Finance Specialist, Accounting & Reporting

Sanoma Oyj; Helsinki; Hybrid; EUR 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Sanoma Oyj in Helsinki invites a Finance Specialist, Accounting & Reporting to join the Sanoma Learning Nordic & Group Accounting Services team. You will lead statutory and tax reporting, manage month-end close, ensure quality reporting in HFM, and coordinate audits while partnering with auditors and stakeholders.

You will strengthen local accounting, tax controls and drive improvements across processes and systems, including involvement in finance development projects.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or higher in accounting, finance or similar.
• Five+ years of experience in accounting or audit in an international company.
• Strong knowledge of local GAAP and tax.
• Strong communication and collaboration skills in English as well as Finnish.
• Meritorious basic IFRS knowledge.
• Experience from SAP, preferably S4HANA.

Responsibilities

• Manage statutory and tax reporting for multiple entities within Sanoma Group.
• Oversee monthly month-end closing, ensure timely, high-quality reporting in HFM and reconciliations.
• Prepare financial statements and tax filings; liaise with external/internal auditors.
• Coordinate local tax audits and provide local accounting/tax expertise to stakeholders.
• Collaborate with business partners and other finance teams to improve processes.
• Participate in finance development projects and roll-out of new finance systems.

Skills

Strong analytical skills

English proficiency

Finnish proficiency

Stakeholder collaboration

Process improvement mindset

Education

Bachelor's degree in accounting/finance

IFRS knowledge

Tools

SAP S4HANA

Job description

We are now looking for a financial professional for the role of Finance Specialist, Accounting & Reporting to strengthen our Sanoma Learning Nordic & Group Accounting Services team in Sanomatalo, Helsinki.

About the organisation

As Sanoma’s Accounting Services department, our mission is to provide high-quality and efficient accounting and reporting services to Sanoma’s subsidiaries. We ensure compliance with local accounting and tax regulations. We provide accounting expertise to our business partners and drive value from an end-to-end process perspective (PTP, OTC and RTR). Sanoma’s culture is dynamic, and we are looking for driven, positive individual who is not afraid to take ownership and make decisions independently.

About the role

In this role you will be responsible for statutory and tax reporting for a number of legal entities within Sanoma Group. On a monthly basis you are in charge of the month-end closing process, ensuring quality and timely reporting of the financial results in HFM, ensure accounts are reconciled and key controls are performed. You are responsible for all statutory reporting including preparation of financial statements and tax filings. You are the first point of contact towards external/internal auditors and coordinate potential local tax audits. You also collaborate proactively and closely with business stakeholders and other finance colleagues, providing strong local accounting and tax expertise. Further, you play a key role in continuously improving and enhancing our local accounting, tax and reporting processes. You are quickly able to adapt to new processes and tools, can resolve any problem quickly and understand how to optimize our systems and ways of working. The role also includes participation in various finance development projects, such as the roll‑out of new finance systems.

Formal Requirements

To succeed in this role, we are looking for the following qualifications: Bachelor’s degree or higher in accounting, finance or similar Five+ years of experience in accounting or audit in an international company Strong knowledge of local GAAP and tax Strong communication and collaboration skills in English as well as Finnish Meritorious Basic IFRS knowledge Experience from SAP, preferably S4HANA.

Keys to success

Strong analytical and data optimization skills Proactive, Customer driven continuous improvement mindset Ability to build good relationships with stakeholders.

What do we offer?

As an employer, Sanoma offers a working environment where you are able and encouraged to show your best self. The working environment is result-oriented as well as flexible with a focus on collaboration. We offer you a key position with interesting and challenging tasks and excellent opportunities for professional growth. You will be part of a highly professional and experienced international team in an open and informal setting, where initiative is expected and rewarded.

Position Specs

Location – Sanoma HQ, Central Helsinki Work model – Hybrid (2/5 days at the office) Contract – Permanent, full time

About Sanoma Learning

How do you prepare students for the world, engage their curiosity and inspire them to grow? That is the main question of teachers all around the world. At Sanoma Learning, it has always been our mission to help to find and develop best-in-class answers to this question. If you join us, it means that you embark on an exciting journey to help shape the future of learning for primary, secondary and vocational education. We believe that your journey is our success as a company. Sanoma Learning is a leading K12 European learning company, operating in 12 countries. Our learning products and services enable and support teachers and schools to develop the talents of every child to reach their potential. By offering printed and digital learning content, as well as digital learning and teaching platforms for primary, secondary and vocational education, we want to grow our positive impact on learning across Europe. With over 3000 employees, we help shape the future of education for 25+ million of students. So, are you ready to start your journey to help shape the future of learning and help teachers to support all students to reach their potential? Sanoma Learning is an equal opportunity employer; we are committed to inclusion and diversity, ensure equal opportunity for all applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or any other characteristics. At Sanoma Learning, it's our mission to help teacher to support all students to reach their potential. If you join us, it means that you embark on an exciting journey to help shape the future of learning for primary, secondary and vocational education. We develop methods and technology that have a positive impact on millions of young minds. With curiosity and ambition in your DNA, you are also on a learning journey yourself, since you play a pivotal role in building the leading learning company that we are. You have a deep-rooted passion for learning. You are up for a challenge. You will be confronted with positive change. And we can promise you one thing: it will be exciting. Working at Sanoma Learning is as much about you as it is about us. About what you need to help shape the future of learning. But above all, about who you are. Because we recognise that diversity in our teams increases our understanding of the people and communities we serve. That’s why we welcome everybody as their true self.