Nordic Sr. Accountant
at Cognizant
Stockholm, Stockholms län, Sweden -
| Start Date | Expiry Date | Salary | Posted On | Experience | Skills | Telecommute | Sponsor Visa |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Immediate | 09 Feb, 2025 | Not Specified | 10 Nov, 2024 | N/A | Finance,Working Experience,Payroll,Hyperion | No | No |
Required Visa Status:
| Citizen | GC |
| US Citizen | Student Visa |
| H1B | CPT |
| OPT | H4 Spouse of H1B |
| GC Green Card |
Employment Type:
| Full Time | Part Time |
| Permanent | Independent - 1099 |
| Contract – W2 | C2H Independent |
| C2H W2 | Contract – Corp 2 Corp |
| Contract to Hire – Corp 2 Corp |
Description:
What makes Cognizant a unique place to work? The combination of rapid growth and an international and innovative environment! This is creating a lot of opportunities for people like YOU — people with an entrepreneurial spirit who want to make a difference in this world.
At Cognizant, together with your colleagues from all around the world, you will collaborate on creating solutions for the world’s leading companies and help them become more flexible, more innovative and successful. And this is your chance to be part of the success story: we are looking for a Nordic Senior Accountant to join our team in Sweden.
REQUIREMENTS
- Experience in accounting and finance
- Bachelor or Master’s degree in Accounting, Finance or business-related degree
- Working experience in an international organization
- Previous experience working with month-end close tasks, payroll and VAT reporting
- Experienced Excel user, Hyperion and PeopleSoft Oracle knowledge preferable
Responsibilities:
ABOUT THE ROLE
The Nordic Senior Accountant will be responsible for finance/accounting activities within Cognizant Nordics. You will be part of the Nordic Finance team, working very closely and reporting to the Nordic Finance Manager. The role will have no direct reports but will be assisted by the European finance shared service center (SSC) located in Budapest.
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES
- Manage month-end close for Nordic entities.
- Month-end reporting and review of accounts.
- Balance Sheet reconciliations and Account reconciliations management, both preparation and review.
- Manage offshore and nearshore team relationships to ensure that information is provided in a timely manner.
- Payroll review and preparation of GL entries for Nordic entities.
- Timely and accurate review of VAT submission
- Support the statutory audit and preparation of statutory accounts.
- Manage manual payments with Global Payment team.
- Provide assistance to FP&A team and other project teams with transaction queries.
- Preparation of statistical surveys.
REQUIREMENT SUMMARY
Min:N/AMax:5.0 year(s)
Accounting
Accounts / Finance / Tax / CS / Audit
Accounts Management
Graduate
Accounting, Finance
Proficient
1
Stockholm, Sweden
