Accountant

SUMMARY OF THE ROLE

We are seeking an accountant to join our team as we bid farewell to a colleague retiring after many years with Jotun A/S. The ideal candidate will be accurate, timely, and effective in their work, enjoying a workday filled with regular accounting tasks such as handling payables and controlling travel expenses. We are looking for someone proficient in using various software, who understands the importance of adopting new tools and exploring opportunities to achieve greater automation and streamlining of our tasks. You will be part of our accounting team of eight and our finance team of six.

Responsibilities:

• Handle incoming invoices, review posting proposals and assist invoice authorizers
• Review, post and ensure payment of travel expenses.
• Handle all supplier payments for local and overseas vendors by preparing, checking, verifying, posting, and signing all payment vouchers to ensure compliance to payment agreed terms.
• Posting and processing journal entries to ensure all business transactions are recorded and effective internal control are in place.
• Carry out suppliers and bank reconciliations by analyzing suppliers and bank statements in order to reconcile differences between suppliers and bank statements and our books of accounts.
• Prepare monthly Intercompany reconciliations
• Assist and comply with all VAT regulations as per local requirements if required.
• Liaise and coordinate with both internal and external parties like banks and auditors to meet audit requirements and adhere to local rules and regulations.

WHAT WE ARE LOOKING FOR AND WHAT WE OFFER

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in accounting or related field. Relevant experience can compensate for formal experience and education.
• Minimum 3 years of relevant experience.
• Strong computer skills.
• Strong knowledge of accounting principles and practices.
• Fluent in English and Norwegian.

Personal Qualities:

We believe that it's important that you:

• Are organized and plan well, set clear goals and use available resources effectively.
• Provide a steady and supportive work environment, help and motivate the team in challenging situations and are dependable and consistent.
• Quickly analyze understand issues and problems, and make logical decisions based on your analysis.
• Have expert skills and knowledge in your own field and appreciate ongoing professional learning.
• Express yourself clearly, speak confidently and persuasively, and presents well.
• Work well with others, exchange knowledge, experience and information, and support in achieving team goals.
• Have the ability to work independently.

We offer:

A friendly and supportive culture! Jotun is a large and dynamic global community present in over 100 countries. At Jotun we are part of a caring global family, and we are proud of our informal work environment with few hierarchies. We are always striving to live our values: Loyalty, Care, Respect, and Boldness.

There are extensive opportunities for professional and personal development in Jotun, both through on-the-job training and Jotun Academy. At Jotun we want to develop long-term relationships with our employees, and we focus on nurturing people in building their career with us. Our pension and insurance schemes are highly competitive, as are our other benefits such as in-house gym, cafeteria, and discounts on our products. 

A professional and supportive work environment with a focus on continuous improvement and innovation is important to us. Our story is one of innovating and reinventing processes and concepts with the purpose of creating better and more sustainable products that will have a positive impact in the world.

We offer exciting challenges in a growing company with excellent financial results. We are growing steadily and the financial strength this gives us allows us to invest in research and development to create new innovative products and to invest in people and in the support of local communities.

POSITION INFORMATION
 

Company:

Jotun A/S

Contract type:

Regular

Time Type:

Full time

CLOSING DATE (dd.mm.yyyy):

03.11.2024

WHO WE ARE

Jotun has protected property for almost a century – from iconic buildings to beautiful homes. ​As one of the world's leading paints and coatings manufacturers, we combine high quality with creativity and innovations.

Jotun's global headquarters is located in Sandefjord, Norway. Here, Jotun Norway has 1000 employees working in state-of-the-art facilities covering services from local factory operations at Vindal to global product development in our new research and development centre at Sandefjord, one of Northern Europe's largest privately owned R&D centres. The administration centre for Europe and Central Asia is located in Sandefjord, together with our local Norwegian operations.

We provide various career opportunities in finance and administration, IT, sales and marketing, supply chain, engineering, technical, and research and development.

Jotun is committed to an ambitious growth strategy. We believe that the real value in our companies is our employees, both as individuals and as teams. We focus on providing our employees with meaningful and challenging work, rewarding them through continued learning and development driven by our values of Loyalty, Care, Respect and Boldness.

Visit our Career Page to learn more about life at Jotun.

Jotun’s company culture welcomes and values differences in people. Our more than 10,200 employees on all continents represent 90 nationalities, four generations and a diversity of professions, genders, abilities, ethnicities, beliefs, cultures, etc. We are committed to representing the societies we operate in, promoting equality, equity and zero-tolerance for discrimination.

If you are applying for a position and require additional support in the interview process, please let us know how we can accommodate this.

If you think this role is what you could do next, apply now!