Financial Accounting SME, RTR Development

We are looking for a Financial Accounting Subject Matter Expert (SME), Record-to-Report (R2R) to join Fortum’s Finance Development.

You will be responsible for leading the development of the financial accounting process. You will have a key role in implementing accounting processes and tools as part of ERP renewal project during the coming years. You possess deep expertise in financial reporting, accounting principles, and R2R best practices. In collaboration with the business and function stakeholders, you will be a key person to drive financial accounting related actions forward.
 

Your key responsibilities include, e.g.:

• Driving a seamless end-to-end process design and implementation in financial accounting processes
• Implement best practices and ensure that financial accounting processes (e.g. manual journal entry process, balance sheet reconciliation, etc.) are streamlined, efficient, and meet business requirements
• Ensure compliance with relevant accounting regulations and company policies, addressing any areas of risk or non-compliance
• Working together with our business and finance stakeholders to ensure the processes are adopted, and they are efficient and aligned with the required standards
• Ensuring data quality, standard way to operate, operational transparency and continuous improvement
• Managing communication and collaboration among cross-functional stakeholders such as IT and Finance teams
• Support Fortum finance with process explanation / training where needed
• Identify and understand requirements and gaps in solutions and effectively conducts change management.

We offer you an exciting role, challenging tasks and an opportunity to develop our global end-to-end process. In this role, you will work very closely with different Fortum finance teams across the company. You will be part of Finance Development team and contributing to Record-to-report area roadmap, annual plans and KPIs. This includes high opportunities to make an impact – so you will be in a visible and important role in our function. 

We are looking for a new team member in Gdansk, but we work flexibly in a hybrid model that adapts to both your professional and personal needs.

The position includes some travelling. 

About you,

To be successful in this role you have:

• Suitable degree or equivalent competencies in e.g. accounting or technology, and preferably 5 years of working experience in a relevant field (e.g. consulting, accounting or process development). 
• Proven track record with financial accounting processes preferably in a large-scale, global organization
• Deep understanding of financial accounting policies, procedures, and internal controls to ensure compliance and consistency, IFRS knowledge is needed
• Capabilities to work independently and in a matrix organization
• Ability to manage and prioritize multiple tasks in a fast-paced, dynamic environment
• Continuous improvement mindset where you seek best practices
• Good communication skills and ability to collaborate efficiently across teams and stakeholders
• Fluent written and spoken English, competence in other languages is an advantage.
• Good technical capabilities working with ERP's and other financial management related systems (Oracle, SAP, Microsoft Dynamics)
• Proficiency with PowerPoint and Excel
• Experience in ERP implementation and transformation are considered as advantage

What else we offer:

• ACCA approved Employer support
• Contract of employment
• Hybrid work model (we work 2 days per week from the office), flexible working hours
• Benefit package: private medical health care, life insurance, Multisport, lunch card, social funds, retirement pension plans (PPK), gifts and events for children and employees
• Work-life balance initiatives: wellbeing platform, massages, educational webinars, Employee Programs, etc.
• training & development: English lessons, e- learning platform, Casual dress code
• Parking space available for booking

We are Fortum
Fortum is a Nordic energy company. Our purpose is to power a world where people, businesses and nature thrive together. We are one of the cleanest energy producers in Europe and our actions are guided by our ambitious environmental targets. We generate and deliver clean energy reliably and help industries to decarbonise their processes and grow. Our core operations in the Nordics comprise of efficient, CO2-free power generation as well as reliable supply of electricity and district heat to private and business customers. For our ~5 000 employees, we commit to be a safe, and inspiring workplace. Fortum's share is listed on Nasdaq Helsinki. fortum.com 

Interested?
Apply via our online system. If you have any questions regarding position or recruitment process, please contact Talent Acquisition Partner, Milena Dziura, milena.dziura@fortum.com

At Fortum, we are committed to building diverse teams where everyone feels included and is treated equally.

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