Economist Officer for the Wheel Vehicle Section

The Army Staff is an organizational unit within the Swedish Armed Forces where the Technical and Maintenance Office Ground (TVK Mark) is included as a department in the Armament Unit. TVK Mark is responsible for material maintenance, material utilization, and material maintenance economy within the Armed Forces, as well as ensuring that the material is maintained in accordance with system objectives. TVK Mark consists of seven sections with areas of responsibility for Air Defense and Soldier-Borne Weapons, Field Work Equipment, Wheeled Vehicles, Combat Vehicles, Indirect Fire, Tracked Vehicles, and CBRN, as well as a section that works more broadly within the TVK organization with support and planning.

About the Position

The Armed Forces' wheeled vehicles are found within all branches of defense and include both older and newer models. Wheeled vehicles also include associated equipment such as maintenance equipment. The position of Economist Officer is located at the Wheel Vehicle Section with employees in Boden, Östersund, Skövde, Enköping, and Växjö. In your role, you are a staff member in the Army Staff. The position of Economist Officer primarily involves providing administrative support within the economic area to the Wheel Vehicle Section.

Main Responsibilities

The section works with technical systems. Your main work will be to support decision-makers with budgeting, financial monitoring, and reporting of costs to maintain and utilize our material systems. Additionally, you will support planning and monitoring of the administrative budget within the section. The role involves varied tasks, and you have your own areas of responsibility and supportive tasks towards colleagues and management. Our financial monitoring includes collaboration with the Swedish Defence Materiel Administration (FMV), industry, and the Armed Forces' workshops. To clarify, we can specify some of your tasks:

• Invoice management
• Work with order documentation
• Reporting
• Analysis and forecasting of the budget
• Other common tasks within economic work

The monitoring is done in PRIO, which is the Armed Forces' version of the SAP business system.

Qualifications

• Post-secondary education in economics or other education deemed equivalent by FM
• Relevant work experience in budgeting and financial monitoring
• Good knowledge of the Office suite
• Good language skills in Swedish and English
• Driving license B

Meritorious

• Previously employed within the Armed Forces
• Experience with the Armed Forces' IT systems, PRIO, VIDAR
• Experience with SAP

Personal Qualities

We are looking for someone with good collaboration skills and an ability to build networks. You are responsive, action-oriented, and able to work under pressure. Furthermore, you are independent, proactive, and have a good ability to plan and organize your work. Great emphasis will be placed on personal qualities and suitability for the position. For the authority's mission to be successful, it is assumed that all employees act according to the values that exist. The Armed Forces' values uphold the equal worth of all people, justice, and equality, and promote democracy and human rights (read more at www.forsvarsmakten.se).

Union Representatives (reachable via FM switchboard 0505-45 10 00)

OFR/O: Tobias Brandt
OFR/S: Claus Dehlin
SACO: Karin Gällmo
SEKO: Ulrica Lundh

Inquiries about the position

Forv Anton Bernats Hager, C. Wheel Vehicle Section
Phone: 070-682 97 44
[email protected]

Information about the recruitment process

HR Manager, Marie Levin. Reachable at [email protected]

Other

Position Level: Civil
Salary: Individual salary setting according to collective agreement
Employment Type: Permanent, starting with a six-month probationary period if you are not already employed within the Armed Forces
Work Location: Skövde
Start Date: By agreement
Business Travel: Primarily nationally and sporadically internationally
In this recruitment, continuous selection is applied, which means that interviews may begin during the application period.

Application Deadline

Welcome with your application no later than 2026-02-15. Your application must include a CV and a cover letter (max 1 page).

Applications for this position will only be accepted via the Armed Forces' website.

Information about the Armed Forces and the recruiting unit:

The Armed Forces is undergoing extensive development work to build a stronger defense against the backdrop of a deteriorating global situation and a new defense policy focus on national defense. Leadership for a stronger defense aims to increase robustness, simplify command and obedience relationships, and through decentralization of mandates and responsibilities, increase the conditions for mission tactics.

In the Armed Forces, there is a strong value base built on openness, results, and responsibility. Professional development and personal health are valued and encouraged. There are good conditions for internal career mobility, wellness, and a good balance between work and private life.

Employment with us means placement in a security class. Usually, Swedish citizenship is required. A security screening with a background check will be conducted before employment according to Chapter 3 of the Security Protection Act. Employment also includes an obligation to be placed in wartime. The implications of this vary depending on the type of position.

To the application for employment, a CV and cover letter must be attached. If you proceed in the employment process, certified copies of grades and certificates must always be presented.

Calls from external recruitment companies and salespeople are not welcome.