Head of Group Accounting

Head of Group Accounting

As Head of Group Accounting, you will be a senior finance professional within a large international group with approximately 30 manufacturing sites and 80 legal entities. You will build, coach and set the path forward for the newly formed team of six people. In addition to being responsible for consolidation and reporting, you will also work closely with the CFO and group management on strategic issues such as acquisitions, re-organizations, the group´s legal structure, profitability, and cash management. You will also be responsible for external relationships with group auditors.

You will report to the Head of Group Finance. You will join a large company but a small tight and friendly finance team that likes to brainstorm together to find the best solutions. The team celebrates successes together at the relaxed and friendly office on Vasagatan. Breakfast is served every morning and the possibility of hybrid work is available. The role offers great career opportunities and a chance to build up a finance function under transformation.

Examples of areas of responsibility:


• Month and year end Closing & Consolidation
• Statutory Reporting / Group Annual Report
• M&A and Onboarding, IFRS conversion
• Responsibility for group consolidation system (OCRA)
• Consolidation of Forecast and Budget
• Group Accounting Manual
• Technical accounting support

Who you are:

We are looking for you who are confident in your competence and like to get things done and to translate challenges into solutions. You deal with complex matters in a logical, fact based and structured manner. You are comfortable with senior management exposure and communicate arguments and standpoints.

Your profile includes:


• An academic degree within Finance,
• Experience from one of the major audit firms,
• Operational group accounting and staff responsibility
• Excellent knowledge in English, both written & verbal

Who we are:

Recipharm develops, produces and delivers pharmaceuticals globally and has a vision to be the best in its class. The company is currently on an exciting transformation journey, and we hope that you want to join a company where you can make a difference!


About Recipharm
Recipharm is a leading Contract Development and Manufacturing Organisation (CDMO) in the pharmaceutical industry employing almost 9,000 employees. Recipharm offers manufacturing services of pharmaceuticals in various dosage forms, production of clinical trial material and APIs, pharmaceutical product development and development and manufacturing of medical devices. Recipharm manufactures several hundred different products to customers ranging from big pharma to smaller research and development companies. Recipharm’s annual turnover is approximately SEK 11 billion. The company operates development and manufacturing facilities in France, Germany, India, Israel, Italy, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, the UK and the US and is headquartered in Stockholm, Sweden.

For more information on Recipharm and our services, please visit www.recipharm.com