Vacant job

The proximity to Vindelfjällen and the undeveloped Vindelälven allows Sorsele municipality to offer many different environments and a variety of activities. Here you have all the opportunities to live an active life. Sorsele is known for its quality fishing, and for those interested in hunting, there are unique opportunities to engage in that as well.

Sorsele is a small community in the heart of Lapland, with the advantages of a small town: closeness and simplicity. Here we work together. There is a great need for labor throughout the municipality, so if you have a family, we can help with tips on employers for your partner. Sorsele is strategically located between several airports, with ninety kilometers to the nearest one.

Sorsele municipality is one of the inland municipalities that is financially strong and has the courage to think innovatively. As a controller/economist with us, you will work broadly, closely with both management and operations, and contribute to ensuring that our good economy continues to be a foundation for development. We are a small organization where you quickly notice that your work makes a difference for colleagues and citizens. Outside of work, you have all the opportunities for a sustainable everyday life through proximity to nature, time for recovery, and an engaged local community.

Warm welcome with your application!

About the workplace:

With us, four employees work with a shared responsibility for the municipality's overall accounting and the municipality's coordinating functions within the economic area. The unit is part of the Municipal Executive Office and is responsible for the entire central accounting process as well as planning and leading the work in the civil servant organization, in budget and follow-up processes.

We are now looking for a new colleague to our team who wants to contribute to developing our unit and the service we provide to the group and our citizens.

Job responsibilities:

In your role as a controller, you will be responsible for accounting and follow-up of operations against administration and companies. You provide guidance and support to budget managers/executives/CEOs regarding budgets, follow-ups, forecasts, and year-end closings. You are responsible for the preparation of the Annual Report and Interim Financial Statements. You have the ability to communicate in a pedagogical manner and continuously educate and support managers in the economic process. You contribute to promoting a positive work climate in the workplace, and your work should be characterized by professionalism and commitment. Together with other economists, you participate in ongoing change work within accounting, plan interim and annual closing work, and work with financial summaries.

We are looking for you who:

Have a good ability to see the whole, work result-oriented, and get things done. Furthermore, you translate your professional skills into practice and structure, plan, and perform your work independently. You are curious and open to new working methods and approaches. You seek new knowledge and develop your competence based on the needs of the organization. You contribute to a good spirit in the workplace and find it easy to collaborate with both managers and colleagues.

Competence/qualifications:

You have a university degree in economics and several years of work experience.

The work involves many contact points with both politicians and civil servants, which requires collaboration skills and flexibility. A good communication ability in Swedish, both spoken and written, and an analytical ability are other personal qualities that are valued.

To succeed in the assignment, you have:

• previously worked with qualified economic work

• experience working in economic systems, Excel, and generally high IT proficiency

• experience from ongoing accounting work including work with interim and annual reports

• good experience in communicating and presenting financial information

We would like you to have experience working with economics within the municipality.

Great emphasis will be placed on personal suitability.

Duration/working hours:

Temporary position 100%

Start as soon as possible according to agreement

Sorsele municipality applies individual salary setting

Sorsele municipality's values - Courage, Joy, and Respect.

Welcome with your application to: Sorsele municipality, 924 81 Sorsele or via email: [email protected]

NOTE! We apply continuous selection, which means that the position may be filled before the last application date

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