Global Finance Process Owner | Record to Report

Ready to drive change in a dynamic, fast-paced environment?

Join Polestar’s newly founded Global Finance Transformation team, where innovation meets opportunity.

We are looking for our next colleague, a driven and proactive process owner for Record to Report. You will shape the future of finance processes within a growing, forward-thinking organization committed to sustainability and excellence.

The Opportunity

Working in the Global Finance Transformation team offers a unique opportunity to interact with a wide circle of contacts within Polestar. The selected candidate will report to the Global Finance Process Owner within Finance and will have one direct report. You’ll be working globally and cross-functional, with a broad scope of the financial activities within the group.

The Process Owner we are looking for will focus on our Record to Report processes, which covers a wide range of sub-processes in accounting, with the purpose to efficiently provide timely and accurate reports to management as support for decision making. In this role, you will work closely with the business and the line organization within Finance, to secure state of the art end-to-end processes.

The Global Finance Transformation team is also involved in various projects, such as new market establishments and ERP implementations where you will have a key role. For the new market projects, you will act as the overall finance-lead to secure a compliant and functional setup of all finance processes, not just within Record to Report.

To be successful in this role, you will need to collaborate and build networks within the organisation and at the same time truly enjoy the challenge to drive your own initiatives. Together with us, you can enhance your own professional skills, develop yourself, grow and drive change together with committed people.

The Responsibilities

• Process Leadership: Develop and optimize the Record to Report processes globally and continuously strive toward operational excellence
• Documentation: Develop and improve process flow documentation
• Automation & Innovation: Identify and implement automation opportunities together with internal stakeholders and digital teams to improve accuracy and reduce manual effort.

• Compliance: Ensure processes adhere to internal controls, accounting standards, and regulatory requirements.
• Cross-functional Collaboration: Participate in prioritization forums and collaborate on finance-related development initiatives.
• Project Involvement: Define and manage business requirements related to the Record to Report processes, contributing to finance and cross-functional projects. Act as the overall finance lead for new market establishments.
• Data Governance: Establish and maintain governance over finance master data to ensure integrity and compliance.

The Ideal Candidate
You possess a confident and assertive personality, unafraid to advocate for your ideas and take responsibility, yet you remain receptive to different perspectives.
It “takes a village” to succeed in what we set out to do, hence you must be a team player. You can’t be shy in the Polestar culture so to be able to connect and collaborate with different functions and stakeholders is a necessity. You need to have a strong analytical and problem-solving skills and be comfortable taking and driving your own initiatives. In addition, you bring:

• A University degree in Business Administration (major in finance or accounting) or equivalent
• At a minimum 7-10 years of relevant experience from external audit and IFRS accounting roles
• Strong Knowledge in ERP systems, and especially its finance modules. Polestar is on a SAP journey, hence SAP experience will be highly valued
• Documented skills in process development and/or project management is an advantage
• Strong understanding of financial compliance - taxes, VAT, understanding of differences between local GAAP and IFRS
• A good grasp of automotive operations is advantageous.

Is this you? If you are interested in joining the Polestar family don’t wait to submit your application! We’re reviewing candidates on a rolling basis, and the position will remain open until filled.

Are you ready for the journey? (It’s electric, by the way.)