Senior Accountant

Kongsberg Maritime is a technology pioneer, enabling a more sustainable future for our oceans. Our zero-emission integrated technologies advance the maritime industry and solve our customers' toughest problems. With unmatched competence, domain knowledge, innovation, and market reach, we are the trusted maritime partner. Headquartered in Kongsberg, Norway, the company has manufacturing, sales and service facilities in 35 countries.

Our Global Customer Support division is responsible for Kongsberg Maritimes services, upgrades and support in the aftermarket. Our 3000 employees are present in 35 different countries around the world. During the operational lifetime of more than installations, we ensure cost-efficient delivery of services, upgrades and spare parts to secure availability and predictability to our customers.

Kongsberg Maritime Italy is representing Kongsberg Maritime's business units and product lines in the Italian Shipping Market. We offer unique job opportunities in the challenging field of global maritime business with excellent development opportunities.

We are thrilled to present an exceptional career opportunity for the position as Senior Accountant within Global Customer Support in Kongsberg Maritime.

As an international commercial business partner, you collaborate across all products, functions, and geographies. The role requires stakeholder management and engagement at a senior level. Therefore, we are looking for a determined, collaborative, and proactive individual who will play a pivotal role in driving business growth.

The position will be reporting to the Finance Manager, Kongsberg Maritime Italy.

Job Description / Key accountabilities:

• Maintain the general accounting records of the Italian entity in accordance with local regulations and internal company standards
• Perform the day-to-day bookkeeping activities in the local ERP system, working autonomously and in coordination with the Finance Manager
• Process and verify employee expense reports, ensuring accuracy, compliance with policies, and timely cash reimbursements
• Manage treasury activities (excluding payroll-related operations), including payments, cash postings, bank reconciliations, and monitoring cash positions
• Prepare and execute account reconciliations, including intercompany reconciliations, in line with the established monthly and quarterly deadlines
• Support the preparation and submission of mandatory tax filings, collaborating with external tax consultants as required
• Assist with month-end and year-end closings, ensuring accuracy and timeliness of financial information
• Contribute to process optimization, identifying areas for improvement in accounting and administrative workflows.

Qualifications and experience:

• Higher education in Accounting, Finance, or related fields
• 4-6 years of experience in accounting roles within structured environments; experience in multinational companies is considered an advantage
• Experience within a global organization is an advantage
• High experience within to Microsoft office tools, such as MS Excel
• Good understanding and efficient with tools such as ERP, HFM, Excel and Power BI (or similar)
• Ability to speak English

Personal Qualities / Characteristics:

• Good analytical skills, solution oriented and targeted
• Ability to work independently, but also as a part of a team and share knowledge, experience, information and support others in the pursuit of team goals
• Must be able to meet deadlines
• Adhere to company rules and procedures and execute plans with commitment and determination
• Be proactive and work on continuous improvements

We can offer: 

• Working in an internationally environment/stable company
• You will be an important contributor in an exclusive technical and commercial environment
• Unique atmosphere in a team sharing expertise
• Collaboration with various departments and disciplines within our global organization
• Competitive terms and conditions
• Interesting experience and opportunity for personal development

Place of work: Genoa or Rome - Italy

Applicants are requested to enclose information on education, training, experiences together with a full CV.

At Kongsberg, we believe in tackling challenging problems and delivering extreme performance for extreme conditions. We do that through excellent products and services developed for delivering the greatest benefits to our customers.

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