Finance and Administration Coordinator (Lulea, Sweden)

Badger Meter Inc; Luleå kommun; On-site; SEK 420,000 - 540,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible work hours

Training and development opportunities

Diversity and inclusion

Job summary

Badger Meter Inc is seeking an accounting professional in Sweden to handle accounts payable and receivable, banking reconciliations, and monthly close processes. The role will also cover VAT and statutory reporting, with an emphasis on accuracy in inventory transactions and ERP data maintenance.

Ideal candidates have post-secondary education in accounting/finance, strong Excel skills, and fluent Swedish and English.

Qualifications

• Post-secondary education in Accounting, Finance, Business Administration, or equivalent work experience.
• Experience working with ERP and financial systems.
• Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel.
• Strong organizational skills with a high level of accuracy and attention to detail.
• Experience in inventory administration or logistics is considered an advantage.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills in both Swedish and English.

Responsibilities

• Finance: Manage Accounts Payable, including invoice processing, coding, and supplier payments.
• Finance: Manage Accounts Receivable, including customer invoicing, payment follow-up, and collections.
• Finance: Perform day-to-day accounting and bookkeeping activities.
• Finance: Reconcile balance sheet and general ledger accounts.
• Finance: Process and reconcile bank transactions.
• Finance: Prepare accruals and prepayments.
• Assist with monthly, quarterly, and annual financial close activities.
• Prepare financial reports, analyses, and statistical data.
• Perform VAT, tax, and other statutory reporting tasks.
• Inventory and Logistics: Record inbound and outbound inventory transactions in the ERP system.
• Inventory and Logistics: Manage inventory transactions, including stock replenishment, inventory adjustments, and reconciliation of inventory variances.
• Inventory and Logistics: Ensure inventory balances are accurate and up to date.
• Inventory and Logistics: Participate in inventory counts and monitor inventory valuations.
• Inventory and Logistics: Review purchase orders and shipping documentation.
• Inventory and Logistics: Coordinate with freight carriers, suppliers, and customers regarding deliveries.
• Inventory and Logistics: Follow up on delivery discrepancies and customer or supplier claims.
• Inventory and Logistics: Administer freight bookings and shipping documentation.

Skills

MS Excel

Attention to detail

Bilingual Swedish/English

Education

Post-secondary education in Accounting/Finance/Business Administration

Tools

ERP systems

Job description

Overview

Badger Meter is a leading global water technology company with a mission to preserve and protect the world’s most precious resource. For more than 120 years, cities and businesses have utilized our solutions to enhance operational efficiency, conserve water, and support affordable, clean, and resilient water systems. We are committed to building a workplace that shapes a more sustainable future, celebrates differences, empowers voices, and drives innovation. Every employee counts because our contributions have a lasting impact on the world.

Responsibilities

• Finance: Manage Accounts Payable, including invoice processing, coding, and supplier payments.
• Finance: Manage Accounts Receivable, including customer invoicing, payment follow-up, and collections.
• Finance: Perform day-to-day accounting and bookkeeping activities.
• Finance: Reconcile balance sheet and general ledger accounts.
• Finance: Process and reconcile bank transactions.
• Finance: Prepare accruals and prepayments.
• Finance: Assist with monthly, quarterly, and annual financial close activities.
• Finance: Prepare financial reports, analyses, and statistical data.
• Finance: Perform VAT, tax, and other statutory reporting tasks.
• Inventory and Logistics: Record inbound and outbound inventory transactions in the ERP system.
• Inventory and Logistics: Manage inventory transactions, including stock replenishment, inventory adjustments, and reconciliation of inventory variances.
• Inventory and Logistics: Ensure inventory balances are accurate and up to date.
• Inventory and Logistics: Participate in inventory counts and monitor inventory valuations.
• Inventory and Logistics: Review purchase orders and shipping documentation.
• Inventory and Logistics: Coordinate with freight carriers, suppliers, and customers regarding deliveries.
• Inventory and Logistics: Follow up on delivery discrepancies and customer or supplier claims.
• Inventory and Logistics: Administer freight bookings and shipping documentation.

Qualifications

• Post-secondary education in Accounting, Finance, Business Administration, or equivalent work experience.
• Experience working with ERP and financial systems.
• Experience with day-to-day accounting and bookkeeping.
• Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel.
• Strong organizational skills with a high level of accuracy and attention to detail.
• Experience in inventory administration or logistics is considered an advantage.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills in both Swedish and English.

Competencies

• Work Standards: Setting high standards of performance for self and others; accountability and self-imposed excellence.
• Initiating Action: Proactive action to accomplish goals and deliver results.
• Communication: Clear and concise information exchange; active listening.
• Collaboration: Work across the organization to achieve shared objectives.

What We Offer

• Motivating work environment in an internationally active, innovative and growing company.
• Interesting and challenging tasks with responsibility.
• Attractive conditions and opportunities for training and development.
• Flexible work hours and a welcoming team environment.

We see diversity and inclusion as a strength of our globally operating organization. As an equal opportunity employer, we make personnel decisions regardless of gender identity, ethnicity, religion and belief, age, sexual orientation, national origin or disability.

Privacy Statement: The Employee and Applicant Privacy Statement describes how we collect, use, share, retain, and safeguard applicant information. Please see the privacy statement on our website.

With more than a century of water technology innovation, Badger Meter is a global provider of industry-leading water solutions encompassing flow measurement, quality, and other system parameters. These offerings provide customers with data and analytics essential to optimize operations and contribute to the sustainable use and protection of the world’s most precious resource.