Accounts Payable Swedish Speaking

SWEDISH OR NORWEGIAN SPEAKERS

Think Accountancy & Finance are working with a fantastic, well-established international business to recruit a Swedish or Norwegian Speaking Accounts Payable Assistant to join their growing finance team.

This is a brilliant opportunity to join a large, supportive finance function where you will gain exposure to a busy, multi-entity environment and work as part of an experienced team.

Fluent Swedish or Norwegian is essential for this position
, as you will be supporting Swedish-speaking stakeholders and entities. You must be confident speaking and reading Swedish
, alongside fluent English.

Initially offered on a 6-month fixed-term contract, there is potential for the position to become permanent thereafter.

Working within the Accounts Payable team, you will take ownership of a portfolio of entities and support across a varied range of AP and treasury responsibilities, including:

• Processing supplier invoices accurately, including PO and non-PO invoices
• Managing supplier information and ensuring records remain accurate and up to date
• Responding to supplier and internal finance queries
• Managing invoice approval workflows and resolving outstanding items
• Preparing and processing payment runs
• Supporting urgent and manual payments where required
• Completing bank reconciliations and investigating discrepancies
• Monitoring cash balances and upcoming payments
• Taking ownership of assigned ledgers and clearing aged items
• Supporting the wider finance team with month-end activities
• Working within strong financial controls and processes
• Identifying system or process issues and supporting improvements across the team

First and foremost - you MUST be fluent in Swedish and English.

Alongside your language skills, we are ideally looking for someone who has:

• At least 2 years' experience within Accounts Payable, Purchase Ledger or a similar transactional finance position
• Experience working across multiple entities
• A good understanding of the full Accounts Payable process
• Experience supporting payment runs, reconciliations and treasury-related tasks
• Strong Excel skills and confidence using finance/ERP systems
• Excellent attention to detail
• The ability to manage a busy workload and competing priorities
• A proactive approach and confidence communicating with different stakeholders
• Experience with in a larger or international finance environment would be beneficial
• AAT studies or another finance qualification would be advantageous, but isn't essential

This is a great chance to join a large international organisation with an established finance function and plenty of opportunity to learn from experienced colleagues.

The business offers a supportive working environment, hybrid working and the chance to build experience within a complex, multi-entity finance structure. For someone who enjoys Accounts Payable but wants a role with plenty of responsibility and exposure, this could be a fantastic next move.

And importantly,
your Swedish language skills will be genuinely used within the role
, rather than simply being a "nice to have".