Group Financial Controller

Would you like to make a daily impact intrigued by ensuring people's safety and providing them peace of mind?

Join our Group Finance team as a Group Financial Controller and work with diverse tasks in an international environment. Your main focus will be ensuring high-quality external financial reporting under IFRS while collaborating with finance teams across 17 countries and various Group functions.

Based in Malmö, you will be part of a dynamic, team-oriented workplace with shared responsibilities. We seek a proactive and open-minded professional with a strong interest in accounting and a solution-driven approach. If you thrive in a multicultural setting and enjoy working closely with stakeholders, this role is for you!

About the company

Verisure in Malmö is Sweden’s award-winning innovation center for the connected & protected smart-home market. We create services and IoT products for smarter, safer and more secure homes, serving customers.  performance organization through investing in our people.

We offer a fantastic opportunity for personal development with an environment characterized by humbleness & knowledge sharing and to enhance the on-the-job training we have a training budget to ensure personal growth.

Our bright and open office space is just a 5-minute walk from Central Station, easily accessible and a great location.

Verisure is an equal opportunity employer and welcomes applicants from diverse background. We are an international company with offices and colleagues in multiple countries.

Interested in learning more about us? www.verisure.com

About the role

As a Group Financial Controller within Group Finance, you will have the chance to work with varied tasks and a broad range of competencies. The main focus is to ensure quality and timeliness in Verisure’s external financial reporting, according to IFRS. You will be in close dialogue with the local finance functions in the 17 countries where we operate, as well as with Group Internal Control, Group Treasury, Group Tax, Group Legal and Group FP&A.

The position will be based in Malmö, and you will be seated together with colleagues from the broader Group Finance team based in Malmö. You will be reporting to Senior Group Financial Controller, who is based in Malmö, Sweden. The Group Finance team has members based in different locations, such as Geneva, Malmö, Madrid, Lisbon, Paris and Linköping.

We work together as a team with shared responsibilities and your main areas of responsibilities will include but not be limited to: 

• Monthly review process  in holding entities
• Preparation of annual and quarterly reports according to IFRS
• Perform recurring as well as ad-hoc analyses
• Monthly review of tax reporting from entities within the Group
• Be involved in updating and revising the accounting principles for the Group
• Be involved in ESG related questions
• Ad hoc accounting questions and analyses

What you bring

We are looking for a positive and open-minded team-player with a strong drive to create a positive work environment. You have a keen interest in accounting-related topics, and you enjoy working in a hands-on, team-oriented environment.

You can easily navigate international and multicultural environments, and you also work well with different stakeholders, always focusing on solutions and customer needs.

Experience and qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in finance / economics / accounting / business
• Approximately 2 years of relevant experience from financial accounting/reporting or similar  
• Skilled in Excel
• Advanced/Proficient level of English is mandatory
• Excellent written and oral communication skills

Meriting:

• An interest in AI and its applications in financial analysis and decision-making.
• Experience as an auditor
• Working in an international or listed company
• Knowledge of IFRS regulations

Are you interested in becoming part of Verisure? Apply today!  

We are excited to hear from you, please apply through our application system. This will ensure a fair process for everyone.

At Verisure, we are committed to fostering a diverse and inclusive workplace, recognizing that diversity of thought and background only makes our teams stronger and more innovative. We reject all forms of discrimination and bias, and we believe in access to opportunities for everyone, regardless of gender, age, disability status, race, sexual orientation, or any other status.

If you have questions regarding this position reach out to our Global Talent Acquisition Lead, charlotta.rydstrom@verisure.com