Senior Accountant (6-Month Fixed-Term Contract)

Benifex Limited; Stockholms kommun; On-site; SEK 420,000 - 540,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

ITP1 pension

Lifeplan

Collective agreement

Benefits portal access

Wellness allowance

30 vacation days per year

Referral bonuses

Enhanced parental pay

Volunteer Days

Job summary

Benifex Limited, Stockholm, seeks an experienced accountant to join the finance team on a six-month fixed-term contract. You will support accounting and financial reporting for Benifex entities, perform month-end close, and oversee balance-sheet governance with auditors and external agencies.

This hands-on role requires strong IFRS knowledge, a formal accounting qualification, and about 3+ years post-qualification experience.

Qualifications

• Approximately 3+ years post-qualification experience in financial accounting.
• Experience with IFRS and financial statements.
• Strong month-end close and balance-sheet reconciliation skills.
• Ability to translate business activities into accounting outcomes.
• Fluency in English and Swedish at professional level.
• Formal accounting qualification required.

Responsibilities

• Perform accounting for Benifex legal entities and prepare financial statements under IFRS.
• Deliver month-end close activities on timetable and meet Group reporting deadlines.
• Own monthly balance-sheet reconciliations and substantiate with supporting documents.
• Coordinate with accounting agencies across Benifex jurisdictions for timely reporting.
• Maintain and improve internal financial-control framework.
• Document key processes and remediate control gaps and audit findings.
• Support NetSuite and ERP changes and finance-system improvements.
• Explain results to finance and commercial teams and resolve queries.
• Support tax and treasury activities including transfer-pricing docs and invoicing.
• Act as main contact for external auditors when required.

Skills

English fluency

Swedish fluency

Month-end close

Balance-sheet reconciliation

IFRS knowledge

Education

Accounting qualification

Tools

NetSuite

Job description

Who are Benifex?

We are a fast-moving technology company, and one of the most successful providers of online reward and benefits solutions in the world. We believe that everyone deserves an exceptional experience at work, every day, and build workplace technology that makes this happen. Benifex’s mission is to build remarkable experiences that employees love. Today Benifex supports more than five million employees in over 3,000 organisations across more than 100 countries. To help us on our quest to be the best, we need brilliant people on board and that’s where you come in.

Why you should apply

• Take ownership of core accounting and financial reporting activities across multiple Benifex legal entities.
• Join a collaborative Group Controllership team where your expertise will make an immediate and visible impact.
• Work on a broad range of technical accounting activities, including financial statements, balance-sheet governance, controls and audit support.
• Help strengthen our finance processes by contributing to NetSuite, ERP and close-process improvements.
• Sunday Times Best Place to Work 2025 and Best Large Tech Company to Work for 2025
• Work for a profitable, fast-growing market leader in the online reward and employee benefits space

• ITP1 pension.
• Lifeplan - a leading financial advisory service that offers personalized advice for maximizing your pension savings.
• Collective agreement.
• Access to our comprehensive benefits portal.
• Generous wellness allowance.
• 30 vacation days / year.
• Referral bonuses.
• Enhanced parental pay.
• Volunteer Days – two paid days annually to give back to the community.

Role overview

We are looking for an accountant to join our finance team in Stockholm on a six-month fixed-term contract. You will support accounting and financial reporting for Benifex legal entities during an important period of team transition.

This is a hands-on and technically focused accounting role covering month-end close, financial statements, balance-sheet governance, financial controls and audit support. You will work closely with colleagues across group finance, external accounting agencies and auditors while helping us improve our systems and processes.

This role is best suited to a strong accountant who can become productive quickly, take ownership and navigate a changing environment with confidence.

Responsibilities

• Perform accounting for Benifex legal entities and prepare financial statements under IFRS.
• Deliver month-end close activities in line with the agreed timetable and ensure Group reporting deadlines are met.
• Own monthly balance-sheet reconciliations and substantiation, including reviewing reconciliations prepared by the wider team.
• Coordinate with accounting agencies across Benifex jurisdictions to support accurate and timely reporting.
• Help maintain and improve the internal financial-control framework.
• Document key accounting processes and support the remediation of control gaps and audit findings.
• Contribute to finance-system and process-improvement initiatives, including NetSuite and wider ERP changes.
• Partner with finance and commercial teams to explain results, resolve accounting queries and connect business activity to accounting outcomes.
• Support tax and treasury with activities including transfer-pricing documentation, calculations and invoicing.
• Act as a key contact for external auditors when required.

What we are looking for

• Approximately 3+ years post qualification experience in financial accounting.
• Previous NetSuite experience.
• Strong month-end close and balance-sheet reconciliation experience.
• Experience preparing financial statements and working with IFRS.
• Ability to understand business activities and translate them into appropriate accounting outcomes.
• Comfortable working through complexity, change and competing priorities.
• Full Professional fluency in English and Swedish.
• A formal accounting qualification.

Bonus points for

• Multi-entity or international accounting experience.
• Experience coordinating external accounting agencies and auditors.
• Exposure to ERP implementation, finance-system change, automation or close-process standardisation.

We want to make the application process as simple and fair as possible. That’s why we don’t ask for a cover letter for this role. Instead, you’ll find a few short questions in the application form. Your answers will help us understand your experience and skills in a more direct and relevant way.

We look forward to receiving and reading your application!