Accounting Manager North Europe

At the Vitrolife Group, we work every day to unlock the full potential of science and technology to reduce the barriers towards building a family. Together we help our customers and their patients to fulfill the dream of having a baby.

Accounting Manager North Europe

Are you ready to join a company that has a mission with a purpose? We want to enable people to fulfill the dream of having a healthy baby.

Are you a senior accounting professional as well as an inspiring leader who enjoys to balance strategic oversight with direct operational involvement?

We’re looking for an Accounting Manager North Europe to lead the Accounting team in the region.

You will take on a broad role, ensuring effective and harmonized Financial Reporting for several legal entities in Northern Europe. The role includes leading, supporting and developing your team of accountants as well as being actively involved in hands-on monthly reporting and day-to-day operational accounting tasks and development projects.

This is a go-to role with a broad network and many interactions inside and outside the organization. You need to be curious, unpretentious and enjoy the shift between holistic view and hands on details.

Key responsibilities:

Lead and develop a team of accountants, supporting their growth and performance as well as coordinating with other relevant stakeholders in the process ·

Oversee all accounting operations (i.e fixed assets & inventory management, Accounts receivable & Accounts Payable, intercompany) for North Europe, ensuring accuracy, and timely reporting

· Ensure compliance with local, regional and international accounting standards

· Manage and prepare Statutory Accounts, Corporate Income Tax calculation, VAT and other compliance filings

· Pro-actively identify and implement process improvements to drive digitalization and efficiency

· Lead and coordinate activities with Auditors, advisors and Authorities

To be successful in this position you would need:

· Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Accounting, Finance or related field

· Proven successful leadership and team management experience

· ~10-15 years of experience in legal entity accounting in an international setting

· Strong knowledge in legal entity accounting, Swedish GAAP (K3), compliance and tax accounting

· Proven experience from driving continuous process improvements

· Advanced excel skills and experience with ERP systems, preferably Jeeves

· Problem solving and solution oriented

· Communicative and high sense of Customer/Stakeholder management

· Fluent in Swedish and English, verbally and in writing

This role will be reporting to Head of Global Finance Operations and be an onsite role in Gothenburg Sweden. Interviews will be conducted continuously, and the position might be filled before last application date.

We look forward to receiving your application!

Vitrolife Group is a global provider of medical devices and genetic services. Based on science and advanced research capabilities, we develop services and products for personalized genetic information and medical device products. We support our customers by improving their clinical practice for the patient's outcome of fertility treatment.

We are currently approximately 1 100 colleagues worldwide, with headquarters in Gothenburg, Sweden. Vitrolife Group's products and services are available in more than 110 countries through our own presence in 30 countries and a network of distributors. Vitrolife Group is a sustainable market leader and aims to be the preferred partner for IVF-clinics by providing superior products and services with the vision of fulfilling the dream of having a baby. The Vitrolife share is listed on Nasdaq Stockholm.