Accountant

At Avalanche Studios Group, we are looking for a driven and reliable Accountant. We believe you have excellent accounting skills and a solution oriented mindset to take responsibility from day-to-day bookkeeping to the closing of books for the Swedish legal entities within Avalanche Studios Group.

As accountant, you will be responsible for providing high quality and reconciled and reported monthly- as well as yearly closing of books. You will be part of a Finance team of nine employees and work closely with the Accounting Manager and the CFO.

Avalanche Studios Group offers an exciting international work environment and the company goal is simple: to develop and publish the best open-world games in the industry. To achieve this monumental mission, the company believes in hiring the best and providing a diverse and supportive environment where great talent can flourish.

The Position
The job as Accountant at Avalanche Studios Group comes with a lot of responsibility and a lot of fun. Your to do list includes:

- weekly bank reconciliations and payments
- AR and AP as well as review and posting of employee expenses
- day-to day bookkeeping, invoicing and manual journal entries
- responsibility for monthly- and yearly closing of books including reconciliations and analysis
- VAT and tax filing
- ownership and use of financial systems (Jeeves)
- continuously work to improve and streamline accounting processes
- operate and develop improvement projects within the accounting- and financial system area
- proactively support Avalanche Studio Group’s organization with the accounting processes
- support at time for annual reports and tax declaration
- when necessary, support Business Controllers in analysis at closing, group reporting and audit processes
- support reporting to Egmont/Nordisk Film (Avalanche Studio’s owners)
- work with payment processes and optimize cash flows and actively take part in improving company’s other financial processes

Who are you?
We expect you to have an Accounting degree and a minimum of 3 years of experience of accounting and yearly closing of books. You have strong skills in Swedish GAAP and you are familiar with IFRS. You have good experiences of Swedish VAT and local tax regulations and filing. You have high financial systems skills. You have good Microsoft Excel skills and are fluent in English (English is Avalanche Studios Group language). A suitable background could be from an accounting firm or as responsible for a smaller company’s overall accounting.

To excel in this position we expect you to have solid accounting experience. You are accurate, analytical and would enjoy working in and support an entrepreneurial environment. You have the ability to deliver accurately and timely. You have a strong drive and passion for bookkeeping and accounting systems, take initiatives to make improvements and find new ways of working. You need a can-do attitude and a solution oriented, prestige-less and dedicated mindset. Great if you value responsibility, good team work and straightforward communication too.

We believe you are driven by being involved in the company’s continued development in an exciting industry as well as working close to CFO and management.

Employee promise

We provide goals, instead of instructions, and the opportunity to do the best work of your career.

Our Values

At Avalanche Studios Group, we believe in worlds beyond limits, we are committed to developing a diverse and inclusive workplace. We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. Everyone at Avalanche Studios Group has a shared responsibility to create an open and inclusive work environment where everyone is treated equally and with respect. Being part of our world is not contingent on where you’re from, your gender, or sexual orientation. It’s all about your passion and creativity.

How to Apply

In this recruitment process Avalanche Studios Group is cooperating with Invici. For questions about this role, please contact the responsible recruitment consultant, Nadja Linder, telephone number 0707-96 95 97. Apply as soon as possible as the interviews are ongoing. Welcome to send your application, which we would like to be written in English. Please follow the link provided. We will only consider applications that consist of both a cover letter and a CV. In your cover letter you should include why you want to work at Avalanche Studios Group. As part of Invici’s recruitment process, the final candidate will be subject to a background screening.