Nordic Financial Controller

At Motatos, we challenge the thought of sustainable consumption. We want everyone to be able to contribute to saving our planet in an effortless way, and we believe revolutionizing how we all view food waste is a good place to start. Motatos is a European e-commerce company, aiding the sustainable reform of our food system. We partner with food and FMCG companies to save products at risk of going to waste by re-selling them at awesome discounted prices direct to consumers: fun, affordable, and accessible to all. Today, we are present in Sweden, Finland, Denmark, and Germany and we are now on our way to embrace the UK and beyond! Join our revolution! 🌎 💪

Working at Motatos, you will join our fight against food waste and have the ability to contribute to making the world a better place.

We are now looking for an additional Financial controller to oversee day-to-day finance operations in both the Nordics and future markets. You will work closely with all parts of the organization and with our outsourced accounting partners.

What you’ll do
You will make sure our financial numbers and processes are in order, our internal controls are adequately designed, implemented and followed up, and ensure full integration and transparency between local and group accounting. You will:

- As a part of our central Finance team you will focus on developing our financial and accounting processes in the Nordics

- Support and challenge our finance operations (partially outsourced to an external accounting partner)

- Support audits (internal and external), coordinate and prepare financial reviews

- Participate in financial group initiatives and projects as well as actively challenge our existing finance operations

- Be jointly responsible for the preparation of timely and accurate monthly financial statements, ensuring compliance with statutory law and financial regulations, as well as with group accounting and reporting policies and guidelines

- Be jointly responsible for the monthly financial planning activities (including the budget and forecast), including financial reporting and analysis

- Implement, regularly evaluate and follow up on internal control and compliance framework

- Evaluate and improve the existing set-up between the central finance team, local country organization & outsourced accounting firms.

- Actively participate in implementation of new finance related systems and other systems related projects.

- Perform financial system maintenance activities (i.e. check of system parameters, accounts mapping etc.)







Our humble expectations - we see that you have experience in the following areas
- Bachelor’s Degree in Economics, Finance or Accounting

- 4+ years of experience within accounting, auditing or financial controlling, preferably from fast-growing companies

- Strong analytical skills

- Thorough understanding of Swedish GAAP and IFRS (Finnish and Danish GAAP is a merit)

- Motivated and eager to develop

- Special attention for details and effective process flows, whilst keeping the bigger picture in mind

- Previous experience working with inventory accounting and reconciliation

- Excellent Excel skills, comfortable working with large data sets

- Relevant academic degree in accounting or economics

- Good communication and writing skills in both English and Swedish





If you on top of this have experience from working with foreign subsidiaries as well as experience from working with external and foreign accounting firms and have worked as a superuser in an ERP system we would love to talk to you!



What we offer
Matsmart/Motatos offers you a social and energizing workplace where your creativity and ideas are more than welcome and appreciated. We like to explore, and we are not afraid to try new things. You will get a good combination of ownership, responsibility, and variety. We want our employees to learn and develop but also have fun at work.

Since we are in a rapid growth phase, you will be part of an exciting journey where we are growing in terms of team, new markets, new products, and the development of the platform. Together we are building a successful and unique e-commerce company that is contributing to a more sustainable world.



Equality & Diversity
At Matsmart-Motatos we embrace diversity and inclusion. We are committed to creating an inclusive and supportive work environment.

As an Equal Opportunity Employer, we make all employment decisions without regard to age, national origin, race, ethnicity, religion, creed, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, disability, marital status, or any other characteristic protected by law.



As part of the Company’s commitment to equal employment opportunity, we provide reasonable accommodations, up to the point of undue hardship, to candidates at any stage, including to individuals with disabilities.