Position Description Earthbanc

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Job ID: 1EB002
Sr. Accountant
Stockholm

About Us

Earthbanc is a climate technology company based in Stockholm that develops agroforestry, regenerative agriculture and ecosystem restoration projects globally, that produce climate and biodiversity co-benefits. Every project we develop supports sustainable livelihoods and income generation, because we see farmers and landowners as true partners. In partnership with our clients, we deliver the last mile of climate funding to scale up nature based solutions project implementation at scale. We focus on agro commodity market linkages as a sustainable livelihood model, for landholders to increase their income and earn a return.

Who and what are we looking for?

The Sr. Accountant produces timely, accurate, and reliable financial information. Prepares profit and loss, balance sheet accounts, group consolidations, general ledger journals, accruals, and prepayments. Reconciles accounts. Manages and controls the fixed asset register and capital expenditure controls. The job requires experience working with multiple business units and with asset management.

Main tasks & responsibilities:

• Prepare monthly, quarterly and annual financial reports.
• Preparing the consolidated financial statements on a monthly, quarterly and annual basis.
• Utilise Google Workplace G Suite, JIRA, Confluence, and Google Sheets automation to streamline data analysis processes and generate actionable insights.
• Prepare detailed reports and presentations that communicate analysis findings and recommendations to stakeholders, including the Program Director and Program Managers.
• Prepare and administer monthly salary payments/ payroll.
• Directing all aspects of accounting operations.
• Developing and maintaining necessary accounting policies and systems and building an accounting department as the company grows.
• Developing processes and communication flow to support different business units.
• Overseeing transactions related to the general ledger, receivables, payables, payroll and financial reporting.
• Coordinating, preparing and reviewing monthly, quarterly, and annual reports.
• Ensuring a smooth audit process by creating and maintaining internal controls, establishing and maintaining immaculate record keeping, managing the audit process and providing requisite schedules.
• Co-ordinating with the statutory auditors for timely completion of audits.
• Overseeing stock administration and asset management.
• Overseeing and managing the company’s finance IT system and choosing appropriate software programs & processes based on unique needs.
• Coordinating corporate tax reporting and preparation of tax returns with outside tax accountants. Ensure annual tax reports are completed and submitted to local authorities in a timely manner, lead payments of Tax Deduction at Source (TDS), Goods and Services Tax (GST) to respective institutions.
• Leading financial planning, budgeting and reporting and creating and maintaining budgeting tools.
• Assisting senior executives in planning, budgeting and results management.
• Providing strategic guidance around capital financing options to support the startup’s growth
• Managing internal and external teams by setting expectations, training internal staff accountants and developing training modules and templates.
• Filing all finance related documents and collection of data for Invoicing.
• Perform bank statement reconciliation to ensure accurate bookkeeping.
• Conduct credit card reconciliation and manage expense tracking to ensure accuracy and compliance.
• Manage asset depreciation, including depreciation schedules and reporting.
• Onboard yourself into Earthbanc Workplace, JIRA, Confluence and Earthbanc MRV App – and check the posts each day and reply conscientiously with Earthbanc colleagues to ensure you keep moving priorities and project deliverables forward.

Requirements:

• Bachelor or Masters in Accounting or Finance or related degrees.
• 5 – 7 years of relevant work experience.
• Strong knowledge of corporate finance and other accounting theory, principles and practices to include GAAP, SaaS accounting, prepaid expenses & accrued revenue.
• Exceptional analytical and problem-solving skills with the ability to work with complex data sets.
• Ability to analyse information, identify gaps in information and frame the resulting at risk dependencies, into an options analysis briefing for management, that provides enough analytical information about the budgetary and management options, to enable Business Managers and Directors to make a management decision to overcome the challenge identified in your analysis.
• Comfort in the startup environment (i.e., sometimes chaotic and lacking structure) and able to create structure and foundational accounting processes.
• Strong priority management skills.
• Proven experience leading, managing and hiring a team.
• Strong oral and written communication skills in English.
• Experience with procurement and asset management.
• Expertise in use of accounting softwares. Expert Technical knowledge on Microsoft Office and ERP (SAP, Salesforce, Hyperion, BPC, Workday, etc)
• Result-oriented work approach with the ability to work quickly from concept creation to the implementation of project programs.
• Work with people across various geographies

Desirable:

• Experience as an Accountant in a multicultural / international large organisation.
• Certified Public Accountant (CPA) Training or similar experience.
• Experience working with different business units.
• Experience of working internationally in varied cultures and countries.
• Experience of communicating to a diverse range of audiences.
• Knowledge of budgeting, bookkeeping and reporting.
• Experience designing and presenting ideas, plans, processes, metrics, and information in a clear and comprehensible manner.
• Ability to remain calm and focused in stressful or complex situations.

Working at Earthbanc:

• This role is full-time with flexible hours.
• We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, national origin, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, age, or marital, veteran, or disability. We ensure every applicant gets an equal chance of success.
• Join the offices in Stockholm, Sweden with options later to move to Vilnius, Lithuania, Shillong, India, Melbourne, Australia and Nairobi, Kenya and work from around the world with a growing global company.
• We support some remote work but are moving to about half time in offices to encourage in-person collaboration and teamwork.

Other benefits:

• Learning and development: We are on a constant learning journey and you will receive an annual learning and development budget to help you with this.
• Attractive leave policy,
• Employee Stock Options Pool eligibility
• Travel opportunities,
• Hybrid work policy,

Jobbtyp: Heltid

Arbetstider:

• Måndag till fredag

Flexible Language Requirement:

• Svenskkunskap krävs inte

Förmåner:

• Jobba hemifrån

Arbetsort: Delvis på distans i 164 40 Kista