Chief Accountant Volvo Financial Services AB

Chief Accountant for Volvo Financial Services AB
Volvo Group


Are you passionate about functional leadership and working in a global organization and have a great interest in accounting and digitalization? Are you a good communicator, change leader, team player and enjoy working in a flexible environment? Maybe you are our new Chief Accountant for Volvo Financial Services AB (VFS AB)?
In this role as Chief Accountant for VFS AB you will work in close co-operation with different functions at VFS, which will give you a broad understanding of the VFS business and operation. You will have the possibility to work with and learn more about additional areas than your own area of expertise and to build a strong network both within FCA and VFS. VFS AB is a shareholding legal entity acting as the regional headquarter of VFS Europe North & Central, including parts of the VFS Global headquarter. By being a center for management and coordination, VFS AB plays an important role in making it possible for Business area VFS to globally support Volvo in creating customer value by offering competitive financial solutions.


As Chief Accountant you will report to Head of FCA AB Volvo & Volvo Treasury.


Key responsibilities
Responsibility for the accounting records and accuracy within the legal entity VFS AB in close collaboration with your colleagues in Accounting Services in Poland and India responsible for accounts payable, accounts receivable and financial reporting
Ensure completion of all statutory and compliance reporting and secure an overall alignment of operational results with VFS business decisions
Provide internal and external parties with meaningful, accurate and timely legal entity financial information
Digital Champion for the team, i.e. drive efficiency and effectiveness for the legal accounting flow and our ways of working through digitalization
Participation in IT-projects



Who are you?
To be successful in this role you have a business-oriented and professional mindset, you can act as a strong stakeholder in the finance community, and you contribute with good team spirit. Multi-cultural and global exposure is an advantage.


Educational qualifications and experience
University degree in Business Administration or similar education and minimum of five years of advanced experience in the field of accounting
Good knowledge of IFRS and local GAAP
Excellent ability to communicate, engage and drive toward a target vision
Fluent in written and spoken Swedish and English
Advanced skills in VGCS, SAP R/3, Essbase, Microsoft Office and Power BI are considered an advantage



Critical Competencies
Passion for functional leadership, digitalization and IT, proactive, analytical and service-minded with high integrity.


City/Town: Göteborg
The position occasionally requires travel.


For further information please contact:
Ulrika Heitzmann, Director FCA AB Volvo & Volvo Treasury, phone +46 739 022798, ulrika.heitzmann@volvo.com
or
Cecilia Celestian, HR Business Partner Financial Control & Accounting, phone +46 739 023615, cecilia.celestian@volvo.com


Kindly note that due to GDPR, we will not accept applications via mail. Please use our career site.


Financial Control & Accounting (FCA) is the function in Group Finance with responsibility to secure that financial performance is correctly reflected for Business Areas, Truck Divisions, Group Functions and legal entities. FCA is also a global service provider through Accounting Services with process efficient, standardized service deliveries supporting local finance. FCA employs close to 1 400 people in 50+ countries.


FCA Group & Sweden is the part of FCA with responsibility for financial performance reporting for Business Areas, Truck Divisions, Group Functions and legal entities based in Sweden. FCA Group & Sweden has about 100 employees and around 40 legal entities and 15 global group accounting flows are managed in this organization.