Economist at Chalmers

Do you want to work in a stimulating academic environment where your financial expertise makes a difference?

The finance function at Chalmers is a central part of our operations and contributes to ensuring a professional management of financial control and administration. Here you will have the chance to work closely with both researchers and management in a dynamic and developing environment. We are looking for a committed economist who wants to be part of our team at Chalmers – a workplace where development, quality, and diversity are at the center.

About us

The finance function at Chalmers is characterized by a professional management of our financial control and financial administration. The function is represented both in the operational work at our 13 subject institutions and in the university-wide management with its support organizations.

This position is at the Department of Life Sciences but may lead to a placement in other parts of the organization as well. The Department of Life Sciences conducts outstanding research in biotechnology to improve people's health and enable a bio-based society in the future. The department has five divisions with a total of about 200 employees, and you will work in an international and multicultural work environment where 38 different nationalities are represented.

The position is located in the operational support department where 11 people focus on providing qualified support in administration, finance, and communication. The finance function consists of a controller, three economists, and a finance assistant.

We are looking for someone who:

• Has experience in qualified financial work, similar to the tasks described in the advertisement
• Has experience in accounting, budgeting, and year-end work
• Has experience working with financial and administrative support systems
• Has a good ability to express themselves verbally and in writing in Swedish and English

It is meritorious if you also have:

• Documented experience of being responsible for the entire financial process.
• Experience in project accounting
• Experience in qualified financial work within higher education/university
• Experience in EU accounting
• Experience working with the support systems Raindance and Hypergene

To thrive and succeed in the role, we believe you are:

• A person with high integrity.
• Analytical and meticulous.
• Collaborative and good at building good relationships with colleagues, clients, and suppliers.
• Structured with the ability to handle multiple tasks simultaneously and prioritize effectively.

What the role entails

Main tasks include:

• Advising managers and project leaders on financial matters
• Ensuring good accounting in accordance with internal and external regulations
• Budgeting, follow-up, forecasting, and analysis of projects and operations
• Financial project reporting to funders
• Participating in the department's budget and year-end work
• Interpreting conditions from funders and other contractual parties

About Chalmers as a workplace

At Chalmers, we value openness, respect, participation, diversity, and quality – principles that permeate our work environment and our approach to employees. We offer a stimulating workplace in an academic environment, where both students and employees are driven to create value for a sustainable future.

We work broadly with gender equality projects, such as the GENIE initiative on gender equality for excellence. Gender equality and diversity are important foundations in all activities at Chalmers.

Benefits for our employees:

• Flexibility to work remotely based on the needs of the organization.
• Up to seven weeks of vacation per year.
• Collective agreements that include parental pay, sickness benefits, medication costs, salary exchange, pensions, earned days, and flexible working hours.
• Wellness allowance and a wellness hour per week during paid working hours.

Here you can read more about our benefits (#) and what it is like to work at Chalmers (#).

Employment form

Permanent full-time employment

Application

• Answer our selection questions when you click on "Apply" instead of attaching a personal letter – we do not consider attached personal letters.
• Attach your CV in PDF format.
• Label the application documents with your first and last name.

In a possible interview, you may also be asked to complete a "case".

Please note: The applicant is responsible for ensuring that the application is complete. Incomplete applications and applications sent via email will not be considered.

Application deadline: 2026-02-22

Interviews will be conducted continuously during the application period.

If you have questions, please contact
Karolina Partheen
Email: [email protected] (mailto:[email protected])
Tel: 031- 772 2588

Welcome with your application!

Chalmers declines all offers of further job advertising or recruitment support in connection with this recruitment.

Chalmers University of Technology in Gothenburg conducts research and education in engineering and natural sciences at a high international level. The university has 3,100 employees, 10,000 students, and educates engineers, architects, and maritime officers. With scientific excellence as a foundation, Chalmers develops competence and technical solutions for a sustainable world. Through global engagement and entrepreneurial spirit, we create innovation power, in close collaboration with the rest of society. Chalmers was founded in 1829 and still has the same motto: Avancez – forward.