Group Manager to Corporate Accounting i Stockholm

Do you want to join Finance & Accounting and work as Group Manager within our Corporate Accounting Department?

Finance and Accounting is responsible for making sure that the H&M Group can handle all business initiatives in a legal compliant way and ensure that all brands and sales-channels are aligned from an accounting perspective.

We are responsible for assuring that the financial reporting keeps up with the high pace of the H&M-group. This is an opportunity to join a global organization and within a function that works for all brands and sales-channels.

The Corporate Accounting Departments main responsibility is to set up and maintain accounting guidelines for the H&M group. We are also a support function for all H&M accounting departments around the world to make sure best practice is applied.

As a Group Manager, you will be a part of the Corporate Accounting Department and responsible for the Stock team. The Stock team consists of 10 Financial Controllers, all specialized within the Stock area.

Your responsibilities

• Together with the team ensure that we have the right accounting routines and principals connected to supply  chain and stock valuation of the H&M group.
• Generate and ensure accuracy of monthly, quarterly and yearly reports for our stock accounting.
• Represent Corporate Accounting and set requirements on projects that affects the stock area.
• Align the accounting routines towards the Local organizations and make sure that it is correct and legal compliant.
• Empower our employees with the right skills and commitment to achieve our business goals and grow with H&M

Your skills

Just like everyone at H&M, we believe you are a sales-minded, social, open, communicative and ambitious team player full of drive and optimism.

Your personal qualities also include:

• Degree within Business Administration & Economics (or similar)
• Preferably 3-5 years working experience from financial reporting/controlling
• Minimum 3-5 years’ experience of staff responsibility, preferably from an international organization
• Proven leaderships skills and experience in achieving results, both through own responsibilities and by leading others
• Deep knowledge in inventory accounting standards and valuation of inventory
• An extensive knowledge about accounting principles, preferably from a retail organization
• Strong analytical skills
• Fluent in English, both in speech and writing
• Strong ability to plan, execute and prioritize
• Strong communicative skills, an ability to understand and improve ways of working
• A genuine interest of working within accounting

We offer a challenging role with the opportunity to influence the way of working within Global Accounting. You will be given a lot of responsibility from day one and you will be working in a team together with experienced colleagues.

The position is full time position based in Marievik, Stockholm Sweden.

Sounds interesting?

Please apply with CV and cover letter as soon as possible, latest by 12/1 2020.