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The Salvation Army is an ideologically driven organization that has been conducting social work based on a Christian value system through some 30 different operations since the early 1950s. We dream of a city where no one is left out. Where all people can live a dignified life.

We are now looking for you who want to act as a Business Controller in the Finance Department, working together with us towards our vision; a dignified life for all!

The Finance Department

The Finance Department is a central support function that supports all operations with follow-up, analysis, reporting, planning, and decision-making support to contribute to a stable and sustainable economy. We are a team of six employees within finance and payroll.

With us, you will work in a complex and developing operation with different funding forms and business models, where you build broad experience in an organization in constant motion.

More info about our operations can be found here: About The Salvation Army

Business Controller in the Finance Department

As a Business Controller with us, you work with follow-up, analysis, and the creation of decision-making support in close collaboration with operation managers and the finance team. You contribute an economic perspective to the operation's planning and work proactively in dialogue with the operations.

You also participate in operation-related development projects and in the work with new initiatives and cases, as well as in the development and efficiency improvement of economic processes and reporting.

Responsibilities

• Ongoing follow-up and analysis of the operations' finances
• Support to operation managers in budgeting, forecasting, and financial follow-up
• Creation of reports, analyses, and decision-making support
• Profitability and cost analyses
• Contract management
• Participation in project management and project follow-up
• Participation in operation-related development projects and creation of financial support for new initiatives and cases
• Development of economic processes and reporting systems, as well as participation in digitalization and efficiency improvement within the finance department

Qualifications

We are looking for you who believe in meetings at eye level and in every person's right to a dignified life.

You have:

• A university education in business economics
• At least 2 years of work experience as a business controller or similar, with experience in analysis, follow-up, and reporting
• Good knowledge of financial management, budgeting, and forecasting, and experience working with financial data
• Good system proficiency and experience with finance and reporting systems
• Good ability to express and formulate yourself in Swedish, both orally and in writing
• A strong interest in The Salvation Army's social work
• Read and share The Salvation Army's value system

As a person, you are analytical and structured and thrive in a role with many contact surfaces. You have good collaboration skills, treat others in an engaged and trust-building manner, and can explain economic connections pedagogically. You have a holistic view and weigh the operation's needs against economic conditions. You are stable and non-hierarchical in a changing environment and create security in the dialogue with others.

We take great care of personal qualities and are open to everyone regardless of gender, age, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, ethnicity, disability, or religious belief. What unites us is the desire to work based on the organization's direction, values, and identity traits.

Merits

• Experience in accounting
• Experience from complex operations with multiple funding forms
• Experience from the ideologically driven sector or publicly funded operations
• Experience with BI tools
• Experience with digitalization of economic processes
• Understanding of project management and follow-up

Terms of Employment

Employment type: Parental leave substitute
Scope: 100%
Working hours: Daytime, weekdays
Start date: September 15 or by agreement, until July 31, 2027
Collective agreement: We are affiliated with the employer organization Fremia and apply Vision's collective agreement “Health, care, and other care”
Recruitment: Before employment, we take references and request extracts from the criminal record register
Last application date: June 7, 2026

The Salvation Army offers

We want our employees to feel good! You will come to a warm, non-hierarchical workplace with competent colleagues where the value system is central and permeates both the work environment and the treatment of those we serve. In addition to getting a job with a greater meaning, you as an employee are offered, among other things, wellness benefits and psychosocial staff support via phone.

We warmly welcome your application!
Josefin Landén, Finance Manager

Together we make a difference!
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