Senior Finance Process and ERP Consultant Location:

Solna, Stockholm, Sweden Start Date:

To Be Negotiated End Date:

31st March 2027

Work Style:

Hybrid, 40 hours per week, 5 days per week Role Objective Act as the Finance Subject Matter Expert within an ERP implementation project, leading the design of future finance processes and operating arrangements. Define a scalable finance target operating model for a standalone company and support the transition of accounting activities into effective in-house operations. Ensure the new finance organisation and ERP solution support accurate reporting, regulatory compliance, operational control, and continuous improvement. Key Responsibilities Lead the design and implementation of finance processes within the new ERP solution. Establish accounting policies, processes, governance, and internal controls for a standalone company environment. Define finance requirements and participate in ERP vendor selection, solution design, testing, and deployment. Develop the future finance operating model, including role descriptions and ways of working. Drive standardisation and improvement across Record-to-Report, Procure-to-Pay, and Order-to-Cash processes. Act as ERP Super User and principal contact for finance-related system and process topics. Support business users through training, knowledge transfer, and change-management activities. Ensure compliance with accounting standards, tax regulations, statutory reporting, and internal governance requirements. Tasks Assess existing finance processes, service arrangements, controls, and organisational dependencies. Translate finance and reporting requirements into functional ERP requirements and solution designs. Support RFP preparation, requirements definition, vendor evaluation, and solution-selection activities. Design and document finance processes covering accounting, project accounting, fixed assets, investments, product costing, and reporting. Define controls and process responsibilities across Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable, and General Ledger. Plan and support configuration reviews, testing, defect resolution, deployment, and transition activities. Prepare training materials and deliver user support, knowledge transfer, and change-readiness activities. Identify opportunities for finance automation, AI-enabled processes, and continuous improvement. Deliverables Approved finance target operating model, organisational structure, and role framework. Documented accounting policies, end-to-end processes, governance arrangements, and internal controls. Complete finance requirements and evaluation inputs supporting ERP selection and implementation. Designed, tested, and deployed finance processes within the new ERP solution. Transition plan and completed transfer of relevant accounting activities to in-house operations. Training materials, process documentation, and completed knowledge-transfer activities. Project Documents Finance target operating model and organisational-design documentation. Process maps, policies, controls, role descriptions, and ways of working. ERP requirements, RFP documentation, and vendor-evaluation records. Solution designs, test scripts, test results, defect logs, and deployment documentation. Transition plans, training materials, and knowledge-transfer records. Decision Authority / Responsibility Provide authoritative finance-process and ERP recommendations within the agreed project governance. Define and challenge finance requirements, processes, controls, and proposed solution designs. Identify and escalate material accounting, tax, compliance, control, system, and transition risks. Work independently while maintaining alignment with finance, project, technology, and business stakeholders. Requirements Extensive experience in financial accounting, reporting, and month-end, quarter-end, and year-end closing. Strong understanding of VAT, corporate taxation, and statutory reporting. Experience across Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable, General Ledger, project accounting, fixed assets, and investment accounting. Hands-on experience as an ERP Super User, Finance Systems Lead, or comparable finance-system authority. Extensive experience delivering ERP implementation, upgrade, or finance-transformation programmes. Documented experience establishing or transforming finance organisations, including processes, structures, roles, governance, and controls. Strong finance-process design, standardisation, and continuous-improvement capability. Strong stakeholder-management, communication, training, and change-management skills. Able to operate independently within a changing and evolving environment. Fluent spoken and written Swedish and English. University degree in Accounting, Finance, Business Administration, or an equivalent discipline. Additional ERP, finance-transformation, or project-management education or certification is beneficial. Experience establishing finance functions in carve-out, standalone-company, or wider transformation environments is preferred. Knowledge of K3 and IFRS reporting frameworks is preferred. Experience within energy, infrastructure, or another asset-intensive industry is preferred. Experience with AI-enabled finance processes, automation, and ERP selection is advantageous.