Head of IFRS Team

Company Description

Vattenfall is one of Europe’s largest producers and retailers of electricity and heat. Our main markets are Sweden, Germany, the Netherlands, Denmark, and the UK. The Vattenfall Group has approximately 20,000 employees. We have been electrifying industries, powering homes and transforming life through innovation for more than 100 years. We now want to make fossil free living possible within one generation and we are driving the transition to a sustainable energy system.

Job Description

Do you want to contribute to fossil freedom? Group Accounting within the CFO functions is now looking for someone who will join the team as Head of IFRS Team.

Your role as Head of IFRS Team

As Head of IFRS Team you will be responsible of a team of five co-workers, divided in three countries. You will be responsible for the team and you will also be working operational.

You will be a group-wide contact person for major accounting questions that arise in Vattenfall. You are creating solutions for complex topics and advise colleagues in other financial departments. Typically you will get early involvement into projects that can have a material effect on Vattenfall, like the participation in M&A projects. Among others, main interfaces exist towards colleagues in Business Control, Accounting Record to Report, Group Tax and Investor Relations. In addition, you will be in close contact with the Group auditor. It is the cooperation with other departments of Vattenfall and continuous development that makes this job very exiting. 

We offer a diversified field of work in an international team with interesting insights, high degree of self-responsibility and great opportunities for personal development.

Our department

Within the Group Accounting department in Vattenfall, the IFRS team is responsible for ensuring a consistent and IFRS compliant Group Reporting in Vattenfall.  Hereby, we aim to ensure that these solutions are not only in line with existing regulations but also supporting Vattenfall’s financial targets. In addition, our field of work comprises the implementation of new or amended IFRS Standards which are transformed into the Vattenfall Accounting Directives. Moreover, with the responsibility for the preparation of the disclosure Notes in Vattenfall’s Quarterly and Annual Reports we are working on a visible external product.

Qualifications

Your qualifications as Head of IFRS Team

• Relevant university degree within accounting
• Several years of work life experience in accounting/finance
• Very good familiarity with IFRS rules and willingness to further evolve this knowledge base
• Communication skills in both written and spoken English
• Meritorious if you have experience from managerial or team lead positions

On a personal level we believe that in order to be successful in this position you have an analytical and structured way to take on tasks and like to work within frameworks, but combine that with the ability to think outside the box. You have a proactive mindset and can initiate new activities with a successful result. You are comfortable in communicating and explaining accounting solutions to different stakeholders in an understandable way.

Additional Information

Our Offer 
We offer a challenging and international work environment and the possibility to work with some of the best in the field. You will be working in interdisciplinary teams and you can always count on support from committed colleagues as ‘Ask and Share’ concept is essential for the way we work. We offer attractive employment conditions (smart working, flexible working hours and a good-work-life balance) and opportunities for personal and professional development. Click here for further information.  

Location  
Solna, Amsterdam or Berlin

For more information about the position you are welcome to contact hiring manager Magnus Berggren, 070-539 58 49. For more information about the recruitment process you are welcome to contact our recruiter Kajsa Loman, 070-285 33 64. 

Trade Union representatives in Sweden via Vattenfall´s switchboard +46 8 739 50 00. 
Rolf Ohlsson (Akademikerna), Christer Gustafsson (Ledarna), Juha Siipilehto (SEKO) and Jens Morell (Unionen).

We welcome your application in English no later than February 11th. We kindly request that you do not send applications by any means other than via our website. 
 
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