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Värmdö is the meeting place of the archipelago with a unique combination of nature's serene beauty and a more urban lifestyle. Our mission is not one but many: schools, real estate, social services, ports, healthcare, libraries, care, and many more. We strive to ensure that all residents of Värmdö can live a rich and free life. We want to be the ones who enable the dream of a vibrant and secure environment for homes, families, and businesses.

To succeed fully, we must have diverse competencies and work together for a common and trusting work culture, built on brave, responsible employees who understand the needs and wishes of the residents.

Our Operations

Do you want to be a key person in Värmdö Municipality's work with budget, governance, and future economic conditions? As a Budget Strategist, you belong to the Finance Department, which is part of the Municipal Executive Office.

Here, you will play a central role in the municipality's financial work and be responsible for driving, coordinating, and developing the budget process – from forecasts and documentation to decisions in committees and the municipal council. You will work closely with both the management of the administration and the political organization, reporting directly to the Chief Financial Officer.

Your Assignment

You will be the hub of the budget year and be responsible for delivering:

Deliverables

• Budget conditions
• Goals and budget
• Documentation and analyses related to financial capacity, revenues, financial management, pension forecasts, tax base forecasts.
• Coordinate and analyze population forecasts as a basis for the budget process and strategic business development.
• Coordination of all documents and materials in the budget process

Activities – Internal to the Administration

• Development of a timeline and activity plan
• Documentation for the administration's priorities
• Updating of financial capacity and revenue documentation
• Ongoing dialogue with operations in the administration

Activities – Political

• Coordination of political activities related to the budget
• Updating of capacity and budget tools
• Handling of questions and documentation for the political side

Dependencies and Collaboration

You will work closely with several functions, including:

• Municipal-wide monitoring and forecasting work
• T1 and T2 processes as well as annual reports
• Population forecasts
• Financial management (budget, monitoring, approval, and as an approver)

Your Experience

We are looking for someone who is confident in their knowledge and as a person, and who enjoys a role where you can combine analysis, structure, and collaboration. We see that you have an excellent ability to express yourself in Swedish, both orally and in writing. You enjoy working together with others and appreciate being a part of – and sometimes leading – a team.

Personal Qualities

• Confident and stable in your competence
• Unpretentious, flexible, and collaborative
• Structured with a good ability to prioritize
• Comfortable and enjoys giving presentations to both administration and politics

Qualifications

• Academic education in economics or other education that the employer deems equivalent.
• University degree in economics
• Experience in budget work and financial monitoring, preferably within a politically governed municipal organization
• Experience working with tax base forecasts and population forecasts

Meritorious: Experience with resource allocation models and previous experience from municipal operations

Your Personal Qualities

• Self-driven
• Collaborative ability
• Structured
• Quality-conscious

We place great importance on personal suitability.

The position is a permanent full-time employment. For this position, background checks will be conducted and are a prerequisite for employment. Applications, selection, and interviews will be ongoing during the application period, so please submit your application as soon as possible.

Värmdö Municipality offers wellness benefits, SL cards against net salary deductions, and vacation conversion to extra days off. We also actively work to create health-promoting workplaces with a good work environment and apply smoke-free working hours.

We value the qualities that diversity brings to the organization and conduct competency-based recruitment processes.

If you would like to know more, please feel free to contact us, see the contact person below.

Contact information for employee organizations can be found at https://www.varmdo.se/fackligaorganisationer (https://www.varmdo.se/fackligaorganisationer) or via Service Center, 08-570 470 00. We kindly decline all offers of advertising and recruitment assistance in connection with this advertisement.