Accounting Assistant

Job Description

Can you really reach out to the whole world, creating a better everyday life for the many people? In Älmhult, Sweden you can. Älmhult is home to IKEA of Sweden. Here the IKEA range is developed and made available to stores and customers all over the world. At IKEA of Sweden you will work in a truly international and dynamic environment. You will have different opportunities to learn new skills and where the goal always is to create a better everyday life for the many people.
We are now looking for an Accounting Assistant star to join the accounting department.

We offer a challenging and inspiring role where you will have the possibility to be a part of a great team working together to support the business in the best possible way. Are you ready to grow with us?

As an Accounting Assistant you will be a part of the accounting team and work in our processes for daily accounting, customer invoicing, maintaining master data in financial systems, ledger administration, treasury activities and monthly closures including account reconciliations. You will also participate in projects and work on continuously improvements of our processes to gain efficiency and quality in our deliveries to support the business and stakeholders. You will have the opportunity to impact the accounting department work for tomorrow through structuring and visualizing data in Power BI tool.

To be successful in this role you need to have a strong business understanding and to be able to prioritize your work. Be accurate, analytical and able to complete your tasks efficiently. Be curious and open to new ways of working and strive to improve processes.

In this role it is an advantage if:

• You have excellent knowledge in Microsoft Excel.

• You possess knowledge related to Power BI.
• You have experience from working with financial systems (we use Unit4 (Coda), Basware, Microsoft NAV).

As a person you are positive, a good team player and have very good communication skills. Strong English skills to support stakeholders and follow group guidelines and fluent in Swedish to comply with local legislation. Several years of working experience from an accounting-/finance department would be a good match for this role.

You have a Bachelor/master’s degree in business administration or equivalent working experience.

The IKEA values inspire you and creating a better everyday life for the many people guides you in your daily work.

You will report to the Accounting Assistant Manager.

Additional Information

Does this sound like your next challenge?

We look forward to receiving your application. Please upload your CV and include your responses to the following two questions – in English, no later than November 17th 2024. Be sure to keep your answers short and concise:

• What do you think you would bring to this role and makes you an ideal candidate?
• What inspired you to apply for this position, and how do you believe your experience matches the key requirements for the role?

You are warm welcome with your application in Swedish. If you have any questions about the role please contact the acting Accounting Assistant Manager, Mattias Lönn at [email protected] or Recruiter, Christina Appelqvist at [email protected] (Christina Appelqvist phone: +46 (0)766-113804).