Vacant job

Stockholm – our capital city with millions of dreams, expectations, and ambitions. We work for everyone who lives here today and in the future. Now we are looking for you who want to think big, new, and different with us – for the people of Stockholm.

Our part of the city lies between the lakes Drevviken and Magelungen. Here, the Farsta District Administration works, with 1,400 engaged employees who now need a new colleague. With us, you have close access to both the subway and commuter train, as well as shops and restaurants. And close to a swim in the summer and long-distance skating in the winter.

Welcome to us

We are looking for financial controllers for the Finance Unit within the HR Finance Department. The unit has 10 employees who work broadly with finance, procurement/purchasing, premises, and the fight against welfare fraud in the administration. The work is led by a department manager to whom you will report.

We offer you

An developing job where you have the privilege of working with a variety of different socially important operations and great networking opportunities within the City of Stockholm. You become part of a workplace characterized by high competence, good working environment, and continuous development with the inhabitants in focus. In the Farsta District Administration, everyone is met with trust and respect. We have an open atmosphere, and everyone is keen to contribute and collaborate. Competence and a service-oriented attitude are important foundations for job satisfaction and good results with us.

In addition, we offer you good employment benefits such as competence development, a generous fitness allowance, flexible working hours, winter and summer working hours, holiday exchange, and the possibility to work from home two days a week if the work allows. Please read more about our benefits within the City of Stockholm here.

Your role

Together with other financial controllers and an accounting manager, you form a team that prepares the board's budget, quarterly reports, monthly reports, and annual accounts.

You are both a qualified support to managers and a control function in the operations' ongoing work with the budget for good and secure budget management with high forecast accuracy. You drive processes, work with revenue and cost monitoring, economic analyses, and short- and long-term forecasts.

The role also includes being able to lead or participate in projects, work with training initiatives towards the administration's managers, and be responsible for coordination tasks within the unit.

Your competence and experience

We are looking for you who have:

• a university or college education in economics
• experience as a financial controller, including work with financial management such as follow-up, analysis, and reporting
• very good IT skills
• good knowledge of Swedish in both speech and writing

It is meritorious if you have:

• worked in a politically governed organization
• experience with systems such as Agresso (Agresso desktop), Hypergene, ILS, eDok, or Business Object
• in-depth knowledge of Excel, including working with pivot tables
• worked with finance within the City of Stockholm

We are looking for you who are structured and careful with good collaboration skills. You are self-initiating and take your own initiatives, while also thriving in a role with many contact surfaces where your communication skills are important. With strong analytical and problem-solving abilities, you contribute to identifying areas for development and creating value in the operations. You express a positive attitude and commitment to your work and act in accordance with decisions made based on operational plans, policies, and guidelines. We also see that you have an easy time working towards goals and focusing on results. We place great importance on your personal qualities, motivation, and commitment to the position.

Other

We recruit without a cover letter to strengthen the focus on the competencies and experiences required for this role. In assessing your application, we will only rely on your CV and a number of questions you will answer when applying for the position. We see diversity as enriching and welcome all applicants. Work psychological tests may become relevant during the recruitment process.

The City of Stockholm works with competence-based recruitment aimed at looking at each person's competence and thereby combating discrimination.

To work for the City of Stockholm with children, young people, the elderly, and people with disabilities, including work in their homes, you need to show an extract from the criminal record. In leading or critical positions, an extract from the criminal record may also be required. The extract is sent digitally to the employer upon request and must not be older than six months from the date of issue.