Vacant job

Karlskoga is moving forward with great momentum, and exciting things are happening right now. It is a city close to both beautiful nature and the high-tech industrial sector. Karlskoga municipality offers you a welcoming workplace where people and innovations can thrive. A workplace that has the courage to try new paths. We are proud to have been nominated for “Sweden's Quality Municipality 2023”. To be a more attractive employer, we offer full salary during parental leave and our wellness grant is now 3,000 SEK per year. With us, you will have the opportunity to develop in your role while also helping to develop our services for those who live, work, and reside here. Join us in creating space – for life here!

The Finance Department is part of the municipal executive office with an attractive workplace in central Karlskoga! For us, it is important that you find a balance between work and everyday life. We believe in freedom with responsibility, where you have the opportunity to influence your working hours and plan your work setup.

JOB RESPONSIBILITIES

We are looking for an economist who wants to work with varied tasks within budgeting, follow-up, financial management, and development. You will be a reinforcement to the budgeting unit that is part of the finance department, where we currently have 26 employees.

Within budgeting and follow-up, you will have a supportive role with budgeting and follow-up for one or more administrations. For this, your analytical and consultative working methods are needed. Part of the work involves continuous improvements to develop the unit's processes and systems. For this, your systematic approach and attention to detail will be beneficial, as well as your ability to see connections and collaborate.

QUALIFICATIONS

You should have a degree in economics at the university level.

Experience from work with similar tasks, preferably within politically governed operations, is meritorious but not a requirement. You can express yourself well in speech and writing and have good IT skills. It is also an advantage if you have experience in project follow-ups and investment reporting. You are accustomed to working with MS Office, particularly Excel.

In addition to your experiences, we place great importance on your personal qualities. As a person, you are service-oriented and have an easy time collaborating. You are unpretentious and are happy to share your knowledge and experiences. In your work, you are engaged, solution-oriented, structured, and meticulous. You are clear and decisive and deliver according to set goals and deadlines. You have an interest and ability to contribute to our ongoing development and improvement work.

OTHER

Karlskoga municipality is part of the Finnish administrative area and thus has a responsibility to safeguard the status of the Finnish language. This means, among other things, that we should offer preschool services and elderly care in Finnish.

We kindly decline all offers of advertising and recruitment assistance in connection with this advertisement.