Project Accountant - Accounting Focus
Location
Solna, Stockholm, Sweden
Start Date
7th September 2026
End Date
17th December 2026
Work Style
Role Objective / Success Criteria
- Ensure accurate ongoing accounting for capital investments and high-quality financial reporting.
- Contribute actively to month-end, quarter-end and year-end closing and provide reliable information for investment follow-up.
- Ensure accounting and reporting comply with applicable regulations, accounting principles and internal guidelines.
- Support the development, standardisation and continuous improvement of accounting and closing processes.
Key Responsibilities
- Take responsibility for ongoing accounting relating to capital investments and selected balance-sheet accounts.
- Perform account reconciliations, analysis, VAT reconciliations and VAT reporting.
- Handle matters relating to tax, fixed assets and investment accounting.
- Participate in month-end, quarter-end and year-end closing activities.
- Support the business with ongoing finance and accounting queries.
- Produce reports, analyses and supporting information for audit, internal follow-up and business planning.
- Provide accounting expertise and act as an advisory partner in relevant meetings and forums.
Tasks
- Reconcile and analyse selected balance-sheet accounts and ensure that discrepancies are addressed correctly.
- Prepare closing documentation and support monthly, quarterly and annual reporting.
- Structure and manage matters within the fixed-asset register.
- Prepare recurring information for investment follow-up and business planning.
- Ensure compliance with statutory accounting, IFRS and internal governance documents.
- Identify and implement improvements to accounting procedures and finance processes.
- Collaborate with colleagues and business functions to ensure complete and accurate financial information.
Deliverables
- Accurate and up-to-date ongoing accounting for assigned areas.
- Completed account and VAT reconciliations with documented analysis.
- Complete and reliable closing documentation.
- Reports and analyses supporting audit, investment follow-up, internal governance and business planning.
- Accurate maintenance and follow-up of the fixed-asset register.
- Documented process improvements and more efficient accounting procedures.
Project Documents
- Account reconciliations, closing documentation and supporting analyses.
- VAT, tax and reporting documentation.
- Fixed-asset register and investment-accounting records.
- Audit evidence, follow-up reports and business-planning documentation.
- Process descriptions, work instructions and improvement proposals.
Decision Authority / Responsibility
- Take independent responsibility for quality and accuracy within assigned accounting areas.
- Identify, investigate and escalate material discrepancies, risks and accounting issues.
- Recommend improvements to accounting procedures, controls and ways of working.
- Maintain effective coordination with relevant colleagues and business functions.
Qualifications / Requirements
- Minimum five years of experience in ongoing accounting, financial closing or comparable duties within an investment-intensive organisation.
- Strong knowledge of accounting principles, statutory accounting, IFRS and closing processes.
- Relevant experience across accounts payable, accounts receivable, general ledger, tax, VAT and fixed-asset accounting.
- Education in finance or accounting, or equivalent relevant professional experience.
- Strong Excel skills; experience with procurement and ERP systems is advantageous.
- Experience improving and streamlining accounting procedures is advantageous.
- Experience with business-intelligence tools such as Power BI is beneficial but not essential.
- Strong analytical capability with the ability to work independently, methodically and accurately.
- Fluent spoken and written Swedish.