Process Lead - Accounts Receivable, Espoo

About the role

As a Process Lead for Accounts Receivable, you will play a key role in leading an AR virtual network of professionals supporting all Marketing & Services countries, including Finland, Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania. You will oversee and improve AR processes, ensuring smooth daily operations and adequate work distribution. You will report directly to the Head of Financial Services and collaborate closely with stakeholders such as the finance organization, credit controllers, customer service, and external system providers.

You are offered

• A great opportunity to develop your leadership and process management skills in a global, forward-looking company.
• A central role where you can genuinely impact process design, digitalization, and automation.
• Hybrid work opportunity

Work tasks

In this role, your daily tasks will be highly versatile, combining hands-on problem solving with higher-level process development and coordination.

• Leading and coordinating the daily work of the AR virtual network, including planning work distribution, holidays, and substitutions
• Ensuring that AR daily and period-end closing tasks are performed accurately and according to the global closing schedule
• Overseeing, maintaining, and developing AR processes, while actively driving digitalization and automation initiatives
• Creating and maintaining documentation for AR processes, daily task instructions, and internal controls
• Supporting the finance organization with AR-related issues, change management, and problem-solving, as well as coaching and advising stakeholders
• Preparing audit materials and assisting auditors
• Stepping in to perform daily tasks during peak times, period-end closings, or sudden staff shortages
• Driving high-class process design, promoting best practices, designing performance measures, and resolving process defects

We are looking for

• A relevant degree in Finance or Accounting
• Solid experience in Accounts Receivable accounting
• A process and system development-oriented mindset with a strong drive to harmonize and automate processes
• Excellent skills in resolving discrepancies, communicating with stakeholders, and maintaining accurate records
• Fluent in English

It is meritorious if you have

• Fluent in Finnish
• Previous experience working with ERP systems, especially Microsoft Dynamics 365

To succeed in the role, your personal skills are:

• Change oriented
• Stress tolerant
• Goal oriented
• Orderly
• Responsible

Our recruitment process

This recruitment process is handled by Academic Work and it is our client’s wish that all questions regarding the position is directed to Academic Work.

Our selection process is continuous and the advert may close before the recruitment process is completed if we have moved forward to the next phase. The process includes two tests: one personality test and one cognitive test. The tests are tools to find the right talent for the right position, to enable equality, diversity, and a fair process.