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Do you want to work in an stimulating academic environment where your economic expertise makes a difference?

The Economics Department at Chalmers is a central part of our operations and contributes to ensuring professional management of economic control and administration. Here you have the opportunity to work closely with both researchers and management in a dynamic and developing environment. We are looking for an engaged economist who wants to become part of our team at Chalmers – a workplace where development, quality, and diversity are at the center.

About us

The Economics Department at Chalmers is characterized by professional management of our economic control and economic administration. The function is represented both in the operational work at our 13 subject departments and in the institution-wide leadership with its support functions.

This position is located at the Department of Mechanical Engineering, ME, which has just over 400 employees. The economist position is located at one of the department's 11 research divisions.

The operational support at the department is responsible for the administrative support to the department's core activities, i.e., management, teachers, and researchers. This includes, among other things, economy, personnel, research and education administration, as well as support in other administrative matters such as procurement and facilities. We are a common resource for the department and consist of about 30 employees who work to provide the core activities with close and professional support.

As an economist, you have several close economic colleagues to discuss tasks, development issues, and challenges with. You are also part of Chalmers' economics network, where you regularly have the opportunity for competence development, introduction to new developments in the field, and exchange experiences with colleagues at other departments.

What the role entails

Main tasks include:

• being an advisor on economic matters to managers and project leaders
• ensuring good accounting in accordance with internal and external regulations
• budgeting, follow-up, forecasting, and analysis of projects and operations
• economic project reporting to funders
• participate in the department's budgeting and annual accounting work
• interpretation of conditions from funders and other contracting parties

We are looking for you who:

• Have experience of qualified economic work, similar to the tasks described in the advertisement
• Have experience of accounting, budgeting, and annual accounting work
• Have experience of working with economic and administrative support systems
• Have good ability to express yourself orally and in writing in Swedish and English

It is an advantage if you also have:

• Documented experience of having responsibility for the entire economic process
• Experience of project reporting
• Experience of qualified economic work within higher education/university
• Have experience of EU accounting
• Experience of working with the support systems Raindance and Hypergene

To thrive and succeed in the role, we believe you are:

• A person with high integrity
• Analytical and meticulous
• Collaborative and good at building good relationships with colleagues, customers, and suppliers
• Structured with the ability to handle several tasks in parallel and to prioritize effectively

About Chalmers as a workplace

At Chalmers, we value openness, respect, participation, diversity, and quality – something that permeates our work environment and our approach to employees. We offer a stimulating workplace in an academic environment, where both students and employees are driven by creating value for a sustainable future.

We work extensively with gender equality projects, for example the GENIE initiative on gender equality for excellence. Gender equality and diversity are an important foundation in all activities at Chalmers.

Benefits for our employees:

• Flexibility to work remotely based on operational needs
• Up to seven weeks of vacation per year
• Collective agreement covering parental pay, sickness benefit supplement, medication costs, wage exchange, pension, worked-in days, and flextime
• Wellness allowance as well as one wellness hour per week during paid working hours

You can read more about our benefits here: https://www.chalmers.se/om-chalmers/arbeta-hos-oss/chalmers-som-arbetsgivare/formaner-och-villkor/ (https://www.chalmers.se/om-chalmers/arbeta-hos-oss/chalmers-som-arbetsgivare/formaner-och-villkor/)

You can read about what it is like to work at Chalmers here: https://www.chalmers.se/om-chalmers/arbeta-hos-oss/chalmers-som-arbetsgivare/ (https://www.chalmers.se/om-chalmers/arbeta-hos-oss/chalmers-som-arbetsgivare/)

Employment type

Permanent full-time position

Application

• Answer our selection questions when you click "Apply" instead of attaching a cover letter – we do not take attached cover letters into account
• Attach your CV in PDF format
• Mark the application documents with first and last name

During a possible interview, you may also be asked to complete a "case".

A background check may be conducted as part of the application process.

Note: The applicant is responsible for ensuring the application is complete. Incomplete applications and applications sent via email will not be considered.

Last application date: 2026-08-15

For questions, please contact:

 Administrative Manager Christina Haglund

E-mail: [email protected]

Welcome with your application!

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Chalmers University of Technology in Gothenburg conducts research and education in engineering and natural sciences at a high international level. The university has 3,100 employees, 10,000 students, and educates engineers, architects, and maritime officers. With scientific excellence as a foundation, Chalmers develops competence and technical solutions for a sustainable world. Through global engagement and entrepreneurial spirit, we create innovation power, in close collaboration with the rest of society.

Chalmers was founded in 1829 and still has the same motto: Avancez – forward.