Tasks & Responsibilities

• Preparing the financial statements in accordance with IFRS for the entities with the Cognite Group including the Consolidated Financial Statements
• Preparing the tax papers for the Norwegian entities
• Managing the monthly close process
• Ensuring quality control over financial transactions and financial reporting
• Ensuring compliance with statutory law and financial regulations
• Following up of tax and accounting issues as well as assisting with the coordination with Tax advisors and External Auditors
• Driving scaling of financial control procedures and activities in a fast-paced environment
• Maintaining and developing group accounting principles and financial controlling and business controlling procedures
• Owning the relationship with Azets Insight and People & Strategy (focus on accuracy of numbers and efficient payroll process)
• Controlling the Statutory reporting (tax & VAT)
• Owning the Procure to Pay process and driving continuous improvement of process and stakeholder management
• Owning Visma Expense with Azets and People & Strategy
• Collaborating on Vendor Management (with Sourcing team)
• Coordinating the external accountants to ensure quality control over financial transactions and financial reporting
• Assist in preparing the quarterly reporting to our main investors and support management with clearing meetings and AC presentations
• Maintaining proper access control to all systems Finance owns (Net Suite, Visma Expense, Expensify, Altinn)

Requirements for the role

• 6+ years of overall combined accounting and finance experience and experience from auditing and/or financial controller roles. Proven working experience as a Financial Controller preferred, but not required.
• Thorough knowledge of Maestro and preparing tax papers
• Advanced degree in Accounting. CPA (Statsautorisert Revisor) preferred, but not required.
• Thorough knowledge of accounting principles and procedures
• Experience with preparation of financial statements
• Experience with general ledger functions and the month-end/year end close process
• Excellent accounting software user and administration skills
• Be creative and able to think outside the box when solving problems
• Able to deliver independently with a strong attention to detail
• Have exceptional written and verbal communication skills
• A preference for learning and growing in a highly diverse and inclusive work environment

• Competitive salary and benefits include a pension plan, insurance, parental benefits, and more.
• Join an organization of 70 different nationalities \u D83C\u DF10 with Diversity, Equality and Inclusion (DEI) in focus \u D83E\u DD1D
• A highly modern and fun working environment with sublime culture across the organization, follow us on Instagram @cognitedata \u D83D\u DCF7 to know more
• Flat structure with direct access to decision-makers, with minimal amount of bureaucracy
• Opportunity to work with and learn from some of the best people on some of the most ambitious projects found anywhere, across industries
• Join our HUB \u D83D\u DDE3️ to be part of the conversation directly with Cogniters and our partners.
• Gain perks like a paid mobile telephone subscription and broadband connection.
• Get access to extended private health services with Aker Care.
• Hungry? We’ve got your back. A subsidized lunch at the canteen is delivered by our chefs who specialise in options for both vegetarians and non-vegetarian, salads and hot soups every day
• Stay fueled between meals with snacks and drinks on the house.
• Our own Cognite exclusive coffee bar with the friendliest baristas is here to brew coffee for coffee lovers, tea for tea lovers, smoothie for smoothie lovers, and the baristas creative concoctions when the mood strikes.
• We take your mental- and physical health seriously by having a broad health offering and a free membership to our fully-staffed gym on-site.
• A pet lover? Get the chance to meet Spot \u D83D\u DC36!