Are you excited about joining a forward-thinking organization and contributing to our continued global growth? We are looking for our next Accounting Manager to help shape the future of our accounting function at Epidemic Sound. As a vital member of our Finance Team, you will be instrumental in ensuring efficient and scalable accounting processes as we expand globally.
If you’re up for the challenge, we’d love to hear from you!
Your tasks and areas of responsibility
We are looking for a results-oriented and experienced Accounting Manager with solid technical knowledge in accounting who thrives in a fast- paced and rapidly changing environment. The role requires a hands-on approach, involving detailed work with account reconciliations, reviewing journal entry bookings, IFRS interpretations, as well as designing new processes and structures to optimize Epidemic Sounds Record-to-Report, Order-to-Cash, and Purchase-to-Pay processes. Moreover, you will be responsible for interpretation and implementation of accounting standards, where you need to stay up to date with current legislation.
As Accounting Manager at Epidemic Sound, you will have managerial responsibility for 5-8 people, and depending on your interest and experience, there is an opportunity to take an active role in the consolidation process. The position is placed at Epidemic Sounds head office in Stockholm, and you will report to the VP of Accounting.
Your main responsibilities include:
- Ensure accurate and timely reporting of the Groups consolidated financial statements according to IFRS
- Prepare the annual report for the group and Epidemic Sound AB, as well as the preparation of interim reports
- Responsible for the monthly and quarterly close process; prepare key account reconciliations and review reconciliations performed by the accounting team
- Responsible for legal reporting in our group consolidation tool AARO
- Contract reviews according to IFRS 15 to ensure accurate revenue recognition
- Adjustments from local GAAP to IFRS 2,9,15 och 16
- Responsible for accounting in the parent company Epidemic Sound Holding II AB
- Provide technical support and advice on complex accounting and financial reporting topics under IFRS and Swedish GAAP
- Review and ensure the quality of income tax returns
- Together with Tax Manager ensure compliance with transfer pricing regulations
- Ensure compliance with corporate policies and guidelines
- Ensure good internal control structure and work closely with the internal control team to update control descriptions and perform self-assessments
- Liaise with the Tech department on the process of tracking and reporting R&D projects, including impairment testing on a yearly basis
- Keep our finance manual up to date
Your profile
You have a university degree in economics, and we believe that you have around 10 years of relevant working experience after graduation. To be suitable for the position, you have thorough knowledge in accounting and prior experience in roles involving personnel management. You are confident and self-driven in handling month-end closing and reporting processes. You are experienced in IFRS, and it is desirable that you have experience from an international group structure and have been involved in IFRS technical accounting projects. You re fluent in English, as this is the company language at Epidemic Sound.
Personal skills
Since you will be part of a dynamic and fast-growing environment you need to be able to adapt to changes, have strong analytical skills and a structured way of working. You have a high level of accuracy, accountability, and attention to detail, and you are skilled at identifying problems, seeking root causes as well as developing and implement practical timely solutions. As you will have contact with different stakeholders in the organization you have an outgoing personality and can quickly, efficiently, and accurately work with multiple teams and colleagues.
How to apply
In this recruitment process, Epidemic Sound is partnering with Prodiem. Selection of candidates is ongoing throughout the process. Please submit your application at our website, www.prodiem.se. For further information regarding the position, please contact Vilda Cygnaeus at 070-557 96 06 at Prodiem.
Welcome with your application!
At Epidemic Sound, we make soundtracking content simple and inspiring with unlimited access to music and sound effects. Headquartered in Stockholm, with offices all over the world, we are a force of over 500 on a mission to soundtrack the world. Our innovative licensing model paves the way for creators – from YouTubers to small businesses to the world’s most recognizable brands such as Netflix, Redbull and BBC – to use sound to enhance their content while simultaneously supporting artists both financially and creatively. Epidemic Sound music is heard 2 billion times a day on YouTube alone and is recognized as one of Europe’s fastest-growing companies by the Financial Times. Epidemic Sound is backed by EQT, Blackstone, Creandum, Atwater Capital to name a few.
