Vacant job

We are over 5000 dedicated food heroes working in our Swedish stores, warehouses, and offices – together making our fantastic journey possible. This way, even more people can shop and enjoy good food of the highest quality at the best prices in the industry. Because when we grow, you grow. That’s Lidl.

Job Pitch

Have you worked for a few years as a controller or have other relevant financial experience? Are you engaged, structured, and enjoy working with numbers? Don’t hesitate to read on and apply now!

Your Role

As a Controller at Lidl, you will be part of our dedicated Controlling team of 14 people. We compile and analyze financial data with the goal of optimizing processes and driving long-term profitability. By turning numbers into concrete insights, we create the conditions needed to make informed decisions and strengthen our market position. You will belong to our reporting team where you work independently with significant responsibility while collaborating closely with both team colleagues and other parts of the organization.

Your main tasks will include:

• Working with ongoing reporting, analysis, and quality assurance of the business's key performance indicators
• Actively participating in the monthly closing process to ensure high financial precision
• Coordinating and collecting CSR-related key figures for our CSR reporting and proactively following up on sustainability-related key figures
• Being responsible for managing our national task system and our process tool
• Updating and optimizing our standardized reports with a strong focus on technical solutions and increased process efficiency

You will report to the team leader for the reporting team.

Your Profile

We are looking for someone who has completed a degree in finance from a university or college and has at least 1–2 years of relevant work experience. As a person, you are driven, structured, responsible, and have good analytical skills. Furthermore, we see that you:

• Are an experienced user of Excel or Google Sheets
• Enjoy streamlining and improving existing processes
• Communicate fluently in Swedish and English, both spoken and written

It is an advantage if you have:

• Experience with the Strategy system and Google Workspace
• Good knowledge of German

We Offer

For us, it is important that our employees thrive - in every way. Therefore, we offer a job in an environment characterized by our values: performance, respect, trust, down-to-earth attitude, and community. As we grow, you can grow. Quickly. Within your role, or towards another. In the same place, or somewhere else. In stores, warehouses, offices. Locally, nationally, or globally. We support you on your journey towards more responsibility and new challenges.

You will be part of a large team where everyone rolls up their sleeves and helps each other. Sometimes you will find us at our state-of-the-art headquarters, where we have access to a gym and great discounted prices in the restaurant. But of course, we are also a flexible workplace with the opportunity for hybrid work. You will receive everything from wellness grants, parental leave supplements, and employee discounts in our stores to free counseling from psychologists, lawyers, and economists, as well as a multitude of offers through our benefits portal. Of course, you are also covered by a collective agreement and occupational pension. We enable fair salary setting within the company through a non-discriminatory salary system. For union-related questions, please contact Unionen's local union club via the email address [email protected].

Do You Want to Join Our Journey?

If your answer is yes, then apply for the job as follows:

• Click on “Apply”
• Fill in the form
• Attach your CV

Our recruitment process consists of selection tests, phone interviews, personal interviews, and reference checks. Please contact us if you have a specific need for adjustments regarding the selection tests.

This recruitment is ongoing, so we would like you to send your application as soon as possible, but no later than March 2, 2026. The position is a permanent employment with an initial probationary period and with a start date according to agreement.

If you have questions about the position or the application process, please contact the recruitment team at email: [email protected].

We look forward to your application!