Accounting Specialist

Are you an accountant specialist ready for a new challenge? Do you want to work in a highly skilled and friendly team where you get to develop your skills in accounting? Join us as an Accounting Specialist

Are you our new Accounting Specialist?

As an Accounting Specialist, you'll play a key role in our finance operations. Your responsibilities will include local bookkeeping, tax reporting, customer and supplier payments, and account reconciliations. You'll be part of our global Finance team, collaborating with colleagues across borders and contributing to a strong financial foundation.

You'll report to the Finance Manager and work closely with a team of seven dedicated professionals, including our CFO. Our team is based in Västerås and at our factory in Stora Sundby. We pride ourselves on being highly competent, collaborative, and flexible—always striving to improve and support each other.

What you'll be working with and be responsible for:

As part of the Westermo team you will play a key role in ensuring accurate financial reporting, and drive improvements, change and automation. This is a great opportunity for a detail-oriented and analytical person with a passion for numbers, to join a future oriented and sustainable growing business.

The tasks include more in detail:

• Monthly financial closing activities ensuring accurate financial results and requirements are complete within corporate timelines
• Maintain the closing of financial systems including
  • Maintaining General Ledger accounts
  • Preparing applicable journal entries
  • Account reconciliations
• Recording and reconciling Accounts Receivable and Accounts Payable
• Registering supplier and customer payments in the bank and ERP system
• Registering investments and depreciations
• Handling monthly GST (moms) calculation, reconciliation, and reporting
• Collaborating with the global Westermo Finance team on assigned tasks
• Supporting a robust internal control environment to protect Westermo Group assets and ensure compliance with Group Financial policies and local statutory accounting practices
• Conducting monthly internal control reporting, testing, and documentation.
• Support audits and interact with external auditors
• Continuous improve financial processes and systems

So, who are we looking for?

We are looking for someone who likes when things adds up. You are thorough and diligent, and you speak up when you see errors or mistakes, striving for quality and efficiency. You are keen to develop your skills and want to make improvements in your daily tasks, processes and routines. You enjoy working in a skilled team and are open to learning as well as sharing your knowledge. 

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting or Finance
• Working experience in related accounting
• Strong proficiency with office productivity applications (Microsoft PowerPoint, Excel, Word)
• Experience working in an ERP System. 
• Excellent communication skills, and can work in both Swedish and English

Meritorious

• Experience with IFS system (our ERP)

Basic information:

• Location: Stora Sundby (outside Eskilstuna) or Kopparlunden, Västerås. Flexibility to travel between sites is required.
• Job type: Full-time
• Contract: Permanent
• Background check: A background check will be conducted as part of the recruitment process.

For further information please contact:

Recruiting Manager Anna Kronlöf; or Recruiter Elin Sandell;

Welcome to a rapidly growing international company, thriving at the forefront of cutting edge technology. Westermo develops and manufactures advanced devices for industrial data communication, used in mission-critical installations and harsh industrial environments. The very robust and secure communication networks built with our products provide a high value for our customers.

We are focused on leveraging growth opportunities in our market and are devoted to delivering the world's best industrial networks. This is achieved through a very dynamic work environment where teamwork and loyalty are valued. Strong and honest relationships with colleagues, customers, and suppliers are important to us. We have an open culture where we share knowledge, learn from one another and explore new ideas, allowing us to constantly improve.

Westermo is a leading provider of Industrial Data Communications equipment to the global market. Sales are conducted through our own offices in key markets in Europe, North America, Australia and Asia, as well as through distributors and OEM customers worldwide. Development and manufacturing take place in Sweden, Ireland, Germany and Switzerland. Westermo was founded in 1975 and today has over 520 employees with a turnover of around 1300 MSEK. The company is a wholly owned subsidiary of Ependion, listed on the Nasdaq OMX Nordic stock exchange.