Vacant job

About the Role and Team

As a business controller, you will be responsible for financial controlling and analysis of production results in a sawmill environment. You will act as a key business partner to the sawmill management, ensuring transparency regarding costs, margins, yields, and operational efficiency while supporting strategic and operational decision-making in a Swedish industrial setting.

Your main responsibilities:

Financial Controlling

• Prepare monthly management reports, forecasts, and budgets

• Analyze cost structures, margins, and deviations from budget and forecast

• Monitor fixed and variable production costs (raw materials, logistics, energy, labor, maintenance, etc.)

• Support monthly and annual closing in collaboration with the accounting function

• Ensure compliance with group controlling standards and Swedish reporting requirements

Production & Operational Controlling

• Analyze production volumes, yields, recovery rates, and efficiency indicators

• Monitor key sawmill KPIs such as production yield, consumption rates, downtime, and unit costs

• Perform variance analyses between planned and actual production results

• Support improvement initiatives by providing data-driven insights

• Collaborate closely with Production, Maintenance, and Sales

Cost & Inventory Controlling

• Monitor inventory levels and valuation of timber, work-in-progress, and finished goods

• Analyze inventory turnover, write-downs, and inventory changes

• Support product costing and margin analyses by product group and customer segment

Operational Support

• Act as a financial sparring partner to the sawmill management and department heads

• Provide ad hoc analyses and decision support for operational and investment-related decisions

• Support CAPEX evaluations, post-calculations, and profitability analyses

Process Improvement & Systems

• Contribute to the development and improvement of controlling tools, reports, and KPIs

• Support ERP systems and production reporting systems

QUALIFICATIONS & EXPERIENCE

• University degree in finance, controlling, business administration, industrial economics, or similar

• 3–7 years of experience in controlling or finance, preferably from an industrial or manufacturing environment

• Experience in production or operational controlling is highly desirable

• Good understanding of cost accounting, inventory valuation, and margin analysis

• Basic knowledge of Swedish accounting principles

• Experience with ERP systems; Visma, SAP, or similar is a plus

• Strong Excel skills; experience with BI tools is a plus

• Fluent in Swedish and English; German is a plus