Group Chief Accountant to leading company within infrastructure

Om jobbet

About the company
This scaleup is a leading actor within the renewable energy industry. Supported by major infrastructure investors, they own, develop and operate large-scale projects in seven different European countries.

About the role

This is a unique opportunity to shape and lead a best-in-class accounting function within a fast-growing international renewable energy company. AsGroup Chief Accountant, you will be a key member of the finance leadership team, responsible for delivering high-quality financial reporting, ensuring compliance, and driving process excellence across all markets.

You will lead a team of five accounting professionals in Stockholm and collaborate closely with a broader finance team of 11 colleagues. The role covers accounting and financial control for all entities in the group, including oversight of outsourced accounting and payroll services in certain markets.

A core focus will be optimizing systems, tools, and workflows to enhance efficiency, automation, and accuracy across financial operations-ensuring timely, reliable reporting that supports the company's continued growth and international expansion.

Responsibilities & Activities

• Ultimately responsible for group accounting and associated reporting for over 60 companies, whereof 37 Swedish entities

• Lead, coach, and develop the accounting team

• Responsible for financial statements, annual reports, tax returns, and financial reporting

• Ensure quality-assured accounting in accordance with laws, regulations, and the group's guidelines

• Responsible for requirements specification and follow-up of outsourced operations

• Responsible for acquisition analysis and managing acquisitions including documentation

• Lead the audit process across all companies

• Contribute to ERP development and other improvement initiatives

• Responsible for cash flow analysis

What we're looking for
You are a confident, committed, and pragmatic leader with strong communication skills. You bring experience in group accounting and consolidation from an international context, and thrive in an entrepreneurial, fast-evolving environment where you can make a tangible impact.

Required background & skills

• Bachelor's degree in accounting or a related field'
• 20+ years of relevant experience with a background in Infrastructure, Renewable Energy, Real Estate, Construction, and/or project-based organizations
• Experience working with CapEx- and debt-heavy financial structures
• Solid knowledge of K3 and IFRS frameworks
• Demonstrated experience in consolidating a large number of group companies
• Experience in acquisition analysis
• Experience in project finance structuring and documentation
• Proven leadership skills
• Track record of streamlining finance processes and driving performance improvements
• Fluency in Swedish and English, both written and spoken

Your application
Please apply through website (www.boardtalk.se) Interviews will be conducted continuously. For further questions about this service contact pauline.mann@boardtalk.se (070 790 05 29) and Martin Andersson martin.andersson@boardtalk.se at Boardtalk AB.

As part of the recruitment process a background check will be run on each of the final candidates.

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