Senior Financial Controller Network and Support - Telia

Project overview

Senior Financial Controller Network and Support

The Finance team in Telia Norway is looking for a senior Financial Controller to join our team! We offer a dynamic work environment with exciting responsibilities, great colleagues, and a strong professional community.

We are looking for a proactive and driven individual who is eager to contribute to simplification and continuous improvement initiatives, and work with accounting-related assessments.

Job description and requirements

The role is a temporary replacement for an employee on maternity leave. The resource will be part of a team of 10 highly skilled controllers with diverse backgrounds and responsibilities. Our overall objective is to ensure accurate accounting as a basis for timely reporting. We achieve this through strong process governance, guidance and support, as well as professional assessments, controls, and analysis.

We are committed to fostering an open and inclusive working environment, and you will have the opportunity to collaborate across teams and divisions on exciting projects. Your responsibilities will be varied and largely project-based, although some routine work should also be expected. The position reports to the Head of Financial Control in Telia Norway.

What will you be responsible for?

You will, together with a junior financial controller, be responsible for the accounting oversight and accounting assessments connected to capitalization, operating cost, lease agreements, asset register and dismantling obligations.

The position is also responsible for setting up our annual Financial Statement, coordination of our internal controls, securing that our balance sheet is correctly presented, and securing correct presentation of personnel expenses. The role is our main contact with external auditors and are responsible for coordinating deliveries to the auditors. The role also involves some process mapping and maintenance.

All processual accounting tasks are handled by our shared service center. Part of the role’s responsibility is local ownership of some of these processes, mainly balance sheet reconciliation, accounts payable and lease treatment. Tasks will be varied and largely project-based, but some routine work must also be expected.

Key Tasks

Target Competencies and Capabilities

Your background

Start date: tba

End date: up to 12 months

Work place: Oslo

• Help head of financial control Norway on ad hoc request from the organization or Telia Company regarding financial information or accounting assessments
• Prepare and provide timely and accurate numbers and reports for external purposes as well as internal, including preparation of annual financial statements.
• Coordinate process towards our external auditors
• Deliver material to external auditors
• Accounting assessments elated to capitalization, operating cost, lease agreements, asset register and dismantling obligations.
• Monthly closing activities, including facilitation of closing meetings, analysis of income statements and balance sheet, performing accounting assessments and explaining trend changes.
• Participation on monthly group reporting, including preparation and quality assurance of numbers
• Securing the balance sheet by making sure that reconciliations are in line with internal guidance and that balances are valued correctly. Facilitate and drive monthly balance sheet follow up meetings and activities towards our shared service center
• Responsible for analyzing and follow up on specific balance sheet accounts. This includes analysis of changes, follow up and assessments of open items
• Participate in business and commercial related changes/projects that will impact accounting and/or financial reporting, making sure that these changes are correctly reflected in the accounting and financial reporting, both in local books as in group reporting.
• Support and give guidance to junior controllers
• Follow up and make sure that the internal control framework is followed and that internal controls are being performed as intended.
• Understand IFRS and Local GAAP and help to make sure this is correctly reflected in the accounting and reporting and to secure compliance with IFRS and local GAAP in the financial statements. This will include performing written accounting assessments
• Advising on accounting regulations and providing analysis on financial impacts for various business needs as well as educate the organization on the finance and accounting regulations.
• Solution oriented and self-driven
• Analytical and structured
• Proactive with a hands-on attitude and a strong sense of ownership for driving processes forward
• Highly accountable and committed to delivering high-quality work
• Strong communication skills
• Master’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Business Administration, or a related field; an auditing background is an advantage
• Minimum five years of relevant experience from a similar role, audit, or other relevant positions
• Experience with accounting assessments, particularly related to expense versus capitalization decisions and lease accounting (IFRS 16)
• knowledge of local GAAP (forenklet IFRS) and IFRS,
• Advanced MS Excel skills
• Experience with SAP ERP or similar ERP systems is beneficial
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills in both Norwegian and English
• understanding of financial processes and how these are impacting accounting and reporting.

Project details

• Start: 2026-12-07
• Remote: onsite
• Location: Oslo, Norway, NO