Accounting & Reporting Co-worker(Ap)

**Job ID**: 279539

**Date posted**: 27/02/2025

**Who you are**
You are a detail-oriented and analytical finance professional with a passion for numbers and compliance. You thrive in a dynamic, fast-paced environment and enjoy working collaboratively with stakeholders. You are motivated by contributing to business success and ensuring financial accuracy while embracing IKEA’s culture and values.
You have:

- A formal education in Accounting.
- Basic knowledge of accounting principles, IFRS, and GAAP.
- A strong understanding of financial reporting and compliance regulations.
- Excellent attention to detail and problem-solving skills.
- Strong collaboration and communication skills.
- The ability to communicate in English.

**Your responsibilities**
As an Accounting & Reporting Co-worker, you will play a key role in ensuring accurate financial reporting, compliance, and internal controls. Your responsibilities include:

- Accurate Invoice Processing: Ensuring that all invoices are processed with precision, minimizing errors and discrepancies.
- Month-End and Year-End Activities: Taking full responsibility for closing the books at the end of each month and year, ensuring all financial activities are accurately recorded and reported.
- Overseas Payments: Possessing a thorough understanding of the procedures and regulations involved in handling Foreign vendor payments.
- Ledger Balance Reconciliation: Conducting monthly reconciliations of ledger balances to ensure accuracy and consistency in financial records.
- Global Accounting Standards: Having knowledge of and adhering to global accounting standards and best practices in financial reporting and compliance.
- Monthly Management Information System (MIS) Reports: Preparing detailed monthly MIS reports and other necessary schedules to provide a clear picture of the financial status.
- Bank Liaison for Payments: Coordinating with banks to manage and execute payments efficiently.
- Audit Preparation and Interaction: Preparing audit schedules and working closely with auditors to ensure a smooth and successful audit process

**Together as a team**
We see ourselves as influencers - we steer the IKEA business by finding the truth behind the figures. Together we secure compliance with local and international laws and reporting standards; we assure that accounting processes are efficient and that tax compliance meets business needs. We’re a diverse group of people driven by providing reliable financial data to a wide variety of stakeholders. At the end of the day, that’s one of the foundations to make IKEA even better

To support the management of the organisation's people and culture. Activities include developing people and culture management strategies and policies to meet business needs; planning, administering, and reviewing activities concerned with recruitment, training and development, compensation and benefits, mobility, talent acquisition, diversity, talent management & organisation development and co-worker relations. The activities of this family also include payroll.

We are an equal opportunity employer:
At IKEA, we value diverse backgrounds, perspectives, and skills. We are committed to providing coworkers with a work environment free of discrimination and harassment. We encourage individualism and invite you to come join our team and be yourself with us We are an Equal Employment Opportunity employer and do not discriminate based on race, religion, color, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, age, veteran status, disability status, or any other applicable characteristic protected by law. All employment decisions are based on qualifications, merit and business need.