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Salary: EUR 55,000 - 60,000 / annual
TheSkimm is seeking a Financial Accountant to own core financial operations in Helsinki. This role is critical for ensuring accuracy of daily financial transactions, managing complex month-end and year-end closing procedures, and maintaining strict compliance with local statutory and tax requirements.
Key Responsibilities:
General Ledger & Reconciliations: Prepare recurring monthly journals including bank fees, currency transfers (USD to EUR), net salaries, tax payments, refunds, and VAT/tax journals. Perform comprehensive reconciliations of all bank accounts and process bank statements. Execute Fixed Asset Management (FAM) and Balance Sheet (BS) reconciliations. Manage preparation and recording of standard accruals, including interest and Corporate Income Tax (CIT) accruals.
Accounts Payable & Accounts Receivable: Manage end-to-end AP operations including creating payment files, applying bill credits to open vendor bills, and sending finalized purchase invoice payment files to the bank. Review VAT codes and provide final accounting approval for standalone bills. Perform AP and AR reconciliations to accounting and comprehensive VAT verifications. Process payment reminders for outstanding accounts. Provide holiday coverage as AR application back-up for approximately 5 weeks per year.
Cash Flow Management & Payment Processing: Oversee daily bank statements and process general outgoing payments. Handle manual payment requests (loans, interest, intercompany transfers). Execute essential corporate payments including advance tax payments, VAT payments, and standard employer payments.
Tax Compliance, Statutory Reporting & Year-End Closing: Take full ownership of VAT processes including VAT data management, calculations, postings, VAT returns, and EU Sales declarations. Act as primary point of contact for processing letters and decisions from local Tax Authorities. Gather data for local statutory reporting and submit finalized statutory reports. Execute year-end closing work to finalize the fiscal year and prepare FINGAAP financial statements.
Payroll & Employee Expense Management: Perform final VAT checks and provide finance approval for employee travel and expense claims. Review and process travel claims and employee pay slips. Report on taxable expense claims and process non-taxable allowances. Ensure accurate and timely data transfers to the core accounting system for all payroll and expense records.
Requirements:
- 3-5 years of general accounting experience
- ACA or ACCA qualified
- Experience building globally-distributed systems
- Strong understanding of accounting best practices
- Expertise in VAT & tax
- Comfortable learning and working with new technologies in an ever-changing environment
- Strong verbal and written communication skills
- Strong time management skills and self-driven work ethic
