Financial Accountant

Ziff Davis; Helsinki; On-site; EUR 52,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

Ookla, an Accenture company, is seeking a highly organized Financial Accountant to own core financial operations in Finland. You will manage month-end close, VAT, and statutory reporting while ensuring accuracy across GL, AP, AR, and cash flow processes.

The role requires meticulous reconciliations, tax compliance, and effective communication with stakeholders. You will handle bank reconciliations, intercompany transfers, fixed assets, and year-end close to prepare FINGAAP financial statements.

Qualifications

• 3-5 years general accounting experience.
• ACA or ACCA qualified.
• Experience building globally-distributed systems.
• Strong understanding of accounting best practices.
• Expertise in VAT & Tax.
• Comfortable learning and working with new technologies.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills.
• Strong time management skills and a self-driven work ethic.

Responsibilities

• Prepare recurring monthly journals, including bank fees, currency transfers, net salaries, tax payments, refunds, and VAT journals.
• Perform bank account reconciliations and process bank statements for various transactions.
• Execute Fixed Asset Management (FAM) reconciliations and Balance Sheet reconciliations.
• Manage end-to-end Accounts Payable, including payment files and vendor bills processing.
• Review VAT codes and provide final accounting approval for standalone bills and VAT verifications.
• Oversee cash flow, manual payments, intercompany transfers and employer payments.
• Take ownership of VAT processes, EU sales declarations, and local tax compliance.

Skills

General accounting

Communication skills

Time management

Tech adaptability

Global systems experience

VAT & Tax

Education

ACA or ACCA

Job description

Description

The Opportunity

We are seeking a highly organized and detail-oriented Financial Accountant to take ownership of our core financial operations. This role is critical for ensuring the accuracy of our daily financial transactions, managing complex month-end and year-end closing procedures, and maintaining strict compliance with local statutory and tax requirements. The ideal candidate will be adept at reconciling accounts, managing corporate payments, and preparing FINGAAP financial statements.

Key Responsibilities

• General Ledger & Reconciliations
  • Prepare recurring monthly journals, including bank fees, currency transfers (USD to EUR), net salaries, tax payments, refunds, and specific VAT/tax journals.
  • Perform comprehensive reconciliations of all bank accounts and process bank statements for various financial transactions.
  • Execute Fixed Asset Management (FAM) reconciliations and general Balance Sheet (BS) reconciliations.
  • Manage the preparation and recording of standard accruals, including interest and Corporate Income Tax (CIT) accruals.
• Accounts Payable (AP) & Accounts Receivable (AR)
  • Manage end-to-end Accounts Payable operations, including creating payment files, applying bill credits to open vendor bills, and sending finalized purchase invoice payment files to the bank.
  • Review VAT codes and provide final accounting approval for standalone bills.
  • Perform both AP and AR reconciliations to accounting, alongside comprehensive VAT verifications.
  • Process payment reminders for outstanding accounts.
  • Provide holiday coverage as the AR application back-up for approximately 5 weeks per year.
• Cash Flow Management & Payment Processing
  • Oversee daily bank statements and process general outgoing payments.
  • Handle manual payment requests (e.g., payment of loans, interest, and intercompany transfers)
  • Execute essential corporate payments, including advance tax payments, VAT payments, and standard employer payments.
• Tax Compliance, Statutory Reporting & Year-End Closing
  • Take full ownership of VAT processes, including VAT data management, calculations, postings, VAT returns, and EU Sales declarations.
  • Act as the primary point of contact for processing letters and decisions from local Tax Authorities, including relevant tax consulting tasks.
  • Gather data for local statutory reporting and submit finalized statutory reports.
  • Execute year-end closing work to finalize the fiscal year and prepare FINGAAP financial statements. Manage associated Year-End Tasks and general financial consulting.
• Payroll & Employee Expense Management
  • Perform final VAT checks and provide finance approval for employee travel and expense claims.
  • Review and process travel claims and employee pay slips.
  • Report on taxable expense claims (e.g., kilometers and personal use) and process non-taxable allowances when standard T&E systems do not support the calculation.
  • Ensure accurate and timely data transfers to the core accounting system for all payroll and expense records.

Job Qualifications

We are looking for the right person, not the exact list of requirements. If you believe your life experience has prepared you for similar challenges, we’d like to hear from you.

• 3-5 Years General Accounting experience
• ACA or ACCA Qualified
• Experience building globally-distributed systems
• Strong understanding of Accounting best practices
• Expertise in VAT & Tax
• Comfortable learning and working with new technologies in an ever-changing environment
• Strong verbal and written communication skills
• Strong time management skills and a self-driven work ethic

About

Ookla, an Accenture company, is a global leader in connectivity intelligence that brings together the trusted expertise of Speedtest®, Downdetector®, Ekahau®, and RootMetrics® to deliver unmatched network and connectivity insights. By combining multi-source data with industry-leading expertise, we transform network performance metrics into strategic, actionable insights.

Our solutions empower service providers, enterprises, and governments with the critical data and insights needed to optimize networks, enhance digital experiences, and help close the digital divide. At the same time, we amplify the real-world experiences of individuals and businesses that rely on connectivity to work, learn, and communicate. From measuring and analyzing connectivity to driving industry innovation, Ookla helps the world stay connected.

About Accenture

Accenture helps the world’s leading enterprises reinvent by building their digital core and unleashing the power of AI to create value at speed for organizations across industries. Our strategy is to be the reinvention partner of choice for our clients and lead in the safe, widespread adoption of AI, and to be the most client focused, AI-enabled, great place to work in the world. We bring together the talent of our approximately 799,000 people with proprietary assets and platforms, deep process and industry expertise, and leading ecosystem relationships to deliver end-to-end solutions and measurable outcomes at scale. Through our Reinvention Services, we offer broad expertise across Cybersecurity, Digital Core, Finance, Industry and Enterprise, Song, Supply Chain and Engineering, and Talent, with advanced capabilities in AI and Data, Industry and Process, and Technology. We serve approximately 9,000 clients and generated approximately $70 billion in FY25 revenue. Visit us at accenture.com.