Financial Assistant at the Church of Sweden's Financial Service in Växjö

Responsible for collaboration and digitalization of systems and services common to the entire Church of Sweden.

The Church of Sweden is where people are. Close to where you live and on the other side of the world. We are there for you who want and need – in loneliness, crisis, joy, and sorrow, in important events and in everyday life. Regardless of who you are and what faith you have. At the church office, about 500 people work across a wide range of professions, at the forefront of our areas of expertise. Together we work on issues that are common to the entire Church of Sweden. In this way, we strengthen the church's ability to meet contemporary challenges and contribute to peace, justice, and a sustainable society.

The Church of Sweden's financial service in Växjö is now looking for a Financial Assistant.

Our Operations

The Church of Sweden's financial service offers financial support to parishes and pastorates within the Church of Sweden. Our unit in Växjö currently consists of 14 people who work to provide customers with qualified support in the financial area.

Job Responsibilities

As a financial assistant with us, you will work with administrative tasks related to finance such as ongoing bookkeeping and accounts payable and receivable. Other tasks related to finance may also be included in the position, such as development projects within the financial service.

You work independently but have colleagues close at hand to consult with. In the workgroup, we are keen to collaborate, help each other, and take responsibility for the whole together. The work may vary in intensity throughout the month and year, which means you need to work flexibly and task-oriented.

Our unit in Växjö is on an exciting development journey. We continuously work to refine and digitize our ways of working. Our customer parishes appreciate that we are locally anchored while developing common working methods together with a growing network of financial units across the country within the church's operations.

Who We Are Looking For

For this position, we are looking for someone who is at least a high school graduate in economics, with a few years of experience in financial administration. We expect you to have knowledge of financial systems and good computer skills.

You are an important team player. It is important that you enjoy working with us and that we enjoy working with you! For a successful match, we believe you are a structured and meticulous team player who enjoys administrative tasks. You are interested in digitalization and development and see and seize opportunities for improvements, both in your own tasks and in the whole. You have the ability to prioritize and deliver with good quality. You have good communication skills. There are plenty of competent and good colleagues, and you realize that collaboration is a good way to achieve a good result.

We expect you to be a member of the Church of Sweden and share our values characterized by the equal worth of every person, work for peace, reconciliation, justice, and sustainability. Read more about our values here (https://www.svenskakyrkan.se/kristentro/kyrkans-vardegrund).

We Offer

We offer a fun and developing job where there are great opportunities to grow within the organization. The work environment is important to us; we care about a good community at the workplace and value a sustainable work life. We have collective agreements, annual working time agreements, wellness benefits, wellness hours, and lunch benefits.

Permanent full-time employment with immediate start or by agreement.

More Information

Welcome to contact unit manager Helena Spjuth, helena.spjuth@svenskakyrkan.se (mailto:helena.spjuth@svenskakyrkan.se), 0470-773731

Union representatives, siri.troili@svenskakyrkan.se (mailto:siri.troili@svenskakyrkan.se) (Vision), Malin.Andren@svenskakyrkan.se (mailto:Malin.Andren@svenskakyrkan.se) (Akavia) and Andreas.Sandberg@svenskakyrkan.se (mailto:Andreas.Sandberg@svenskakyrkan.se) (KyrkA).

At the church office, we conduct background checks for certain positions (always within IT) in our recruitment process to create a quality-assured process as much as possible.

Application

Welcome with your application by April 13, 2025.

Selection is ongoing during the application period, so do not wait to apply!

We apply the principle of public access in our recruitment process. This means that application documents submitted become public documents and can be requested by the public. Read more about the Church of Sweden's principle of public access here (https://www.svenskakyrkan.se/svenska-kyrkans-offentlighetsprincip).

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