Global Process Owner, Project Accounting

  • Full-time
  • Department: Business support
  • Contract Type: Permanent

Company Description

AFRY is a European leader in engineering, design, and advisory services, with a global reach. We accelerate the transition towards a sustainable society.
We are 16,000 devoted experts in infrastructure, industry, energy and digitalisation, creating sustainable solutions for generations to come.

Job Description

In this role you will have the responsibility to define, develop and implement global project accounting processes in cooperation with the sales support and the project accounting organizations, globally. If you have an interest in developing global processes with consideration of division specific requirements and legal (local) requirements, this might be a role for you.

As part of AFRY’s financial team, Group Finance, you will work in a multinational team located in various countries across the AFRY group. You will be working with the customer master data creation and maintenance, customer invoicing, project opening and change order, project closing and collection process (reminders, interest invoices) – processes that all need to function with AFRY’s new ERP-system. As this is a new role, you will have possibilities to continuously develop the role. The position is located in Solna, Sweden and is a fulltime employment.

Your key responsibilities include:

Work in IFS Support Organisation:

  • Define, develop and implement global processes in cooperation with the sales support/project accountant organisation
  • Sharing the best practices across the divisions with a consideration and understanding of business specific and legal requirements
  • Develop invoicing process towards e-invoicing
  • Develop and maintain user guides and instructions
  • Producing training materials and training employees
  • Working on harmonising processes and the users of IFS
  • Provide input to business requirement specifications
  • Test new functionalities and new versions of IFS
  • :Roll-out support
    • Migration – Data validation and quality documentation
    • Handling of tickets
    • User trainings; preparations and actual trainings
    • Go-live support to Sales Support/Project Accountants
    • Participation in workshops
    • Development of reports; collection and analyse of reporting, requirements, testing

Qualifications

To be successful in this role, the person we are looking for has

  • A Bachelor’s degree or similar in Business administration, or a related field
  • Good understanding of IFS System
  • Preferably experience in project accounting and/or professional services business
  • Strong time management skills
  • Great ability to make decisions and strong ability to build good relationships with different stakeholders
  • The ability to work both in a management capacity and in detailed hands on system capacity
  • Good ability to express yourself in speech and writing in both Swedish and English- as we work both nationally and internationally
  • Willingness to travel
  • A service-minded, proactive attitude and confidence with working across multiple teams and locations, to be able to guide and motivate team members and other stakeholders in the projects

Additional Information

We will provide you with a position where new idea creation is encouraged and innovations are taken forward. Our work is demanding, but it is accompanied by freedom – freedom to develop and learn, and to combine professional and private life into a fulfilling match.
We at AFRY want to build a better future and find the best solutions, serving our clients but also the wider society. We are a modern employer strongly driven by our values based on long-term sustainability.

Read more about AFRY and what our employees tell about their work https://afry.com/en/join-us/get-know-us

Interested in this position?
To hear more about this position, please contact, Yvonne Lundin, tel. +46-733 33 30 99, Group Accounting

Apply to this position?
Please, submit your CV and cover letter by November 30, 2021. Be fast, the position will be filled as soon as the suitable candidate is found.

AFRY is committed to creating an inclusive & diverse environment and we are actively looking for qualified candidates irrespective of gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, ethnicity, religion, disability, or age. You will be part of a global and diverse company where our differences are our strengths. Join us to accelerate the transition towards a sustainable society.

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