Senior Accountant

Your future employer
POC is currently looking for a result-oriented, highly organized Senior Accountant with a can-do attitude who sees every challenge as an opportunity to grow and improve on current ways-of-working. Are you a team player with an interest in working with people from all over Europe and play a vital role to ensure that the financial results are reported correctly, timely and compliant? Then you might be the person we’re looking for!

About the company
POC, a leading manufacturer of helmets, eyewear, body armor, apparel and accessories in snow sports and cycling was founded in 2005 in Sweden.
With a mission to “Protect lives and reduce the consequences of accidents for athletes and anyone inspired to be one” POC has a crystal clear vision to provide optimized personal protection and safety through developing products of unquestionable quality and relevance. POC creating products forged in safety and innovation is at the heart of POCs approach, be it for an elite athlete, weekend skiers or a daily bike commuter. It’s an approach that has led to over 60 international safety, design and innovation awards, including the prestigious bike industry “Brand of the Year” award.


What does a day at the company look like?
• The overall responsibility for POC Sweden AB and POCHOLD II AB, ensuring that the accounts meet the appropriate legal and corporate standards.
• Postings of manual journals in the general ledger.
• Intercompany reconciliations
• Lead the month-end and year-end close for the companies POC SWEDEN AB and POCHOLD II AB.
• Produce accurately reconciled BS and P&L statements.
• Continuously evaluate and seek to improve current processes.
• Ensure correct VAT accounting (Swedish as well as EU & international VAT).
• Together with payroll partners for branches in UK and Norway, assuring that salaries and taxes are timely paid.
• Work closely with the finance team and be able to provide support and act as a stakeholder versus A/P and A/R, but also versus the rest of the organization.
• Prepare various reports related to month- and year-end such as input for group cash flows and aged customers and creditors analysis.
• Various ad hoc tasks.
• Fluent in English, both verbally and in writing


Who are you?
You have previous retail experience and solid knowledge in accounting and international VAT, is self-going, organized and solution-oriented with an understanding of the importance of meeting reporting deadlines. Of high importance is the ability to collaborate with colleagues on different levels within the organization. In addition the ideal candidate should have good knowledge in Excel and working in the Microsoft Office environment and experience from larger ERP systems.
The candidate will join a finance team in Stockholm, with support from Office managers in Stockholm and Salzburg, Customer service in Australia and colleagues in a finance team in the US. You will be reporting to the Team Leader Operational Finance.


Is this your perfect match?
We are looking for you who have an optimistic mind, are confident in your competence, like to get things done and to translate challenges into solutions. Preferably you share our big interest for outdoor sports and an active lifestyle.

Apply now!
Apply now!
If you have any questions regarding this position or this recruitment process, do not hesitate to contact recruitment consultant Tina Leijon at tina.leijon@effektiv.se. Selection is ongoing and the position may be appointed before the final application date.
Last date to apply is 2022-11-18. Welcome with your application today!



About Team Effektiv
Effektiv is the personal consulting company within recruitment and staffing. We want it to be easy for our customers and our staff to work with, and for us. That's why our guiding stars are Happy, Exploratory, Long-Term, and Energetic - words that we live by and that are the recipe for exceeding your expectations.

Keywords
Senior accountant, financial reporting, accounting, tax, finance, financial accounting, auditing, account reconciliation