Financial Assistant

Description of the project

As a Financial Assistant, you play a key role in ensuring the quality, structure, and efficiency of our financial processes. You’ll handle a wide range of day-to-day accounting and financial administration tasks, while also contributing your experience, a holistic perspective, and suggestions for improvement to our daily work. You’ll be part of a finance department that’s evolving, where we’re reviewing systems, work methods, and procedures—giving you excellent opportunities to influence and contribute. The role also involves close collaboration with colleagues in the department, managers within the organization, and external partners.

Work tasks

Examples of work tasks:

• Management of supplier invoices, approval workflows, payment processes, and related Monitoring.
• Day-to-day bookkeeping, account reconciliations, and the quality assurance of financial records.
• Participation in monthly financial statements, annual financial statements, and other period-end closings.
• Support with VAT reporting, financial flow Monitoring , and other accounting-related matters.
• Liaising with government agencies, suppliers, and other external parties in connection with financial management.
• Support and services for managers and colleagues on finance-related matters.
• Contribute to the development and improvement of procedures, processes, and system support in the finance area.

Qualifications

We are looking for someone with several years of experience in finance. You thrive best when you have autonomy in a broad-ranging role, and when you can both contribute to day-to-day operations and help develop procedures, work methods, and processes.

You have:

• Several years of experience in a wide range of specialized financial work, preferably in a role where you have independent responsibility for significant portions of day-to-day operations.
• relevant education in economics, such as from high school, a vocational college, or the equivalent.
• A solid understanding of accounting, financial flows, reconciliation, and month-end closing.
• Proficiency in working with financial systems and Microsoft 365, particularly Excel.
• the ability to express yourself well in Swedish and English, both verbally and in writing.
• share our core values, which are based on the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child, Erik’s spirit, and a Christian view of humanity.

To succeed in this role, we believe you should:

• works meticulously and in a structured manner and enjoys taking responsibility for quality, both in the details and in the big picture.
• You work independently and have the ability to plan, prioritize, and drive your work forward.
• finds it easy to work with others and enjoys providing support and assistance to colleagues in the organization.
• is solution-oriented and sees opportunities to improve work methods, procedures, and processes.
• can handle multiple tasks simultaneously and thrives in periods of varying pace.

Meritorious:

• Experience with financial statement preparation and month-end closing
• Experience with VAT reporting and other accounting-related matters
• Experience with improvement initiatives, change management, or the development of financial procedures
• Experience in values-driven organizations, such as those based on a mission, nonprofit organizations, or other similar entities
• Experience with the Visma Net and Medius Go systems

We offer you

As an employee at Erikshjälpen, you’ll work in a values-driven organization where you’ll join dedicated colleagues in promoting children’s rights. In this role, you’ll have a broad and responsible position with the opportunity to influence and contribute to the development of the Finance Department’s working methods, procedures, and processes.

We are committed to ensuring that our employees have a good work-life balance and offer a wellness allowance of 2,000 Swedish kronor (SEK) s per year.

As an employee, you are covered by the collective bargaining agreement for civil society employees, negotiated between FREMIA and Unionen. As an employee with us, you have the opportunity to make a difference—for a future where children’s dreams come true.

We welcome applicants with different experiences and backgrounds and value diversity in all its forms.

About the workplace

Erikshjälpen is a child rights organisation a nonprofit secondhand business. Together, we share a common vision: a better where children’s dreams come true.

We work to combat poverty and vulnerability by promoting children's rights in 16 countries.

In Sweden, our work to promote children’s rights is primarily carried out through Erikshjälpen Framtidsverkstad, in close collaboration with our secondhand stores. In total, we operate about 50 Erikshjälpen Second Hand in Sweden and Norway. One of Erikshjälpen Second Hand’s missions is to generate as much surplus possible for the children’s rights organization Erikshjälpen.

Terms and conditions

Type of employment: Permanent position, with a six-month probationary period

Scope of work: 100%.

Start Date: January 11, 2027, or as agreed

Number of seats: 1

Location: Head office, Huskvarna

Apply for the position by September 20. We are reviewing applications on an ongoing basis, so please submit your application as soon as possible.

Contact us

If you would like to learn more about the position, please feel free to contact:

CFO Elisabeth Holm, elisabeth.holm@erikshjalpen.se, 072-401 76 81

You can read more about Erikshjälpen and " Erikshjälpen Second Hand " at erikshjalpen.se.

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