Business Controller Position at the Swedish Work Environment Authority

At the Swedish Work Environment Authority, we work together to ensure that no one gets sick, injured, or dies from work. Therefore, we help employers meet the requirements and inform about how work environment work becomes a natural part of everyday life. Based on the Work Environment Act, we develop regulations, inspect workplaces, and spread knowledge about work environment issues. The mission is serious, but our everyday life is characterized by joy at work, and we are caring and helpful colleagues.

Your New Job

The Business Controller is located at the staff of the Inspection Department. The staff supports and drives the planning, development work, and follow-up work within the department.

As a Business Controller, your tasks are based on the authority's mission, the organization's goals and planning, and budget. The tasks also include follow-up and annual reporting. You are responsible for analyzing and monitoring both operational results, e.g., within projects, and financial results in the department.

The role of the Business Controller also involves driving and planning the department's strategic planning work. In the planning, you are responsible for coordinating the department's environmental monitoring and the work of prioritization and selection in supervision. You collaborate with other functions and resources in the work. You play a key role in developing control models so that our processes, projects, and resource utilization are efficient.

As a Business Controller, you are responsible for developing the department's analysis work and improving the strategic management through qualified decision support. You lead, coordinate, and plan the follow-up work at the departmental level and analyze and compile decision materials. You ensure that statements and statistical data, etc., are of high quality.

You are a support and sounding board for the department's managers. This also includes coordinating the department's management support and being the department's contact person for questions about business and financial management.

Travel to our offices around the country occurs in the service.

Your Background

The role requires that you have:

Academic degree in economics or equivalent education that the authority finds relevant
At least four years of documented experience as a Business Controller with similar tasks in state operations in the last ten years
Several years of experience and good practice in decision support in the role of Business Controller
Several years of practical experience in state operational planning and management, as well as follow-up
Good ability to express yourself verbally and in writing in Swedish
Good digital skills

It is advantageous if you also have:

Several years of experience working with management processes in state operations
Experience in business controlling in inspection activities
Experience in a leading role in work with business development and change management
Experience in project-driven operations
Management experience

As a person, we see that you will thrive and succeed in the role if you are analytical and solution-oriented. You understand business strategies and priorities and apply the knowledge to achieve goals. You are results-oriented and enjoy taking on challenges at work. You have good collaboration skills and the ability to communicate clearly and simply both verbally and in writing.

What We Offer

The Swedish Work Environment Authority is a secure employer and an authority that is constantly changing with the society in which we operate. We are proud to use our knowledge and trust in our important societal mission. Together, we create an inclusive culture that embodies heart, courage, and intellect. With us, your whole self becomes an important part of something bigger.

The position is a permanent position, full-time, and is currently located at one of our offices in the country. We apply individual salary setting and a probationary period of six months.

We strive for all employees to have a sustainable work environment and a balance between work and leisure. Therefore, we offer flexible working hours or apply trust-based working hours and provide opportunities for distance work where the business allows.

How We Recruit

We use competence-based recruitment, both to ensure the quality of recruitment and to counteract discrimination. Therefore, we ask you to only attach a CV and answer a few questions instead of a personal letter when you register your application. As we work based on competencies, we also use work psychological tests in this recruitment. Interviews will be conducted from week 6.

We believe it is important that you also make your assessment of us. Therefore, we welcome questions before and during the recruitment process. The union contact persons are Adam Jansson for Saco, Marita Jonsson for ST, and Jenny Bengtsson for Seko. All can be reached via the Swedish Work Environment Authority's switchboard: 010-730 90 00.

Do you want to work with us to ensure that no one gets sick, injured, or dies from work? Welcome with your application by January 17, 2025!

The recruitment is managed by the Swedish Work Environment Authority's recruitment function, which is why we decline sales calls from recruitment agencies or ad salespeople.