Accounting Assistant

Uppdragsbeskrivning

We are looking for an Accounting Assistant to join our customers organization, a company in the retail business. In this role you will be working with both AP and AR and manage daily running tasks in those areas, but also be a backup colleague for other AP and AR colleagues. This role will support the team with daily bookkeeping and various ad hoc tasks and support in the monthly closing process. Therefore, experience in, and understanding of finance and general bookkeeping is an advantage.

Working proactively is big part of this role, trying to identify and drive optimized ways if working and improve processes. Our customers accounting team works close together and you will be and important part of this team. You job responsibilities are:



Accounts Receivable

- Register incoming payments in the bank
- Supporting at AR invoicing and recharges
- Masterdata maintenance




Accounts Payable

- Vendor invoice handling
- Maintain the approval matrix
- Supplier payments
- Maintain a Supplier List
- Overdue payables monitoring, Reminders and Incasso




Accounting

- Assist with daily bookkeeping
- Assist during Month-end and Year-end closings
- Bank account reconciliations
- Assist with VAT-handling




Various

- Process improvements
- Ad hoc tasks and various optimisation projects




Required Qualifications/experience

- Experience from Accounts Payable (AR) and Accounts Receivable (AP)
- Knowledge of General Accounting
- Good Excel skills
- Minumum High School degree, economics accounting
- Swedish fluently and high level of written and oral English
- Proactive, good at taking own initiatives, accountable and future oriented
- Ability to work well under pressure
- Attention to detail
- Problem solving skills
- Interpersonal skills with the ability to communicate effectively and develop relations with colleagues and suppliers
- Flexible approach to work
- Ability to multitask