Senior Accountant, Country Accounting Services Sweden

Stora Enso is the global rethinker of the paper, biomaterials, wood products and packaging industry. We always rethink the old and expand to the new to offer our customers innovative solutions based on renewable materials. Stora Enso employs some 27 000 people worldwide, and our sales in 2014 amounted to EUR 10.2 billion.

Stora Enso Finance Delivery global organization is dedicated to managing and steering reliable inhouse and outsourced financial services for Stora Enso Group entities. Its geographically diverse inhouse team of 150 people has been set up in three process towers, aligned with the end-to-end financial processes Purchase-to-Pay, Record-to-Report, Order-to-Cash, and a team of Inhouse Operations.

Country based Country Accounting Service (CAS) teams belong under Record-to-Report process tower and are providing active support for the local business in the respective country or region. CAS is providing the local Stora Enso units the statutory and tax accounting services and is acting as the main contact for local business units in any accounting related issues. It is also CAS responsibility to provide data for group reporting purposes and to ensure compliance with IFRS requirements. Currently there are 12 local CAS centers in Finance Delivery’s scope. CAS Sweden is serving 18 group companies in Sweden and Denmark, and is currently setting up a new team as part of a reorganization initiative.

Key responsibilities
As a Senior Accountant, CAS Sweden, you are part of the inhouse CAS team in Sweden. You participate in steering, controlling and improving the outsourced part of the accounting tasks, with an aim to maintain compliance with high quality service standards and reporting requirements.

The CAS team is responsible of fulfilling the local statutory reporting requirements for the companies managed, e.g providing annual reports and tax declarations. Analysis and auditing the correctness and completeness of financial figures of CAS Sweden companies, as well as monitoring and ensuring the compliance with Global Process Model and controls framework, is an important part of this role.

The CAS team is continuously working towards improving of end-to-end accounting and reporting processes, in cooperation with other Finance Delivery teams. CAS Sweden is also providing local support in finance related topics to Stora Enso’s highest country management in Sweden.

You are acting as contact for local auditors, tax authorities and other authorities, as well as for the internal stakeholders, e.g. Group Tax Services, Business Units, Group Accounting and Reporting. The position reports to Manager CAS.

Competencies
University degree in Accounting or other relevant field of expertise.
Excellent knowledge of local GAAP requirements.
Excellent knowledge of IFRS requirements.
Excellent knowledge of end-to-end accounting concepts and processes.
Advanced analytical skills to solve complex problems.
Highly skilled in dealing with financial and numeric data.
Focus on value creation and process improvement.
Ability to work in a partly outsourced team.
Strong communication skills.
Fluency in Swedish and English.
Excellent knowledge of SAP, HFM, MS Excel and related technical skills.

Location: Stockholm or Falun

For more information
Experis:
Malin Magnusson 08 - 736 28 47
Irene Jagt Experis 08 - 736 28 49

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