Accounting Business Expert

As Business Expert within Finance, you will work agile in a cross-competence team with a common goal to assure that the product development is in line with business needs. You will help to solve complex functional problems within finance and accounting area. You will contribute by sharing your accounting and business expertise within your product team and support your Product manager with rollout of global solutions and identifying new accounting solution features based on business opportunities and by assessing feasibility and requirements. You will act as a partner to cross-functional stakeholders with the aim of supporting implementation of IT solutions, processes and ways of working that are compliant with local accounting regulations and principles.

Key Responsibilities:

• Gather business insights and requirements to identify financial solution improvement needs
• Utilize financial process expertise to proactively analyze problem areas, root causes, and improvement opportunities in the solution area
• Collaborate with IT and other relevant stakeholders to design, implement, and document efficient and compliant financial solutions
• Prepare training materials and execute trainings to relevant stakeholders
• Build and maintain strong relationships with end-users and stakeholders, proficiently explaining the products purpose, benefits, and roadmap
• Constantly strive to improve processes and contribute to creating efficient ways of working

Who You Are

We believe you have a strong background in traditional finance and accounting with a keen interest and experience in solution-based projects with accounting systems such as SAP. You can explain deep subject matter situations relating to finance, accounting and SAP to cross-functional stakeholders.

You are flexible and approach new challenges with a solution-oriented mindset. You act as a leader and have the confidence to make quick decisions and support the product managers in prioritizing.

We are looking for people with

• Degree within Business Administration, Economics, IT Economics or equivalent
• At least 6 years of work experience, ideally within accounting
• A genuine interest in accounting process flows from a system perspective, with experience from working in SAP
• Good MS office skills, as design improvements need to be documented and presented
• Fluency in English, oral and written
• Strong analytical and strategic skills
• Experience in cross-functional collaboration and retail industry is considered a plus
• Leadership experience is considered a plus