Senior Manager Financial Reporting

at  Cognite

ABOUT COGNITE

Embark on a transformative journey with Cognite, a global SaaS forerunner in leveraging data to unravel complex business challenges through our cutting-edge Cognite Data Fusion (CDF) platform. We were awarded the 2022 Technology Innovation Leader for Global Digital Industrial Platforms. In the realm of industrial digitalization, we stand at the forefront, reshaping the future of Oil & Gas, Manufacturing and Energy sectors. As part of the esteemed Aker family, Cognite brings forth a legacy of innovation and excellence. Excitingly, we are set to extend our footprint to the vibrant landscapes of India, which opens the door for you to be part of the expansion from the beginning. Join us in this venture where data meets ingenuity, and together, we forge the path to a smarter, more connected industrial future.
Our teams are working on building the next-generation industrial data platform and applications across many different industries, such as Oil & Gas, Manufacturing, and Power & Utility. This includes enabling all types of workflows, including analytics, to assist in making better decisions. We are a good mix of engineers, products, and design. What we have in common is that we care deeply about the user experience and create products that users really want to use.
Our work environment is not just exciting and dynamic, but also intensely collaborative and supportive. You will work with the best domain and industry experts: designers, product managers, software developers, ML engineers, AI engineers and business leaders. We support one another, ask good questions, and give each other constructive feedback. Our goal is to leverage our diverse set of strengths and backgrounds to build innovative products, to think outside the ordinary, and grind through and nurture a great.

TASKS & RESPONSIBILITIES

• Preparing the financial statements in accordance with IFRS for the entities with the Cognite Group including the Consolidated Financial Statements
• Preparing the tax papers for the Norwegian entities
• Managing the monthly close process
• Ensuring quality control over financial transactions and financial reporting
• Ensuring compliance with statutory law and financial regulations
• Following up of tax and accounting issues as well as assisting with the coordination with Tax advisors and External Auditors
• Driving scaling of financial control procedures and activities in a fast-paced environment
• Maintaining and developing group accounting principles and financial controlling and business controlling procedures
• Owning the relationship with Azets Insight and People & Strategy (focus on accuracy of numbers and efficient payroll process)
• Controlling the Statutory reporting (tax & VAT)
• Owning the Procure to Pay process and driving continuous improvement of process and stakeholder management
• Owning Visma Expense with Azets and People & Strategy
• Collaborating on Vendor Management (with Sourcing team)
• Coordinating the external accountants to ensure quality control over financial transactions and financial reporting
• Assist in preparing the quarterly reporting to our main investors and support management with clearing meetings and AC presentations
• Maintaining proper access control to all systems Finance owns (NetSuite, Visma Expense, Expensify, Altinn)

REQUIREMENTS FOR THE ROLE

• 6+ years of overall combined accounting and finance experience and experience from auditing and/or financial controller roles. Proven working experience as a Financial Controller preferred, but not required.
• Thorough knowledge of Maestro and preparing tax papers
• Advanced degree in Accounting. CPA (Statsautorisert Revisor) preferred, but not required.
• Thorough knowledge of accounting principles and procedures
• Experience with preparation of financial statements
• Experience with general ledger functions and the month-end/year end close process
• Excellent accounting software user and administration skills
• Be creative and able to think outside the box when solving problems
• Able to deliver independently with a strong attention to detail
• Have exceptional written and verbal communication skills
• A preference for learning and growing in a highly diverse and inclusive work environment