microfluidic cooling technologies for AI chips/GPUs and CPUs used in data centers. Working with many of the world's largest tech companies, our solutions improve compute sustainability and tackle the excessive electricity consumption associated with data center cooling, which consumes more electricity than New York and London combined. With our software platform, Glacierware, our customers or us adapt microfluidic channels to the powermap of their chip, and we manufacture these into cold plate solutions or provide solutions to enable the customer to embed these cooling channels inside the package/the chip. Named the #1 Swiss Startup of the Year in 2025 by the Top 100 Swiss Startup Award.

Working at Corintis

Corintis offers a friendly and team-oriented workplace, bringing together more than 65 people from over 25 nationalities to solve the biggest computing challenges of tomorrow. Based on the EPFL campus near Lausanne, we are closely connected to the local ecosystem and are located a few minutes walk from Lake Léman.

Job Description

We are seeking a highly autonomous Accountant who will play a key role in ensuring the accuracy, integrity, and compliance of financial records. This position manages daily accounting operations, monthly and annual closing processes and leads audit preparation in a dynamic manufacturing scale-up environment.

Responsibilities:

• Lead accounting operations of the Swiss entity (others might be added)

• Manage end-to-end accounts payable and accounts receivable processes

• Ensure the relevant communication with all external and internal stakeholders

• Maintain general ledger integrity at each given date

• Manage proper expense classification and cost allocation

• Lead monthly, quarterly and annual closing processes, including the yearly audit

• Ensure compliance with Swiss tax regulations (VAT, withholding tax, etc.)

• Support payroll reconciliation in coordination with HR and external providers

• Participate in the consolidation of financial statements

• Strengthen accounting processes and internal controls

• Monitor inventory accounting and supply chain-related financial flows

• Provide advisory to Corintis’ management team

Requirements:

• Bachelor degree in Accounting, Finance, or alternative education in a related field

• Min 5 years of knowledge of the Swiss accounting and tax environment

• Solid understanding of start-up dynamics and scale-up environments

• Experience in manufacturing and supply chain finance are a strong plus, but at minimum interest in high-tech and innovation-driven industries

• Strong motivation to improve and automate accounting processes

• Experience working in an international environment

• Valid Swiss work permit (or eligibility to work in Switzerland)

• Fluent in English; French is a plus

This role is a great fit for you if:

• You're comfortable being in the fast paced finance team at Corintis

• You want to be involved in a rapidly scaling start up

• It excites you to be across supply chain and manufacturing finance
  

This won’t be the right role for you if:

• You have no experience of finance in a hardware orientated company

• You’ve never been actively involved in Swiss Accounting and tax environment

• You're looking for a traditional finance role focused primarily on accounting and reporting rather than strategic leadership, balanced with a pragmatic hands-on approach