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Do you want to make a real impact and create a difference? Here you contribute to creating security for people and societies. What you do matters.

Do you want to take a key role in a business with strong growth and high ambitions? Now you have the opportunity to step into an exciting phase where we are building new capacity, developing operations, and scaling up our site in Arboga. Over the coming years, the business will grow significantly, and this is a unique opportunity for you who want to be involved from the start and influence both structure, working methods, and results in an expansive environment - where business, production, and the future are in focus.

Your role

As a Business Controller, you will have a central and business-close role where you work closely with program management, production, and leadership. You function as a strategic partner and "co-pilot" to the operations, with a clear focus on driving profitability, creating insights, and ensuring financial control in a complex and growing environment.

You report to the Head of Business Control and become a key person in both project and production contexts, contributing with analysis, steering, and direction.

Your main areas of responsibility include:

• Act as a business partner to project and production managers in financial and strategic matters
• Drive and develop financial management, analysis, and follow-up within product areas, projects, and production
• Ensure high quality in forecasts, budgets, and long-term business planning
• Analyze outcomes and identify risks, deviations, and improvement opportunities - and drive actions
• Contribute to increasing the financial focus and business understanding in the organization
• Ensure compliance with accounting principles and internal guidelines
• Actively participate in the development of processes, systems, and working methods within the finance function

As an employee at Saab, you help create a culture that promotes performance, innovation, and transparency by coaching and developing people around you.

Your profile

We are looking for you who are a Business Controller or financial manager with a clear strategic perspective and a strong business focus. You have the ability to look beyond the numbers and use financial information as a tool to drive direction, priorities, and long-term value creation.

You have a relevant academic education and extensive experience in qualified controlling work, where you have been an active and advisory partner to both management and operations. You preferably have experience in a production, logistics, or project-intensive environment and are accustomed to linking financial management to operational decisions.

To succeed in the role, we see that you have:

• At least approx. 7 years of experience in business controlling or similar roles - preferably in a logistics or production business
• Strong competence in financial planning, forecasts, budgeting, and follow-up
• Experience in driving change, improving processes, and developing working methods
• Good understanding of business management in a complex organization

At the same time, your personal qualities are crucial. You combine analytical sharpness with a clear business focus and have the ability to turn insights into concrete initiatives. You are confident in your professional role and dare to challenge when necessary, but do so in a way that creates trust and engagement.

We also believe that you:

• Have a strong business understanding and a holistic perspective on the value chain
• Are proactive, self-driven, and thrive in an environment with change and growth
• Have a natural ability to influence and support decision-making at different levels
• Build strong relationships and collaborate effectively in a matrix organization

You express yourself fluently in both Swedish and English, both verbally and in writing.

The position requires you to undergo and be approved according to the current security clearance regulations. For positions where Saab has requirements for security classification, this may, in some cases, entail citizenship requirements.

What you become part of

Discover endless possibilities. Take on challenges, create smart innovations, and upgrade your skills. This is a place for clever thinkers, brave pioneers, and everyone in between. Together we achieve the extraordinary, each bringing their unique perspective. Every contribution counts.

Saab is a leading defense and security company with the purpose of helping nations protect their populations and contribute to security for people and societies. With 28,000 talented employees, Saab develops technology and solutions for a safer and more sustainable world.

Saab develops, manufactures, and maintains advanced systems within flight technology, weapons, command and control systems, sensors, and underwater systems. Saab has its headquarters in Sweden but a global operation where Saab is part of many nations' defense capabilities. Read more about us here (#)

If you are interested in what benefits you can enjoy as an employee at Saab in Sweden, you can read about them here (#)

Please note that we work with continuous selection and that the position may be filled before the last application date has passed.

We look forward to receiving your application!