Accounting & Reporting Manager IKEA

Our client, multinatuional Retail company, announces a competition for a vacancy of Accounting & Reporting Manager

About the job:

• Lead the development of the team based on the global finance, organizational and people development direction to secure the right competences, performance and succession
• Be responsible for all financial reporting in compliance with INGKA Group frameworks and local GAAP and other (local) applicable regulations / requirements and secures effectiveness of the internal control framework within the financial operations
• Lead the team to achieve global standard frameworks and processes and efficiently deliver the right level of quality of accounting and reporting for business and compliance needs
• Be responsible for building and maintaining strong business relationships with relevant external stakeholders and act as a trustful and professional business partner with internal stakeholders at all levels of the organization to support reaching overall goals and objectives
• Secure close cooperation with Legal and Tax teams to ensure compliance with legal and tax requirements and enable an efficient and effective external audit process

About you:

• Bachelor or Master degree in Accounting / Finance / Economics or a related field combined with 5 years of increasingly responsible accounting and/or auditing experience in similar or larger organization as well as 5+ years of managerial/team lead experience
• Knowledge of General Accepted Accounting Principles (Local GAAP and Ingka GAAP), internal controls, financial reporting and tax laws as well as demonstrated ability to perform wide variety of high level accounting, budgeting and financial reporting as well as experience in use of automated accounting systems
• Good understanding of data science, new technologies, analytics and their wide ranging application in business context
• Experience in multicultural and multinational organization
• Proven experience in Retail is a must
• You are proficient in MS Office skills
• Experience working with ERP systems (Navision, SAP, other systems), 1C and M.e.doc;
• Ability to communicate confidently and clearly in English
• Proven skills in developing people and provide support, coaching, training, and career direction to others as well as experience in multicultural and multinational organization