About the Role and Your Responsibilities

Do you want to work with finance in an organization that makes a difference for children and youth? The Child and School Administration in Lund Municipality is looking for a financial administrator who wants to contribute to a well-functioning financial administration and support the organization.

With us, you will be part of an engaged finance function where collaboration and development of work methods are a natural part of everyday life.

Responsibilities

As a financial administrator, you will work with ongoing financial administration and be an important support to the organization, controllers, and managers.

In this role, you will work independently and in collaboration with other employees and external parties. The work requires accuracy, responsibility, good knowledge of accounting, and a good understanding of the organization's needs.

Examples of tasks include:

Handling supplier invoices and other payments
Customer invoicing and handling of write-offs
Managing incoming reminders and collections
Handling approvals, references, substitutes, etc.
Reconciliations, corrections, and allocations in accounting
Support, information, and training to the organization and managers in financial administrative tasks
Participation in the development of financial administrative tasks and routines.

We Are Looking For You

We are looking for someone with at least a high school education with a focus on finance or other financial education, or equivalent work experience as assessed by the employer. You have several years of experience in financial administrative work, preferably in a politically governed organization.

You express yourself well in spoken and written Swedish and are an experienced user of IT and the Office suite. You have experience working in large financial systems. Experience with the financial system Raindance is an advantage.

To thrive and develop in this role, you should be interested in numbers, meticulous, responsible, and have the ability to independently drive your work forward with good initiative and a structured and flexible approach.

We also value a service-oriented attitude and good collaboration skills. You take the initiative to drive work forward by developing, improving, and streamlining tasks and processes.

We Offer You

As an employee with us, you will be offered a range of benefits focusing on balance, security, and health. Lund Municipality is a large organization with many exciting activities and opportunities for employee development. As an employee, you will also have access to our benefits portal where you can easily see and manage your benefits.

Read more about our benefits here. (https://lund.se/arbete-och-lediga-jobb/sa-ar-det-att-arbeta-med-oss/det-har-ger-vi-dig-som-medarbetare)

About the Workplace

The Child and School Administration works for an equitable school and preschool of high and consistent quality for all children and students. The Child and School Administration has about 3,500 employees and is responsible for municipal preschools, primary schools, after-school care, and adapted primary schools.

Our two financial administrators belong to the unit for Finance and Preschool Administration, which is part of the Department of Finance and Strategic Planning within the Child and School Administration. The unit aims to provide qualified support in financial matters for the entire administration and administrative support to, among others, preschool operations.

We work together and with other support functions to create the best possible conditions for core operations. Collaboration and a flexible working approach are highly valued, where we support each other and help each other to solve emerging needs in the best way.

The financial administrators have their workplaces in central Lund. There is currently the possibility to partially combine office work with remote work.

In the Child and School Administration, we work to create equity and good conditions for all children and students in our preschools, primary schools, and adapted primary schools to achieve their goals. Together, we work for a unified and clear governance of preschool and school in a modern and efficient organization, with the goal of enabling world-class education. Our ambitions are high, and we always strive to create good conditions for development and maintain a high quality in our operations.

Here, you will have the space to grow. Within Lund Municipality, we put knowledge at the center and create opportunities for development in working life. We offer an inclusive work environment and the chance to influence and make a difference. Do you want to be one of us?