Vacant job

Do you want to work with qualified accounting in one of Sweden's larger municipalities? Södertälje Municipality is now looking for an Accountant who wants to contribute to stable, transparent, and fair financial reporting – while also helping to develop future financial processes.

Your Responsibilities

As an Accountant at Södertälje Municipality, you will be part of the Finance Department, working closely with both colleagues within the finance function and the operations. The role is broad and includes both operational and analytical components, with a focus on quality in accounting and reporting.

You will be given your own area of responsibility and will be involved in the entire accounting process – from ongoing bookkeeping to year-end closing and external reporting.

Who are you?

In this role, you will work with, among other things:

• Ongoing accounting and account reconciliation
• Monthly, interim, and annual financial statements
• Quality assurance of accounting according to current regulations (including RKR)
• Statistics Sweden (SCB) reporting and other external reporting
• Participation in the preparation of consolidated accounts
• Support and advice to operations and administrations on financial matters
• Development and efficiency improvements of routines, processes, and working methods

Requirements:

• University degree in economics or equivalent higher vocational education
• Experience in qualified accounting work
• Experience working in major business systems
• Good knowledge of the Office suite, especially Excel
• Very good ability to express yourself in Swedish, both orally and in writing

Merits:

• Experience working with consolidated accounts and group accounting
• Experience with Statistics Sweden (SCB) reporting
• Experience with the business system Unit4 ERP
• Experience with accounting in the public sector

Personal Qualities:

To succeed in the role, we see that you are:

• Structured, precise, and quality-conscious
• Analytical with a good ability to see connections and the big picture
• Independent in your work and confident in your competence
• Collaborative and communicative
• Proactive with an interest in improvement and development work

We place great emphasis on your personal qualities.

We offer you

The position is located at the Accounting & Financial Support unit within the Finance Department of the Municipal Executive Board. We are located in bright, modern premises in the City Hall, right next to Södertälje Centrum train station, with excellent transport connections.

As an employee of Södertälje Municipality, you are offered a secure employment, good terms of employment and working environment, competence development, and several benefits. Please read more about us on our website and for more information about our benefits: https://www.sodertalje.se/kommun-och-politik/jobba-hos-oss/formaner/ (https://www.sodertalje.se/kommun-och-politik/jobba-hos-oss/formaner/)

Welcome to us!

Other Information

Selection and interviews may take place continuously during the application period.

Södertälje Municipality works with competence-based recruitment methodology to counteract discrimination and promote diversity in the workplace.

We have many positions where we conduct a background check. A certificate of good conduct (criminal record and suspicion register extract) from the Swedish Police Authority may therefore need to be presented by the candidate before a decision on employment is made.

An employment with us may involve placement in a security clearance class. A security clearance with background check according to the Security Protection Act (2018:585) may therefore be conducted before a decision on employment is made. For some of our security-cleared tasks, Swedish citizenship is required.