Economist with an interest in economic and operational management

Are you a meticulous and self-driven economist with an interest in economic and operational management? Do you thrive in a varied role where you can work service-oriented and in close collaboration with your colleagues? Then this might be the role for you!

About the position

We are currently seeking a temporary position where you will work with the Social Administration. The Social Administration is a large department divided into the areas of Care and Support, Functional Support, and Individual and Family Care. You will be working with Individual and Family Care.

You will work in close collaboration with the administration, where you will together follow up on operations through reconciliations and quality monitoring. The position includes providing consultative support and service in matters related to finance, ongoing statistics, budget, as well as interim and annual financial statements. Together with your colleagues, you will develop, streamline, and ensure quality in economic and operational management. Monitoring the external environment and preparing materials with a proactive forward-looking approach is also part of your assignment. As an economist, you will work independently, but in close collaboration with other colleagues in the finance department.

Examples of tasks:

financial management and resource allocation
financial investigations and analyses
budgeting and forecasting
interim and annual financial statements
ongoing monthly reports
investment reporting and follow-up

About the workplace

The large finance department of Örebro Municipality provides support in economic and operational management as well as accounting. We are divided into four units with a total of about 75 employees. The finance department is in the midst of a development process where we are reviewing processes, routines, and roles. The long-term goal is to digitize, automate, and standardize the work within the entire economic process to free up more time to proactively support managers with analysis, management, and decision support. We operate from newly renovated premises at Åbylunden 1 and offer the opportunity to perform part of the work remotely as well as flexible working hours.

We are part of the municipal management administration whose mission is to follow up and develop the municipality and provide effective support to all committees and operations.

Read more about what it is like to work in Örebro Municipality at www.orebro.se/jobb (http://www.orebro.se/jobb).

Qualifications

In your role as an economist, you need to be solution-oriented, have a consultative working method with the ability to create good and professional relationships. You have good analytical skills, are structured, and drive issues to completion. To succeed in the role, in addition to understanding economic processes and economic strategic work, a strong interest in understanding the operational conditions and the connection between operational and financial management is also required.

You have a genuine interest in analysis and strategic planning in a complex and changing context. Your ability to collaborate is good and unpretentious, where you share information and knowledge internally between departments.

We place great emphasis on personal suitability.

Requirements:

university degree of at least 180 credits with a focus on economics or financial management
experience of similar tasks
good Excel skills

Meritorious:

experience in financial work within the public sector
experience with Raindance and Microsoft 365

Scope and start date

Employment type: temporary position

Employment rate: 100%

Start date and duration: March 1, 2026, or by agreement until February 28, 2027

Number of positions: 1

Other information

Interviews may be conducted digitally. At orebro.se/jobb/digitalaintervjuer (http://orebro.se/jobb/digitalaintervjuer), you can read more about our digital interviews and how you can prepare.