Accountant,General Ledger and Tax Accounting

Job Description:

Responsible for accounting activities to comply with reporting requirements, accounting principles (IFRS) and other regulations including accounts reconciliations, financial data validation, accounts specifications and reports and for providing expertise in accounting principles and practices to accountants, controllers and other stakeholders.

• Accountable for performing accounting activities to comply with reporting requirements, accounting principles (IFRS) and other regulations.
• Ensuring statutory and tax compliance
• Performing general ledger accounting, fixed asset and lease accounting, period-end and reporting processes covering full audit trail from master data and logistics to general ledger and reporting
• Performing tax accounting, tax handling, tax registration, tax declarations and reporting for sales tax, income tax and value added tax.
• Continuous financial data sanity checking to meet reporting requirements.
• Manages period-end processes, valuations, reconciliations, validating financial data, accounts specifications and reports.
• Provides expertise and coaching in accounting principles and practices to accountants, controllers and other stakeholders.
• Identifies and understands requirements and gaps in solutions and effectively conducts change management.
• Responsible for transition period interim solutions and needed instructions in own area (Leap Forward program)
• Working closely with Business Finance, Corporate Tax and other stakeholders 

Job Requirement:

• Deep knowledge of accounting principles (IFRS), rules and standards, reporting requirements and other regulations
• Bachelor’s degree in finance or accounting and/or a recognized accounting qualification
• Previous working experience within financial accounting and reporting
• Self-motivated drive to fulfill requirements and meet timeliness and ability to roll up sleeves when working across teams and functions to influence action.
• Ability to identify critical topics and process issues where necessary.
• Excellent 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.
• Effective documentation and presentation skills
• Ability to work well under pressure, identify critical topics and help keep others positive and motivated