Senior Accountant, Reporting

Are you ready for the next step in your career? Do you aspire to become a key player in Global Financial Operations as an enthusiastic and energetic professional to a world class Reporting team?

If your answer is yes, you might be the one we're looking for!

Valmet's Global Financial Operations is looking for a senior financial professional who is enthusiastic and ambitious to develop Valmet's processes and tools, can continuously identify critical topics, values teamwork and is able to maintain a positive and productive working atmosphere.

Valmet's Global Financial Operations is a center of excellence with 100+ great colleagues around the world. We are owners of Valmet's operative Accounting and invest heavily on process harmonization and software automation. We are ambitious and passionate in developing our processes and team competences.

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We are now looking for experienced financial professional to join Financial Reporting team

Financial Reporting team is responsible for transferring and reconciling financial data from accounting systems to reporting layer and providing Valmet financial data towards local Statistics Bureaus. In addition to monthly reporting tasks, the team participates in quality work by providing expertise in accounting and reporting matters to Business partners and across Global Finance Organization, driving issue resolution and participating in projects.

Responsibilities:

• Transferring and reconciling data between accounting and reporting layer

• Responsible for providing data to local Statutory Offices

• Responsible for meeting compliance requirements in Valmet reporting area

• Participating in ERP roll-out project

• Training Valmet employees about reporting process, providing instructions and creating training material

• Identifies and understands requirements and gaps in solutions and effectively conducts change management

• Identifying development needs of tools, processes and practicalities

• Responsible for maintaining Valmet GFO closing calendar

• Works closely with Business Finance and other stakeholders

• Providing ad-hoc analysis

Requirements:

• Knowledge of accounting principles and standards

• Bachelor's degree in Finance or Accounting and/or a recognized accounting qualification

• Previous working experience (+5) within financial accounting and reporting

• Knowledge and expertise on finance systems (HFM; LN/SAP are an advantage)

• Ability to prioritize work to meet deadlines

• Ability to identify critical topics and process issues where necessary

• Excellent team working and communication skills with ability to deliver complex messages in an effective way

• Fluent in written and spoken English, competence in other languages is an advantage

• Understanding of Valmet business model and way of working is an advantage.

• Ability to work well under pressure and keep up positive attitude

We offer:

We offer possibility to develop your skills and make a difference in our company. You will be a part of a team of professionals, who respect each other and work well together.

Additional information:

The position can be located in Jyväskylä, Järvenpää, or Tampere.

Applications will be handled upon receipt and potential candidates contacted already during the application period.

If you are interested in taking the next step on your career path send your application by October 4, 2021 via the link provided. For more information about this position, please contact Mariann Kozar, Manager, Financial Reporting, Global Financial Operations, Mobile +358 504869173, preferably on September 14 at 10:00 - 11:00 or September 15 at 15:00 -16:00 (all times EET) or by email [email protected].

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Valmet is where the best talent from a wide variety of backgrounds comes together. Our commitment to moving our customers' performance forward requires creativity, technological innovations, service know-how - and above all, teamwork.We build machines the size of a football field, maintain entire mills and innovate solutions to utilize renewables. Think about the scale of our work and you'll get a feeling of what kind of people we need and how they need to collaborate.Every day there are Valmet teams around the world who share the feeling of achieving something great - that feeling when everything works together.
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