Accountant, Financial Reporting

Accountant, Financial Reporting, for Global Financial Operations

Are you the enthusiastic, self-driven and result-oriented professional who wants to move our customer’s performance forward?

We are looking for Accountant, Financial Reporting for Global Financial Operations to be based in Chennai, India. Global Financial Operations is a global operational finance business partner, providing efficient end-to-end financial processes to Valmet. We are owners of Valmet’s operative accounting and invest heavily in process harmonization and software automation. We are ambitious and passionate in developing our processes and team competencies. 

In this position, you will be required to,

• Responsible for managing overhead cost accounting, period-end closing and reporting process in order to ensure timeliness and completeness of processes
• Period-end and reporting processes covering full audit trail from master data and logistics to general ledger and reporting. 
• Transactional data from interfaces, validation, issue resolution and reconciliations
• Management of cost centers, overhead projects and profit centers
• Management of allocation rules, allocation runs and validations
• Period-end timetable planning, communication and follow-up
• Continuous financial data sanity checking to meet reporting requirements
• Data transfers to reporting applications including validation, issue resolution and reconciliations
• Provides expertise and coaching in accounting and reporting principles and practices to accountants, controllers and other stakeholders.
• Works closely with Business Finance and other stakeholders
• Participate process development and system testing (e.g. Leap Forward).
• Assisting GFO teams and substituting when needed

To succeed this role, you will need:

A graduate degree in Commerce or equivalent degree Experience in Shared Services Over 5 years of relevant experience A self-motivated attitude and strong team spirit Good written and oral communication skills in English.

We offer:

We offer you a rewarding position in a global industry, leader in pulp, paper and energy industries with the possibility to grow professionally.

If this sounds like something you are looking for and you are ready to go forward on your career, send your application with your CV via the link provided latest by 05 March 2026

When everything works together,

Valmet is a leading global developer and supplier of process technologies, automation and services for the pulp, paper and energy industries. With our automation systems and flow control solutions we serve an even wider base of process industries. We aim to become the global champion in serving our customers. Our more than 19,000 professionals work close to our customers and are committed to improving our customers’ performance – every day. The company has over 220 years of industrial history and a strong track record in continuous improvement and renewal. Valmet’s net sales in 2024 were approximately EUR 5.1 billion. Valmet’s shares are listed on the Nasdaq Helsinki and the head office is in Espoo, Finland.

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