Business Controller at Samat Nordic in Helsingborg

Samat Nordic in Helsingborg is recruiting a driven and business-oriented Business Controller.

Are you passionate about understanding operations, supporting managers in their daily decision-making, and turning financial insights into real business impact?

Do you want a role where you truly influence performance, profitability, and development? Then this could be your next career step.

This is a full-time position in an international and fast-moving environment.

About the position

As Business Controller at Samat Nordic, you will act as a strategic and operational partner to the management team in Sweden and the Group CFO in France.

Your mission is not only to analyze numbers – but to translate them into actionable insights that help managers run and develop their business more effectively.

You will work close to operations, gaining a deep understanding of the business, its challenges, and opportunities. Through dialogue, analysis, and proactive recommendations, you will support managers in:

Improving profitability
Identifying risks and opportunities
Driving performance and operational efficiency
Making well-founded investment decisions

Responsibilities

This is a role for someone who enjoys being hands-on in the business and who wants to influence both daily operations and long-term strategy.

Your responsibilities:

Act as Finance Business Partner to BU management – challenge, support, and guide decisions
Lead the budget and forecast processes in line with Group guidelines
Analyze KPIs and performance trends – and proactively propose improvement actions
Perform profitability analyses on customers, products, and projects
Support management with business cases and investment calculations
Contribute to the development and harmonization of Group controlling processes and tools
Participate in cross-functional development projects
Deliver ad-hoc financial and business analyses to support strategic decisions

Some travel within Europe may be required.

You will report to the Group CFO in France and have a dotted line to the BU Manager in Helsingborg (“Managing Director”).

Your profile

We believe you have:

At least 5 years of experience as Business Controller, Finance Business Partner, Financial Analyst, Auditor, or similar
Academic degree in finance, business administration, or equivalent
Strong experience in:

Budgeting & forecasting
KPI analysis and performance management
Business and investment analysis
Stakeholder management

Experience from transport, logistics, or industrial environments is a plus, but not required.
You are fluent in Swedish and English (written and spoken).
Strong skills in Excel and BI tools are required. Experience with Power BI and SAP (S/4HANA) is highly valued.

You are:

Business-driven – you understand operations, not only numbers
Proactive – you don’t wait to be asked, you identify opportunities yourself
Comfortable challenging managers in a constructive and solution-oriented way
Analytical, structured, and detail-oriented – while keeping the big picture
A strong communicator who builds trust at all levels
Curious, engaged, and motivated to create real business value

About the Organisation

Samat is a European family-owned company with over 40 years of experience in transporting hazardous materials.

With operations in 12 countries and a strong reputation in the market, Samat offers tailor-made solutions within chemicals, hydrocarbons, and gas transportation. Please visit https://www.samat.com/sv/ (https://www.samat.com/sv/) for further information.