Interim Accounting Manager & Securities Accountant
Interim Search has been entrusted with an exciting and unique consulting assignment for a well-established and customer-owned company in the occupational pension and insurance industry in Stockholm. The company is characterized by long-term stability, high quality and a personal corporate culture where security for the customer is in focus.
This is a broad, operational and niche key role for someone who thrives at the intersection of qualified legal accounting and asset management financial flows. The assignment is a shared hybrid role where you will split your time roughly equally between two main areas.
Main duties:
Accounting & Financial Statements (50%):
- Managing, quality assuring and implementing monthly, quarterly and annual accounts and assisting with annual reporting.
- Ensure proper accounting and reporting in accordance with applicable legislation and specific regulations for occupational pension activities.
- Work hands-on and independently run accounting processes from start to finish.
Securities, Middle & Back Office (50%):
- Responsible for the legal accounting and valuation of financial instruments (e.g. debt securities, shares and funds) and the accounting of dividends and interest.
- Ongoing reconciliation of custody accounts, portfolios and liquid assets with external managers and custodian banks to ensure accurate transaction flows.
- Provide structure, increased control and proactively develop and streamline existing financial procedures at the interface between finance and asset management.
To be eligible for the role:
- Solid and long-standing experience as an accounting manager or senior accountant with strong functional accounting skills.
- Proven experience in accounting for financial instruments and working on reconciliations in Middle and/or Back Office.
- Experience in the financial sector, specifically in occupational pension insurance, life insurance or unit-linked insurance, and a good understanding of the industry's regulatory framework are required.
- Very good system skills and advanced knowledge of Excel.
- You are structured, accurate and deeply operational. You are used to working independently and taking full, personal responsibility for financial delivery.
About the process:
The assignment is full-time and is expected to last for 6 months. The position will be filled after the holidays (starting in August), but interviews and presentation of candidates will be ongoing during the month of June.
Do you have the right profile, experience in occupational pensions and are available after the summer? Apply today!
