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Job Description

Do you want to develop within controlling and gain broad experience in finance within a real estate company? We need to strengthen our controlling group and are now looking for a Controller for a fixed-term position of one year. You will get a broad insight into the controller's various areas of work as well as real estate economics and will be able to develop within financial management, analysis, reporting, and system support in a workplace with engaged employees.

As a Controller, you will become part of the controlling group and work together with experienced controllers, but you will also have contact with both specialists and managers in the company to be able to perform your work. The role suits you who are at the beginning of your career and want to develop within financial management, budgeting, forecasting, follow-up, and reporting, but also some closing work is included. You will support and relieve primarily our Corporate Controller but also the other controllers in the group. Your tasks will, for example, consist of producing economic reports and follow-ups, participating in budget and forecasting work, supporting the business with analyses, working with monthly closing and controls, compiling and quality-assuring data and materials for reporting, producing guidelines, and participating in improvement work in our processes and systems.

Qualifications

You have an academic degree in economics with a focus on financial management or equivalent education. We want you to have some relevant professional experience as a controller or in similar financial work. This professional experience you may have acquired through summer jobs, longer professional internships, or similar. You have very good knowledge of Excel and other Office programs and have a clear interest in systems and Excel as tools in controlling work. You also master Swedish fluently in both speech and writing.

It is meritorious if you have work experience from controlling work such as work with budget, forecasting, reporting, and result follow-ups, but also revenue and cost controls, and understand the structure of accounting in larger organizations, preferably in real estate companies. Experience of working in financial and follow-up systems is also meritorious.

To succeed in the role, you need to be responsible and able to lead yourself and drive the work forward. You are analytical and have the ability to see connections and draw conclusions from complex information. You work in a structured and proactive manner with a focus on quality and delivery within timeframes. As a person, you are confident in yourself and have the ability to create good relationships and collaborate, are a clear and good communicator, and adapt your communication to the recipient and situation. You also take initiative for improvements and development and act based on the common mission.

Other Information

As a Controller, you belong to the Finance Department which consists of the units controlling, accounting and rent administration, and procurement. You will belong to the controllers group which consists of three people. You report to the Finance Manager who is your closest manager and collaborate with other controllers who will be your closest colleagues. Your work also requires you to collaborate with other employees in the department, specialists, and managers in the company. The finance function plays an important role in the business, and the controlling group works closely with both management and administration.

As part of the application process, you must answer some selection questions before you can send your application to us. Answer these questions independently and as comprehensively as possible as they are part of the selection in the recruitment process.

We may use psychometric tests and possibly work samples as part of the continued selection process.

We quality-assure the recruitment process and conduct a background check on the final candidate.

At our workplace, the atmosphere is pleasant and the ambition is high. Our core values are PEPS, which means that at work we are positive, engaged, reliable, and harmonious. We offer a challenging and responsible job in an expanding company that belongs to Sweden's largest public utility, Förvaltnings AB Framtiden.

Familjebostäder has been named one of Sweden's Career Companies for several years.

With a focus on actively contributing to making Gothenburg an equitable and sustainable city, it means that through your job with us, you make a difference every day and thus contribute to something that is truly important. Welcome with your application!

About the Workplace

At Familjebostäder, we not only take careful care of our more than 20,000 homes. We also offer comfortable and worry-free housing with a high degree of service. In addition, our work and various initiatives contribute to the development of the City of Gothenburg. We are therefore looking for you who like our mission and our vision; We create tomorrow's homes - safe, comfortable, and climate-friendly, together with the people of Gothenburg.

Familjebostäder is part of the Framtiden Group, which is owned by the City of Gothenburg. Read more at www.familjebostader.se