Senior Accountant, General Ledger and Tax Accounting

Valmet’s Global Financial Operations is looking for financial professional or future expert 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.

General Ledger and Tax Accounting team is responsible for general ledger, overhead and period-end accounting; manages and integrates all financial accounting activities from master data to reporting to ensure full audit trail, completeness of accounting and compliance with Valmet policies and IFRS accounting rules; drives issue resolution and provides expertise in financial accounting matters.

We are now looking for energetic financial professional to join General Ledger and Tax Accounting team and take ownership as Accountant/Senior Accountant, General Ledger and Tax Accounting.

In this role you will

• Be responsible for coordinating and performing financial accounting and reporting activities to ensure completeness, accuracy, and compliance of company's financial statements with reporting requirements, accounting principles (IFRS, LGAAP) and other regulations (e.g., tax laws).

• Manage accounts reconciliations, validate financial data, create accounts specifications, and provide relevant reports

• Provide expertise and coaching in accounting principles and practices to accountants, controllers, and other business partners

• Pay attention and understand E2E requirements

• Identify gaps in solutions and effectively conduct change management

• be responsible for transition period interim solutions and needed instructions in own area (Leap Forward program)

• be working closely with GFO teams, Business Finance, and other key stakeholders

Requirements:

• Deep knowledge of accounting principles and standards and hands on experience of putting those into practice

• Self-motivated drive to fulfill requirements and meet timelines

• Ability to roll up sleeves when working across teams and functions to influence action

• Ability to identify critical topics and process issues where necessary

• Ability to work well under pressure and keep others positive and motivated

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

• Effective documentation and presentation skills

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

• Previous working experience within financial accounting and reporting

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

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

We offer:

We offer possibilities 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:

Our team is mostly located in Jyväskylä, but Tampere and Järvenpää are also options as locations. The position is temporary until 30.4.2023.

If you are interested in taking the next step on your career path, send your application by Friday January 21th, 2022, via the link provided. For more information about this position, please contact Tiina Tahvonen, Manager, General Ledger and Tax Accounting +358 40 705 8564, tiina.tahvonen@valmet.com.

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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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