Financial Accountant

Financial Accountant for Finance at Polaris Private Equity

Do you want a career in Private Equity and are you passionate about accounting and finance? Then it might be you we are looking for. 

Join a unique team that helps each other in a busy workday
You will become part of our finance department, where you will get dedicated and competent colleagues. The finance department handles a large number of tasks including the responsibility for reporting, accounting, compliance, risk management and structuring the acquisitions and sales of portfolio companies. We are busy, but we also have fun together. 

A mix between individual responsibility for assignments and ad hoc challenges
Your focus is on the day-to-day accounting for specific entities within Polaris (our management company and funds) where you will have a significant role ensuring high data quality as well as taking part in our efforts in optimizing our processes and workflows. Your tasks will consist of regular operational tasks, as well as ad hoc tasks. 

Your tasks will include: 

• Bookkeeping for the specific entities within Polaris (our management company and funds) 
• Financial accounting for the same specific entities within Polaris
• Drive and maintain processes
• Take part of year end and other financial closes procedures and prepare documentation for our external parties
• Prepare material and reporting to the Danish Financial Supervisory Authority and other public authorities
• Ongoing ad hoc-tasks

Our ideal candidate possesses most of the following competences:

• You are educated as MSc in Economics, Auditing, Bachelor’s in business administration HD (R), or similar
• You have experience from a similar position, preferably as an accountant or a financial controller 
• Experience with Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central is an advantage
• You are fluent in either Danish, Swedish or Norweigian, and are comfortable in English
• You are structured and take responsibility for your work 
• You have a high degree of professionalism and are both thorough and detail-oriented
• You are motivated by delivering a finished product on time 
• You thrive on independent responsibility and can handle several parallel tasks at once
• You are flexible, have a positive spirit, and have great collaboration skills 
• You are used to working with Microsoft Office

At Polaris, two workdays are rarely the same, and therefore it is important that you thrive in a changeable workday, where you regularly have to prioritize between tasks. 

What Polaris offers:

• A fulltime position 
• Attractive compensation 
• Market competitive pension package
• Attractive insurance package 
• Attractive employee benefits such as varies discounts on many different services
• 5 paid Polaris days on top of the statutory holidays
• A pleasant work environment with skilled and committed colleagues. We have lunch and dinner arrangements and there is ample opportunity for you to get to know your colleagues across the entire company at the social events. 

If you have any questions about the position, please do not hesitate to contact CFO Lene Møller Rønfeldt on tel. +45 29 45 43 60. 

Upload your application today on 
If the position is of interest to you, upload your application, CV and any other relevant documents, preferably as soon as possible but in any event no later than the 5th of May 2024. 
We will review candidates on an ongoing basis and will thus call for interviews regularly. 

We look forward to hearing from you. 

About working at Polaris Private Equity
We are a leading Nordic Private Equity House with permission and registration from the Danish Financial Supervisory Authority. We invest in medium-sized companies in the Nordic region. We work based on our mantra “The Power of Partnership” which is founded on trust and many years of professional experience. Read much more about it on our website www.polarisequity.dk. 

As a part of Polaris, you will become part of a workplace that is always evolving and which is characterized by a professional and proper approach to tasks, colleagues and partners. We are busy, but we also have fun together. In our business strategy, we also have focus on sustainability – both when it comes to environmental sustainability and when it comes to the human aspect of sustainability, such as responsible and modern management, health, equality and diversity.