Accounting Associate

<h3><strong>About Sweed Beauty</strong></h3><p>Sweed is a Swedish prestige beauty brand redefining effortless beauty through innovative, clean and vegan products inspired by the Scandinavian approach to beauty. With a fast-growing global presence across retail, e-commerce, and social platforms, we're on a mission to build one of the world's leading beauty brands.</p><h3>The role</h3><p>We are looking for an Accounting Associate to join our finance team in Stockholm.</p><p>This is a broad, hands-on finance role in a growing company. You will support day-to-day bookkeeping and AP/AR, and you will be responsible for making sure our B2B order flow runs correctly from order entry to a matching, accurate invoice. Alongside that, you will maintain the commercial master data - SKUs, price lists and product information - that our finance numbers ultimately depend on.</p><p>You will thrive here if you are meticulous and well-organised, and if you want a finance role with a commercial pulse - close to the orders, the customers and the products behind the numbers.</p><h3><span><strong id="docs-internal-guid-dffcc718-7fff-9b58-95eb-01e288e72a68">What you will do</strong></span></h3><h5><span><strong id="docs-internal-guid-dffcc718-7fff-9b58-95eb-01e288e72a68">Bookkeeping and accounting</strong></span></h5><ul><li><p><span>Support in ongoing bookkeeping: recording transactions, reconciliations and account maintenance.</span></p></li><li><p><span>Manage accounts payable: register and process supplier invoices, prepare payment runs, resolve invoice queries.</span></p></li><li><p><span>Manage accounts receivable: issue and follow up customer invoices, monitor overdue balances and support collections.</span></p></li><li><p><span>Support the monthly close with reconciliations, accruals and supporting documentation.</span></p></li><li><p><span>Support the annual audit and year-end process with documentation and reconciliations.</span></p></li></ul><h5><span><strong id="docs-internal-guid-dffcc718-7fff-9b58-95eb-01e288e72a68">Order processing</strong></span></h5><ul><li><p><span>Enter, process and follow up B2B orders globally, from order entry through to delivery.</span></p></li><li><p><span>Ensure every B2B order leaves our warehouse within the deadline.</span></p></li><li><p><span>Ensure every order has a corresponding, correct invoice.</span></p></li><li><p><span>Identify and resolve discrepancies in the order-to-invoice flow.</span></p></li><li><p><span>Work closely with Operations to ensure correct invoicing and delivery.</span></p></li></ul><h5><span><strong id="docs-internal-guid-dffcc718-7fff-9b58-95eb-01e288e72a68">Master data and product information</strong></span></h5><ul><li><p><span>Own and maintain master data: SKUs, product files, price lists and assortment.</span></p></li><li><p><span>Ensure product information is correct and up to date across relevant systems.</span></p></li><li><p><span>Coordinate assortment and pricing updates internally and towards external partners.</span></p></li></ul><h5><span><strong id="docs-internal-guid-dffcc718-7fff-9b58-95eb-01e288e72a68">Commercial support and coordination</strong></span></h5><ul><li><p><span>Carry out and coordinate ongoing screenings of online retailers; document and report findings internally for follow-up.</span></p></li><li><p><span>Coordinate logistics and distribution of assets and materials to B2B customers, making sure the right material reaches the right partner on time.</span></p></li><li><p><span>Work closely with Operations, Sales and Marketing - contributing to clear processes and effective information sharing across teams.</span></p></li></ul><h3><span><strong id="docs-internal-guid-15a6bef7-7fff-9577-2727-a823ca6322da">We are looking for someone who</strong></span></h3><ul><li><p><span>Has a degree in accounting, finance, business administration or economics - recent graduates are very welcome to apply.</span></p></li><li><p><span>Has 0–2 years of experience from a similar role (accounting, AP/AR, order administration, finance assistant or equivalent).</span></p></li><li><p><span>Is fluent in English, spoken and written</span></p></li><li><p><span>Is comfortable in Excel and picks up new systems quickly.</span></p></li><li><p><span>Is structured, accurate and takes deadlines seriously - you notice when something does not add up.</span></p></li><li><p><span>Takes ownership of their work and is a flexible team player</span></p></li></ul><h5><span><strong id="docs-internal-guid-fb813a0e-7fff-d0f8-d4f2-d898c4907e41">Nice to have, but not a requirement</strong></span></h5><ul><li><p><span>Experience from retail, e-commerce, consumer goods or a product-based business.&l