Sinch is a Customer Communication Cloud company, directly powering meaningful conversations at scale across messaging, voice and email to help businesses deliver unified, personalized experiences that truly revolve around their customers - no matter the channels they use. More than 150,000 businesses - including many of the world's largest tech companies, rely on us for their customer communication needs.
We dream big - for our company, our customers and our employees - and we hire the best talent worldwide to help us bring our vision to life. We have near 4,500 Sinchers in more than 60 countries - probably somewhere near you!
We are seeking an experienced Group Accountant to join our dynamic and ambitious team of 4 group accountants with various levels of seniority and expertise and report to CAO. The Group Accounting team is responsible for the consolidation of global financial reporting and for providing financial data on consolidated level and ensure timely, accurate and uniform data to internal and external parties.
The position is based in Stockholm, Gothenburg or Malmö, but with the possibility to work 100 % remote from any location in Sweden.
The essence of the role
As our new Group Accountant, you’ll team up with colleagues from various business units around the globe, sharing your financial expertise and insights. You’ll define reporting requirements for our group companies, engage in the development process, and be a valuable advisor and conversational partner on all things related to reporting and consolidation.
As our new Group Accountant, you will:
- Prepare group monthly financial closings
- Prepare group account reconciliations
- Improve efficiency in monthly closing process
- Review and analyse subsidiary monthly financial reporting
- Prepare Group Annual Report and Quarterly Reports
- Have extensive contact with subsidiaries
- Guide the organisation on accounting related matters
- Contribute to a variety of tasks commonly found in a collaborative accounting department
Who are you?
We’re looking for a friendly and proactive team player who excels in communication skills. It’s important for this role to have a holistic mindset and strong analytical abilities. You bring a flexible attitude, embracing changes with ease, and you thrive in a dynamic environment. Whether working independently or as part of a team, you’re excited to contribute to our thrilling journey ahead.
It’s a plus if you have experience in mergers and acquisitions or integrations, as well as experience in a global high-growth company. You are well-organized and eager to plan and enhance work process efficiencies. You take joy in helping your colleagues improve their skills. In this central role, building relationships, effective communication, and fostering trust are essential for success.
In order to be successful in this role, we believe you have:
- University degree in Finance, Business Administration or equivalent education
- At a minimum 5 years relevant experience from similar tasks at a Group Accounting Department
- Strong IFRS accounting knowledge
- Strong experience in excel
- Strong analytical skills
- Experienced user of Finance Systems
- User experience in consolidation tool AARO is an additional bonus
- You may have previously worked either at subsidiary level or at group level
Our corporate language is English, please submit your application in English.
Are you ready? Join us on our journey!
About The Recruitment Process
To help us place the right people in the right role, we believe in science-based and fair assessment methods. We follow a competence-based, structured interview process where your skills, experience, and attributes relevant to the role and Sinch will be assessed. As part of our recruitment process, pre-employment testing is used to help us increase our hiring success by identifying the candidates that are most likely to thrive and be successful in the role. We acknowledge that there are two parties deciding in this process and welcome you to ask any questions you may have at any stage of the process.
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What We Do
Sinch brings businesses and people closer with tools enabling personal engagement. Our leading cloud communications platform lets businesses reach every mobile phone on the planet, in seconds or less, through mobile messaging, voice, and video. Our global headquarters are in Stockholm, Sweden, and we have a local presence in more than 30 countries - probably somewhere near you!
