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Welcome to Bildningsstaden Borås!

With us, you will have a meaningful, fun, and developing job.

We focus heavily on collegial professional learning, where we work together to make a good school better. When you start with us, you will receive thorough onboarding and support from your manager and various associated professions to ensure you feel secure in your work.

We are now looking for a Financial Controller for the Upper Secondary and Adult Education Administration in Borås.

Within the Upper Secondary and Adult Education Administration, over 850 employees work to deliver high-quality education to the residents of Borås. In addition to four municipal upper secondary schools and an adapted upper secondary school, we also provide adult education.

You will be placed at the Education Office in Borås. At the Education Office, located at Olovsholmsgatan 32 in Borås, we are over 25 employees working with the administration's support functions for processes in finance, quality and development, HR, IT, communication, admissions, and administration. It is a workplace where we value collaboration, utilize each other's competencies, and care for a good work environment.

Financial Controller

Job Responsibilities

The finance function consists of five employees who work with accounting, budgeting, budget follow-up, financial analysis, resource allocation, project accounting, and other assignments within the function. Our operations encompass around 10,000 students, over 900 employees, and have a total cost envelope of one billion kronor.

The role of the financial controller includes varied tasks with significant personal responsibility. You will work with budgeting, follow-up, and analysis, as well as support managers strategically through a coaching and proactive approach. With us and in your role, you will have a developing and meaningful job with a significant influence on the administration's processes within the area of responsibility. Some of your responsibilities include support and service to the administration's operations within the financial area, in financial planning, analysis, and forecasting. The assignment also includes responsibility for qualified project finance (EU projects and other projects).

Additional Information

Great emphasis will be placed on personal qualities and suitability.

It may be relevant to conduct tests and/or case studies in the selection process.

Union representatives can be reached via Borås City's switchboard, phone 033-35 70 00.

Read more about Borås City's employee benefits (https://www.boras.se/arbete/jobbaiborasstad/jobbaiborasstad/varterbjudande/ersattningochformaner/formaner.4.4a6bd4da18b853ac78a51f71.html).

The Upper Secondary and Adult Education Committee's belief is that all students want and can learn.

Read more in the administration's development plan Bildningsstaden Borås. (https://www.boras.se/kommunochpolitik/styrandedokument/styrdokument/styrdokument/bildningsstadenboras.5.2c696da0186d27a650849c86.html)

We value the qualities that a balanced age and gender distribution, as well as ethnic and cultural diversity, bring to the organization.

Qualifications

You who are applying have a university degree with a focus on finance (preferably within public administration), or equivalent competence that we assess as comparable, as well as several years of documented and relevant experience working with finance. We also see that you are a documented skilled user of Excel and other relevant financial systems. It is important that you are very meticulous, structured, and analytical. You need to possess good communication skills, both verbally and in writing, as you in your role are a consultative support to managers and employees with financial responsibility. Therefore, it is important to have the ability to build trust in your relationships with those you collaborate with.

Application

You send your application with attached documents via our application function that you can reach by clicking "Apply for the job" below.