Asset Accounting Team Lead

Asset Accounting Team Lead

Are you a proactive, process and development oriented person, who wants to work as Team Lead, Asset Accounting? Are you passionate about leading people, without forgetting to drive subject topics forward? Are you enthusiastic to work in a fast changing global business environment in a growing global company where we have a purpose to create a healthier planet for our children?

As our current Team Lead takes new steps in her career path within the Neste organisation we are looking for a talented 

Team Lead, Asset Accounting 

to join our Global Financial Services (GFS) organisation in Neste headquarters in Espoo, Finland. 

Global Financial Services organisation provides financial services globally at Neste. Financial transactions are processed, controlled and analysed centrally under GFS. We support end-to-end process development projects and initiatives by providing transaction's testing and process know-how services. We are working on a hybrid-remote office model basis.       

In your role, you lead a global asset accounting team in the GFS organisation. Asset accounting team is responsible for timely and accurate monthly, quarterly and annual IFRS and statutory asset accounting reporting. We take care of financial transactions related to asset accounting as assets purchases, depreciations,  disposals,  assets  under construction projects and both group and statutory reporting tasks. Moreover the team develops the ways of working and contributes to process automation and Neste wide assets and investment life cycle projects. 

You are a member of the GFS Management Team and you report to the Head of Global Financial Services. In your position you will work closely with Global Financial Services' teams, group consolidation, regional finance manager, business finance, business representatives, ERP Center of Excellence and both internal and external auditors.

Your main responsibilities are

• Leading the team according to Neste values with line manager responsibilities

• Supporting and managing the team in daily operational work as subject-matter expert (SME), i.e. in prioritisation, problem solving and decision making

• Developing processes towards automatization

• Participating in IT projects related to asset accounting processes

• Cooperating with internal and external stakeholders to improve end-to-end process performance

• Supporting a strong team culture, wellbeing and diversity to achieve set targets

In Global Financial Services, we work together to create an environment where everyone can and want to do their best. Together, we work to make Neste Group an extraordinary place to work. We trust our employees to be the best experts in shaping their own paths forward within the organisation. Welcome on board and to be part of our team!

The best combination to success in this role

• Previous experience in leading people as a line manager or leading virtual / project teams

• Understanding of IFRS, especially IFRS 16, IAS asset accounting standards and GAAP accounting principles

• Knowledge of SAP ERP, accounting and finance processes 

• Courage to drive change - question, develop and suggest improved ways of working and grow competency in a team

• Excellent communication and collaboration skills, virtually and in person

• Fluency in written and spoken English

• Applicable education, e.g. Bachelor’s degree in accounting or business administration 

 We also value

• Knowledge and experience from financial shared services’ processes

• Experience and interest in end-to-end process automatization, e.g. RPA and AI

• Development mindset

• Experience in KPI process establishment

The application process

Please submit your application by February 12th, 2023. Please note that we will start to process the applications immediately upon receipt.

If you have any questions regarding the process or the position, please get in touch with Head of Global Financial Services Laura Nortamo +358 40 709 2808 on Fri February 3rd during 9-10:00 and 13-14:00 EET or Fri February 10th during 10-11:00 EET. 

The recruitment process will include interviews and possible aptitude assessment.The person selected for the position must pass a health examination including a drug test. A security clearance is obtained for the persons with their consent.

Join us in creating a healthier planet for our children.

Our success is based on our people who are the driving force behind Neste’s transformation to become a global leader in renewable and circular solutions. We are also committed to carbon neutral production by 2035. The passion that we have for creating a healthier planet for our children is what makes us unique.

We have set high standards for biodiversity, human rights and supply chain. We have consistently been included in the Dow Jones Sustainability Indices and the Global 100 list of the world’s most sustainable companies. 

To carry out our strategy and business growth, our values guide our work. We support, develop and take care of the wellbeing of our people to enable them to grow, innovate and build our future. 

We care. We have courage. We cooperate. 

At Neste we want our people to feel good and do good. We provide clear and transparent targets, development opportunities, empowering leadership as well as rewards based on role and responsibilities. 

The world is going through changes. At Neste our strategy reflects the understanding and mindset that we can be in charge of these changes to serve our purpose: to create a healthier planet for our children.

In the end, it is the people who make the company. We are Neste.

For more information, please visit neste.com.