Master data (MD) & Billing accountant

Schibsted Media is the leading digital media division in Scandinavia and consists of a broad portfolio of brands such as VG, Aftenposten, E24, Bergens Tidende, Stavanger Aftenblad, Aftonbladet, Svenska Dagbladet and Omni. In addition, Schibsted’s news division has several digital niche products, with the podcast platform Podme among them. Our publications are renowned for their exceptional journalism, high editorial independence and strong digital development.

About the role

As MD & Billing Accountant you will be involved in creating and maintaining Customer Master Data, and responsible for handling the billing process, including upload, support and error handling of invoices. The billing process is initiated from various pre-systems and integrations secure transfer to our accounting system. Experience with Microsoft Dynamics 365 Finance is preferred. The accountant is part of a bigger team which is also responsible for handling incoming and outgoing payments. There will at times be needed to assist this part of the team as well, so experience with managing payments and bookkeeping is an advantage. The MD & Billing accountant will further be involved in the continuous improvement and alignment of the Order to Cash processes across all segments.

The MD & Billing accountant will report to the Team lead for MD & Billing and Process owner Order to Cash & Purchase to Pay. The position will be located in either Oslo or Stockholm, and it will require some traveling.

As a MD & Billing Accountant you will be responsible for:

MD

• Customer Master Data Creation in ERP and through an Application

• Assist in enhancing customer master data quality in cooperation with sales organization

Billing

• Manual upload of invoice documents

• Validation and posting of credit notes

• Support and error handling of various flows of invoicing, e.g. from pre-systems, intercompany and subscriptions

• Order and invoice status revision in ERP

• Reconciliation

• Developing models for reconciliation between finance systems in Excel

• Ensure goal achievement through continuous follow-up and maintenance of master data customer and payment terms according to current policy and routines

Revenue Recognition

• Support Revenue distribution related tasks

• Monitor and resolve revenue recognition issues

General

• Support and assist continuous improvement initiatives and relevant projects

• Collaborate across teams in OTC & PTP to ensure goal achievement and continuous improvement

• Handle customer inquiries (Internal/External) and ensure that the team is up to date with customer handling and account reconciliation

• Take responsibility for own competence development in collaboration with Team leader

Who we are looking for

A MD & Billing Accountant should have

• Bachelor’s degree in accounting, business, economics, finance, or a related field

• Experience with working with customer master data and billing in the order to cash process

• Strong interest in technical aspect of pre-systems and ERP

• Strong analytical skills and experience with improving quality for large amounts of data

• Ability to identify process inefficiencies and suggest possible improvements

• Independently driven, collaborative and easy to work with

• Strong communication and interpersonal skills

• Fluent in English and Swedish or Norwegian

What we can offer

• Empowerment to influence and contribute to the future growth of Group Financial Reporting

• Work in an international environment

• Excellent opportunities for further professional and personal development within Finance, or in the broader Schibsted Media organization

• Be part of an organization where employees support, trust and cheer on each other; and an organization embracing change, going for growth

• Good work-life balance

If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact Tove Sigvartsen on phone: +47 95 05 77 36 or email: tove.sigvartsen[AT]schibsted.com

We are looking forward to hearing from you, warm welcome with your application!

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• 1839 - Christian Schibsted founds a Printing House.
• 1860 - Aftenposten is established, soon becoming a favoured and trusted media channel.
• 1966 - Schibsted acquires VG.
• 1996-1998 - Schibsted buys Aftonbladet and Svenska Dagbladet, two of Sweden’s leading national quality newspapers.
• 2000 - Finn.no is founded, today one of Norway's strongest brands.
• 2003 - Blocket is acquired. Today the number one market place in Sweden.
• 2005 - Schibsted Growth starts investing in various digital brands.
• 2006 - The international expansion of Schibsted classified business is starting.
• 2019 - Adevinta is listed at Oslo Børs. Schibsted’s international Marketplaces is spun off into a separate company.
• 2020 - 2021 - Adevinta acquires 100% of eBay Classifieds Group creating the worlds largest online classified company. As part of the agreement, Schibsted buys DBA.dk and bilbasen.dk
• 1839 - Christian Schibsted grundar ett tryckeri.
• 1860 - Tidningen Aftenposten etableras och blir snabbt en betrodd mediekanal.
• 1966 - Schibsted köper VG.
• 1996 - 1998 - Schibsted köper Aftonbladet och Svenska Dagbladet, två av Sveriges ledande nyhetskällor.
• 1996 - Schibsted grundar den norska marknadsplatsen Finn, i dag ett av Norges starkaste varumärken.
• 2003 - Blocket, Sveriges dominerande marknadsplats, blir en del av Schibstedfamiljen.
• 2005 - Schibsted Growth börjar investera aktivt i digitala bolag.
• 2006 - Den internationella expansionen av Schibsteds digitala marknadsplatser startar. Blocket rullas ut i världen, som mest i 34 länder.
• 2019 - Schibsted’s internationella marknadsplatser etableras som ett eget bolag, Adevinta, med Schibsted som en stor ägare.
• 2020 - 2021 - Adevinta förvärvar eBay Classifieds Group och skapar världens största digitala marknadsplats. I samband med affären köper Schibsted de danska marknadsplatserna DBA och Bilbasen.
• 1839 - Christian Schibsted grunnla Schibsted forlag.
• 1860 - Aftenposten etableres og blir raskt en betrodd mediekanal.
• 1966 - Schibsted kjøper VG.
• 1996 - 1998 - Schibsted kjøper Aftonbladet og SvD, to av Sveriges ledende nasjonale aviser.
• 1996 - 2000 - Finn.no blir etablert, i dag en av Norges sterkeste merkevarer.
• 2003 - Schibsted kjøper Blocket. I dag den største markedsplassen i Sverige.
• 2005 - Schibsted Growth starter å investere i ulike digitale selskaper.
• 2006 - Den internasjonale ekspansjonen av Schibsted digitale markedsplasser starter.
• 2009 - Bergens Tidende, Stavanger Aftenblad og Fædrelandsvennen er fullt innarbeidet i Schibsted.
• 2019 - Adevinta blir børsnotert på Oslo Børs. Schibsteds internasjonale markedsplasser blir etablert i et eget selskap.
• 2020 - 2021 - Adevinta inngår avtale om å overta 100% av eBay Classifieds Group, og danner dermed verdens største online rubrikkselskap. Som en del av avtalen kjøper Schibsted DBA.dk og bilbasen.dk.