Senior Group Accounting Specialist

We are looking for someone who want to become responsible for analysing and developing regulatory requirements as part of our units reporting requirements to authorities; ex Riksbanken and Swedish FSA. You will be responsible and supported by team members and guided to drive the various facets of statistical regulatory reporting.


In Swedbank you have the opportunity to:

- Responsible of analyzing and developing improvements for monthly reports to authorities

- Responsible for external requirements and analysing Commercial bank lending products (corporate and retail)

- Be an intermediary between financial requirement and technical development

- Responsible for interpret external requirements and explain them in a simple and succinct way

- Merge your financial knowledge with technical expertise

- Be the glue that connects new regulatory reporting requirements into concrete business rules that can be turned into working code

- Drive new requirements and translate them into clear and concise steps that can be tested and confirmed, then you’ll be responsible in the testing process to make sure the changes are performed correctly



What is needed in this role:

- Academic degree in Finance, Business, IT or equivalent

- Experience from Group Consolidation

- Proficiency in Microsoft Office products (Excel, Word, Outlook)

- Good verbal and written communication skills in English & Swedish

- Based in Stockholm, Sweden

- A pragmatic mind and a problem solver. You need to be analytical and precise, and able to adapt to a complex changing environment

- Curiosity and a “can do” mindset are key as is a passion for high performance and a team player mindset

- Experience from the financial and/or regulatory reporting to authorities

- Genuine interest in financial/regulatory reporting framework

The following skills are beneficial but not required for this role:

- SAFe & agile ways of working

- Experience from ESG reporting and the EU taxonomi



At Swedbank we believe that people are our core strength. Our culture is built on respect, inclusion and openness. We support the continuous development and enable you to take the lead in your career and find inspiring challenges. We take care of your well-being by providing a sustainable and flexible working environment. As an employee, you will be part of the Group performance program, offered a company pension plan, optional health insurance, as well as other benefits. We are guided by our values: Open, Simple and Caring. It’s all about delivering a positive and unique experience for our customers through collaboration and teamwork - together we make a difference.

Join our team and...
..we work in a very dynamic environment with high expectations and tempo where you will come across a wide range of highly interesting and challenging assignments. If you have a personally drive, enjoy finding solutions to new reporting requirement challenges and are goal focused, we think you will enjoy working with us. You will belong to and work together with a professional, fun, open and supporting team of colleagues.

Within our team we handle a number of different statistical and accounting reports. (For example FINREP, MREL, G-SIB, interim report and Annual Report).

The current working process involves many steps and contact with resources across the organization. To be successful in this position you will learn to able to link information and resources together to get the information necessary for making changes to the status quo. You should be curious and hungry to improve existing systems, applications, reconciliations, and effective ways of working for the team. It is required that you would contribute suggestions for additional improvement.

You need to be a person who is comfortable working individually as well as in a team and need to not be afraid of working with unknown systems and products. A desire to lead and drive is a must.

My leadership style is built on trust and in close dialogue with my team members. I like driving changes and contributing to improvements. I encourage my team to challenge themselves in finding new ways of working and continuous improvement." Anna Östlin, your future manager



We look forward to receiving your application by 05.07.2023.
Location: Sundbyberg, Stockholm

Contacts

Recruiting manager: Anna Östlin +46 70 276 16 20

SACO: Henrik Joelsson

Finansförbundet: Åke Skoglund +46 8 58 59 02 88

We want to inform you that the selection process may begin after the summer holidays.

We have made our choice regarding recruitment media and therefore kindly decline contact with ad sellers or sellers of other recruitment services.

Swedbank does not discriminate anybody based on gender, age, sexual orientation or sexual identity, ethnicity, religion or disability - everybody is welcome.