Financial Reporting (various levels) i Stockholm

On our path to becoming the world’s favorite way to shop, we’re assembling an unparalleled global talent network, accelerating individual careers, and disrupting entire industries. We are on a mission to liberate humanity from all the meaningless time spent managing their purchases and finances, so they can do more of what they love. We’re in search of global talent eager to embrace our atmosphere and defy their own expectations.

The Financial Reporting domain at Klarna is built of multiple teams acting as start-ups that are each responsible for their unique problem space, but are working together towards a mission of delivering robust financial reporting that is scalable and enabled by technology.  The domain’s responsibility starts from managing the underlying financial systems' tech and culminates in regular external and internal reporting and financial data deliverables. 

As part of the Financial Reporting domain you are likely to get an opportunity to:

• Take responsibility for accounting and reporting of relevant business transactions
• Reconcile G/L systems to the underlying sources and develop methods and tools to provide analytical insight
• Contribute to the financial reporting process (monthly, quarterly, yearly), both on local GAAP level as well as in IFRS for the group
• Pro-actively and effectively communicate with various stakeholders, discussing the accounting treatments well as economic consequences of trends, assessing their impact and proposing solutions/optimisations
• Take part in/lead various initiatives that involve multi-competence cross functional collaboration, such as new market/products financial reporting setup, new systems implementation, process improvement leaps etc. 
• Analyse existing and upcoming financial regulation on the accounting impact and business implications
• Develop as a professional in an entrepreneurial organisation that provides opportunity to work with your areas of interest

Who you are:

• Klarna is looking for ambitious people with significant drive! You should be passionate about your job and enjoy a fast paced international working environment
• You will play an important role in taking Klarna to the next level thus, you should desire to go above and beyond to produce best work results
• At Klarna we embrace change, you should dare to challenge the status quo and be persistent

You should have:

• A degree from a university in a numerate subject (e.g. Accounting, Economics, Commerce) or a comparable professional education as tax accountant or financial accountant
• Demonstrated experience in driving change and taking a proactive approach in process improvement
• Applicable work experience in a high-pace environment and willingness to have a diverse set of tasks and responsibilities
• Working proficiency and communication skills in verbal and written English, other languages are a plus

You might also have:

• Certified Accountant qualification (e.g. ACCA, CPA, CIMA)
• Business Process Management experience
• Hands on experience in working with Internal Controls over Financial Reporting and corresponding legislative frameworks
• Financial industry experience is a strong plus
• Strong attention to detail and experience in using structured approaches to problem solving
• Strong conceptual ability
• Hands-on experience in an enterprise level Accounting software (we use SAP S4)
• Experience in managing people and teams if you’d like to be considered for a team lead position 
• Other professional qualifications and interest in areas such as analytics, project management, programming and technology are very welcome

Send over a CV and cover letter in English.

Stockholm

With our diversity of skills, perspectives and backgrounds, we can create, innovate, and disrupt like no other. Diversity is part of who we are, and essential to our success.

Here, every voice matters. We’re organized into hundreds of small teams, each run like a start-up, focused on their own problem-space.

Successes and failures are won together at Klarna in a melting pot of teams. Win, lose, and learn, we’re on this path together.

If you love what you do, you should love where you do it. We appreciate that everyone’s different and has their own preferences of where and how to work. We genuinely believe in the power of regular face-to-face interactions in building close connections with our teams, but we also strongly believe people can work effectively remotely. This means that combining both is the key to success. 

At Klarna, You can choose between working from the office, remotely within your employment country, or even outside of it for up to 20 working days per year. Flex it up!  

We take a very Swedish approach to benefits. Support for parents, health and wellness perks—we’ve got you covered.

Since 2005 Klarna has been on a mission to revolutionize the retail banking industry. With over 150 million global active users and 2 million transactions per day, Klarna is meeting the changing demands of consumers by saving them time and money while helping them be informed and in control. Over 450,000 global retail partners, including H&M, Saks, Sephora, Macys, IKEA, Expedia Group, and Nike have integrated Klarna's innovative technology to deliver a seamless shopping experience online and in-store. Klarna has over 6,000 employees and is active in 45 markets. For more information, visit 

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