Senior Accounting Operations Generalist

Helsinki, FinlandHybrid

Responsibilities

Automate before you execute: Before performing any repeatable task manually, ask whether it can be automated or AI-assisted.
Lead by example, every week.
Own group accounting for AR: Together with the rest of the in-house accounting team, you will be responsible for AR across Aiven Oy and its subsidiaries, ensuring consistency and accuracy at the group level.
Support the general ledger: Beyond AR, you contribute to month-end close, account reconciliations, accruals, and other general accounting tasks — including supporting the statutory audit.
Drive process documentation and standardization: Map current-state processes, identify friction, and own the redesign.
Collaborate across Finance and the business: Work closely with FP&A, Legal, and Enterprise IT, as well as commercial and customer-facing teams, to resolve billing issues, improve the order-to-cash cycle, and feed clean data into reporting.

The Role Do you get frustrated when a process that could take 30 seconds still takes three days because nobody has bothered to change it? Do you actually use AI tools in your accounting workflow right now, today — not theoretically, but in practice? If you want to own a core accounting function and use it as a platform to bring a team forward into a new way of working, this role is built for you.
You will sit inside a Finance team that has committed to being the internal proof point for AI-native operations across Aiven.
When the answer is yes, you build the solution or drive its implementation — in NetSuite, Zip, or tooling you bring to the table.
Be the transformation engine inside accounting: Our accounting team is experienced and rigorous, but still new to AI-enabled transformation.
What We're Looking For You do the work differently: You are already using AI tools in your day-to-day accounting practice.
AR depth, accounting breadth: You have a relevant degree in accounting or finance and solid hands-on
experience owning an AR function, with comfort across general accounting tasks.
Local knowledge: You have working knowledge of Finnish GAAP, Finnish tax law, and the compliance obligations that come with operating a Finnish parent company with international subsidiaries.