Location
Finland, Helsinki
About Strawberry Group and Shared Service Center Finance
Shared Service Center Finance (SSC) is part of Strawberry Group. SSC has been established to deliver efficient services to operation and franchise hotels, as well as to our group companies. SSC performs services for companies in all the Nordic countries, with a predominance of companies in Norway and Sweden. In Finland, accounting is outsourced to Azets for our 14 hotels. Strawberry is considering the possibility of insourcing the handling of the accounts in Finland during the next few years, possibly building up a department of our SSC in Helsinki.
Strawberry is a Nordic hotel group with more than 200 companies. In 2022, we had a total revenue of more than NOK 15 billion and more than 16,000 employees.
Our SSC has undergone enormous development over several years and has grown in step with the group. After working with the insourcing of payroll and accounting services for several years, we are entering a phase of developing more services for the group. You will be responsible for leading and supporting a team of 4-6 employees who are located in Helsinki.
The position as Head of Accounting SSC Finland entails total responsibility for leading and developing the accounting team in Finland. This means ensuring that all accounting processes and routines are followed and further developed. Over time you will build a team with 5-6 employees and you will be responsible for leading and supporting the team. You support complex accounting processes, and act as the professional resource to streamline and digitize the accounting function together with our Shared Service Center in Norway.
Role Description
As Head of Accounting, you are responsible for high quality in all processes. A key task will be to help develop existing and new processes to increase the efficiency of both individual resources and teams. We are in the middle of implementation of a new ERP system in Sweden and Norway, and Finland is already using the new techstach. The Head of Accounting will have an active role in the project, and it is expected that you initiate and drive the process improvement in the accounting function. The responsibility also includes ownership for the balance sheets, internal control and reporting.
You lead and support the team in their daily work and inspire and develop them. You have good skills in creating relationships that ensure a good collaboration with colleagues internally in the wider team, towards corporate finance and the hotels.
Tasks and responsibilities
Suitable background
We are looking for someone with more than 5 years experience, preferably in Nordic companies. You have extensive experience within the accounting space from A to Z. Leadership experience is preferred and you are triggered by working in a fast moving environment. You have experience from process improvement and system implementation or other IT related improvement work. As a person, you have drive, take initiative and have a good ability to plan and organize. You have excellent communication skills, are analytical, process-oriented with an eye for detail
Qualifications for the position
Education in economics from university
Experience and professional competence in accounting A to Z.
Leadership competence, good collaboration skills and experience as a leader
Preferably experience from other Nordic groups with subsidiary reporting
Good implementation ability
Good Finnish and English skills, both written and oral
Desire for development, change and improvement of the accounting function
Experience from accounting, preferably hotels and Nordic accounting rules
Experience with company structures (P&L / BS ) and intercompany business
Personal qualifications
Good collaboration skills
Motivating leader, team player who gets people involved
Enterprising and self-driven
Results-oriented and structured
We offer
A varied and challenging job
Active and good working environment
Good benefits for employees
Competitive conditions
We process applications during the search and make a hiring decision as soon as we find a suitable candidate. We hope that the employment relationship will start already in August.
If you are interested, please don't hesitate to send an application. If you would like to discuss the role, please be in contact with Elsebeth Rivertz
Kämp Collection Hotels has the widest range of luxury Hotels, Restaurants, Bars, Lounges and Meeting Venues in Helsinki. Each year over 674,600 guests stay, eat or host with us.
As part of of Strawberry, you will get the best employee benefits of the industry.
Our people always make guests their top priority! Our warm and welcoming atmosphere creates the right setting for you to flourish and work your magic. You will get the freedom you need to perform your tasks and solve problems as they arise in the best way you see fit. A strong team spirit and family-feeling foster a culture of collaboration. And when there’s something to celebrate, we make sure to have some fun! In larger cities, we also regularly host after-work events to allow colleagues to mingle. How do we achieve all this you may wonder? We believe it’s down to the fact that we’re a diverse crowd full of energy, courage and enthusiasm. That’s how we create extraordinary experiences every single day!
When you work with us, we’ll take your whole life situation into consideration. We offer good job security through collective agreements and insurances, as well as paid parental leave, holiday leave, wellness allowance, attractive pension plans and competitive salaries. We’re there for you.
With more than 200 hotels across the Nordics, we offer you endless opportunities for career progression! Would you like to work full-time, part-time, a few hours here and there, or perhaps only a season? We have room for you, no matter where you’re at. We encourage creativity and curiosity, and we make every effort to foster a culture of learning for professional development. Ready to take your next career leap within the company? We applaud you and will help you achieve this! An academic degree isn't the most important thing for us. If you have the right mindset, we can certainly promise you a bright future!
We encourage you to get out and explore all that life has to offer! So, we always give numerous discounts to you and your friends and family at our hotels, bars and restaurants. As part of Strawberry, you get four FREE nights at our hotels each year* To remind you just how important you are, we’ll always do our best to offer you an upgrade! And on top of that, we’ve also partnered with other companies to give you sweet deals on air travel, charter holidays, car rental and lots more.
*If you are employed on a contract for at least 20% of full-time working hours.
Our heart beats for the world around us. To meet global challenges, we support the transition to clean energy, and we recently opened the first zero-energy hotel in the Nordics. We seek to use organic produce and have championed the elimination of unsustainable palm oil. We promote equal rights above all and are proud sponsors of Pride. Regardless of your ethnicity, gender, religious beliefs, disabilities or age - our doors are always open.
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