Vacant job

We are looking for a corporate controller for our client in Gothenburg. The assignment concerns an interim need for a corporate controller until a permanent recruitment is in place.

The corporate controller is a strategic support to the CEO in the company's governance and management processes, primarily in the overall budget, operational planning, and follow-up cycle. The focus is not only on financial follow-up but also on understanding and navigating the specific logic that follows from municipal ownership – where owner governance, political decisions, and municipal processes affect operations. The role combines a holistic perspective with proximity to the operational business.

Responsibilities:

Your assignment includes, among other things:

• planning, anchoring, and leading the company's goal process together with the CEO and management team
• ensuring that the owners' overall goal management is integrated into the company's own goal and follow-up model
• supporting the CEO in preparing the management team's meetings according to the annual wheel and taking minutes
• having overall responsibility for quality assurance of decision and information matters to the board and, if necessary, preparing own matters
• monitoring decisions and minutes from the owner municipalities' political bodies and raising relevant points to management
• preparing and administering meetings in the technical-economic delegation forum (agenda, minutes, execution, and follow-up of decisions)
• serving as a contact point with the Companies Registration Office.

The corporate controller is part of an internal team that supports management, employees, and the board. The team consists of about 17 specialists in finance, HR, purchasing, communication, registration, and board administration. The role has a particularly close collaboration with the administrative function before board meetings and other strategic forums related to corporate governance.

Mandatory requirements:

• Relevant academic education in finance/public administration or equivalent higher education.
• Several years of experience as a controller in the public sector. Experience in controlling from municipal companies or experience as a committee secretary/committee coordinator is a plus.
• Good understanding of municipal processes and corporate governance.
• Ability to see the big picture.
• Very good written communication skills and accustomed to working in a structured and orderly manner.
• Meticulous with high deadline and delivery discipline.
• Experience in business development.

Desirable requirements:

• Experience working in or close to a management team.
• Experience from municipal or regionally owned companies.

Start date and application:

Start date: December 1, 2025

End date: April 30, 2026. Possibility of a 2-month extension up to 12 months

Application deadline: November 27, 2025

Remote work: 25%

Location: Gothenburg

Contact person: 0790 062 711

Selection and interviews are ongoing!

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