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About the Job

Are you interested in coordination, governance, and development, and do you want to help shape a new function in the Swedish Transport Agency's department for Common Functions?

The Common Functions department was established on April 1, 2025, and gathers the agency's enabling functions within finance, analysis, procurement, premises, customer service, communication, human resources, and development.

Together, we strengthen the conditions to understand, implement, and meet the operational needs for support, governance, coordination, and development. In collaboration, with professionalism and innovation, we solve our assignments for the best of the organization.

The department consists of approximately 150 employees distributed across five units.

We are looking for a departmental controller for Common Functions who, together with the department's management team, will drive and coordinate the work with our strategic planning to contribute to the department's progress and transition towards our vision. Your responsibilities include planning, coordinating, and following up on the department's finances and operations from a holistic perspective. You will also serve as a support for the department's managers and employees.

With Us, You Are Important

Do you enjoy working with others and want to develop in your professional role? With us, you can expect career development, a trusting relationship with management and colleagues, and a sustainable work life. We are a secure employer who cares about your health with time for wellness during work hours, flexible working hours, a generous number of vacation days, and time off on bridge days.

Learn more about what it's like to work at the Swedish Transport Agency

You Will

• drive and coordinate the work with the department's operational plan, budget, follow-up, and forecasts
• prepare materials for financial statements - accounting and analysis
• prepare materials for quarterly reports - text and analysis
• be responsible for the department's section in the annual report
• develop and refine relevant goals, metrics, and measurements
• coordinate the department's work with internal governance and control.

As a controller with us, you will have close collaboration with other controllers in the agency to create an efficient and collaborative work environment. You will participate in cross-agency working groups and networks and collaborate with other functions within our department and with similar assignments within the agency.

You Must Have

• a university degree in finance or another relevant field
• current multi-year experience working with qualified financial tasks within planning, follow-up, and/or governance
• current experience in operational development and/or process work
• experience in leading and coordinating issues at a strategic level
• experience in forecasting and analysis
• good ability to express yourself well in both spoken and written Swedish.

It Is Meritorious If You Also Have

• worked as a controller in a qualified organization
• worked in business systems, such as UBW (formerly Agresso).

We Want You to Be

• self-driven, meaning you take responsibility for your tasks, structure your approach, and drive the process forward
• collaborative, meaning you work well with others. Relate to them in a responsive and smooth manner. Listen, communicate, and resolve any conflicts constructively
• holistic, meaning you see the big picture and consider the broader perspective. Understand your role, but act in the best interest of the entire organization in your actions and decisions
• analytical, meaning you can analyze complex tasks and then draw relevant conclusions.

Great emphasis is placed on personal suitability.

More Information

The position is permanent with placement at one of the agency's operational locations: Norrköping or Örebro. Start date by agreement.

As an employee with us, there is the possibility to work remotely up to three days a week. The needs of the organization and the nature of the tasks will determine whether and to what extent this is possible.

Employment with us may involve placement in a security class. A security clearance with a background check according to the Security Protection Act (2018:585) may therefore be conducted before a hiring decision is made. For some of our tasks in security class, Swedish citizenship is required.

If you have questions, please contact Madeleine Jacobsen Möller at 010 - 495 41 35 [email protected] (mailto:[email protected]).

ST, Jannike Jansson, and Saco-S, Carola Sander can be reached via our switchboard at 0771-503 503.

We do not want advertisers and staffing companies to contact us.

Apply

Apply via our website and attach a complete CV and a cover letter marked with reference number TSG 2026-1265.

We need your application by March 10, 2026.

If you have protected personal information, you should send your application by post, contact the recruiting manager for information on how to proceed. In your application documents, you need to describe how you meet the requested qualifications and merits related to the current recruitment. If you proceed in the hiring process, educational certificates and employment certificates that substantiate the knowledge and experience relevant to the position must always be presented.

Welcome to become our new colleague!

About the Swedish Transport Agency

Number of employees: Approximately 2000.

Areas of Operation:

The Swedish Transport Agency works to achieve good accessibility, high quality, safe, and environmentally friendly transport within railways, aviation, shipping, and roads. We develop regulations, grant permits, and monitor compliance. With the help of our registers, we work with fees, permits, and ownership transfers.

We have employees in 12 locations across the country. The majority of operations are located in Borlänge, Norrköping, and Örebro.

The headquarters is located in Norrköping.

https://www.transportstyrelsen.se/ (https://www.transportstyrelsen.se/)

Department of Common Functions

Here we have gathered functions that are common to the entire agency to make the Swedish Transport Agency more efficient and coordinated. In the Common Functions department, there are the following units:

• Finance and Analysis
• Procurement and Premises
• Customer and Communication
• Human Resources
• Development

Together and in collaboration, we increase the conditions to understand, implement, and meet the operational needs for support, governance, coordination, and development within these areas.

We are about 140 employees and are located in Borlänge, Kista, Norrköping, and Örebro.