Finance Manager

Finance Manager, Köping

Do you dream of changing peoples’ lives through extraordinary sleep?

At Hästens, we strive for a world where people sleep well - one that’s more joyful, peaceful and loving. Every day since 1852, we continue to hone our world-class craft in our factory in Köping, Sweden.

Join our tribe of extraordinary creative thinkers and visionaries to embody the Spirit of Hästens: an open mind, global outlook and a desire to master our craft and enhance people’s well-being.

Together, let’s awaken the world.

About the role

Managing the Finance and Accounting function in the company and building it up in close co-operation with the Finance Manager Distribution and others in the Hästens Finance team, based outside Sweden

- Handle accounting for Wholesale

- Developing and maintaining financial and accounting systems
- Ensuring the integrity of accounting information 
- Maintain inter-company balances, reconciling transactions and resolving discrepancies
- Group Billings
- Investment control


- Maintaining prepayments, accruals and fixed asset registers
- Responsible for preparation of monthly management accounts 
- Responsible for annual financial statements and statutory accounts 
- VAT return preparation
- Internal Audit activities


- Inventory control: assist on stocktaking procedures and adjustments in the accounting system for local inventory
- Support and ensure compliance with all finance filing requirements, tax filing
- Assist on new processes and systems integration implementation for Wholesale etc  
- Participate in improvement projects and initiatives. Generate ad-hoc financial reports to support management in the decision-making process
- Handling other ad-hoc projects when needed


- Liaising with personnel, suppliers, external auditors and other external consultants 
- Work cross-functionally with other Hästens staff and managers, based in EU, UK and US


Skills and requirements

- Fully energized and committed
- Willing to drive change and improvements
- Fully Certified accountant
- Position to be based in Köping area.
- At least 5 or more years of experience in handling accounts


- Willing to travel abroad, when needed
- Flexible and can meet internal and statutory deadlines
- Experience in working with multiple legal entities under different legal umbrellas
- Experience with working with accounting software is mandatory
- Experience of Salesforce is an advantage


- Experience from Retail is an advantage
- Experience and participation from implementation of various Finance systems is an advantage 
- We are looking for an energetic, skilled and proactive fully certified accountant, with strong verbal and written communication skills and excellent interpersonal skills.
- Ability to work independently as well as in a team
- Well organized with a hands-on problem-solving attitude


- Flexible and can meet internal and statutory deadlines
- Excellent level of Excel knowledge


About Hästens

Sleep may be today’s ultimate modern luxury. But it’s more than that; it’s a biological necessity and the foundation of our entire wellbeing. We want people to sleep well so that they can create the future they dream of upon waking. That’s why our master craftsmen consider and handcraft every detail of our bespoke designs using only the finest natural materials.

We are proud to be a world-class international brand, operating in more than 40 countries with over 300 partners in Europe, Asia, America and Africa - and still growing.

Application process

If you want to join our exciting journey and a fantastic team, please upload your CV with a short cover letter and a two minute video presentation (all in English) as soon as possible. Due to GDPR, we only accept applications through our career page. Do not wait too long with your application as interviews are held continuously.