Chief Accounting Officer (CAO)

Chief Accounting Officer (CAO) in USS United
Shipping Services AB

As the Chief Accounting Officer you will play an important role in enabling the USS Group to achieve our high ambitions for financial reporting.

The Chief Accounting Officer will be part of a highly qualified team in a centrally located office in Gothenburg and will report to the Chief Financial Officer located in Oslo, Norway.

You will work closely with the group's Central Finance team and local finance functions in our subsidiaries across Europe to ensure high quality in the financial reporting.

Key responsibilities:

• monthly consolidation and reporting for the USS Group according to Swedish GAP

• the key stakeholder regarding annual reporting including consolidation for the full USS Group

• analyse, follow up and provide professional support to subsidiaries

• contribute to continuous development, automation and streamlining of the reporting process

• assist in accounting, tax considerations and contact towards group auditors (KPMG)

• participate in internal trainings

• ad hoc tasks and projects

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in finance, accounting and/or auditing

• Preferably minimum three years of relevant experience, preferably from auditing and Group accounting

• solid accounting skills experience and interest in Swedish GAP

• Swedish and English work proficiency skills, oral and written

• strong Excel and system skills/interest

• experience with consolidation tools

• experience and interest with Power BI is a plus

Personal qualities:
To succeed and thrive in the role, you must be analytical, proactive and have a high ability to execute. We are looking for someone with good business understanding, the ability to take a holistic view while still focusing on details.

That you are service-minded and have a positive attitude towards tasks is important, and you must thrive with changes and growth. The role requires being able to work both independently and in collaboration with others.

We offer:
For the right candidate we can offer a professional, challenging and demanding position in an international company with growth ambitions.

There will be ample opportunities for professional and personal development for the right candidate.

The company has a good working environment with motivated and competent colleagues. Competitive terms and conditions.

If this seems interesting, we ask you, to send your Motivation lette end CV to USS HR Director Jon Axelsen hr@uss.se. Please mark your aplication "Application CAO"

If you have any questions, please contact Mikael Martinsson, Chief Financial Officer in USS, on phone +46 70 637 79 49 or mim@uss.se.

All inquiries are treated confidentially and applications are processed continuously.