Vacant job

At the Swedish Migration Agency, we work with one of the great societal challenges of our time – migration. We are a total of approximately 6,000 people here, and we have an unusually important job!

Do you want to work with qualified economic issues in a business that has great significance for society? We are now looking for a Senior Economist for the Accounting Unit at the Swedish Migration Agency.

Here, you will have the opportunity to work with current societal issues that are affected by developments in the outside world. We offer a workplace where engagement, collaboration, and continuous development are in focus. Here you become part of a business that makes a difference while contributing your economic expertise in a complex and socially important organization.

The Accounting Unit is responsible for the Swedish Migration Agency's financial accounting and economic administrative processes. We ensure that the agency's accounting is correct, reliable, and complies with current regulations. The unit also provides support and advice to the business on economic-related matters and is responsible for the management and development of the agency's economic and e-commerce systems. We continuously work on developing routines, processes, and ways of working to create efficient and quality-assured economic flows. The unit consists of approximately 20 employees with broad competence within accounting, economic administration, and system management.

Job Description

As a Senior Economist at the Accounting Unit, you work together with your colleagues on the Swedish Migration Agency's accounting from an agency-wide perspective.

In the role, you will among other things:

• work with bookkeeping, reconciliations, and quality assurance of the accounting
• participate in monthly and annual closing as well as work with the financial parts of the annual report
• ensure that accounting and economic administrative routines follow laws, regulations, and internal rules
• conduct qualified analyses, investigations, and economic follow-ups
• contribute to the development and improvement of economic processes, routines, and system support
• give advice and support to the business on economic issues
• produce guidelines, instructions, and training materials
• participate in internal control work as well as reporting to internal and external stakeholders.

Depending on your competence and experience, the work may also include system-related issues within the economic area.

Who are you?

To succeed in the role, you are analytical, structured, and quality-conscious. You plan, organize, and prioritize work in an efficient manner. You have a good ability to see the big picture and consider the best interests of the entire business in actions and decisions. Furthermore, you work carefully and are well aware of goals and quality standards, placing great importance on meeting them.

You enjoy collaborating and are happy to share your knowledge with others. The role requires that you can take initiative, drive issues forward, and create trusting relationships within the organization.

In our work as civil servants, high demands are also placed on judgment and a high level of security and confidentiality awareness.

You who apply have:

• an academic education in economics, preferably with a focus on accounting, or other education combined with current and relevant experience.
• several years of current experience in qualified economic work
• experience working with closing and annual reports
• good knowledge within accounting and economic administration
• good ability to express yourself in speech and writing in both Swedish and English
• good knowledge of Microsoft Office, especially Excel.

It is meritorious if you have:

• experience of system administration in the economic system, Unit4 ERP
• experience of system administration in Visma Proceedo or other e-commerce systems
• experience of accounting and economic administration within government or other public operations
• experience of economic work with a system or process development focus

Information

Employment type: Permanent with probationary period
Working hours: Office hours
Location: Norrköping
Start date: According to agreement
Benefits: Read about our employment benefits here.

Application
Welcome with your application documents no later than August 10, 2026. We receive your application via our recruitment system.

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About the recruitment process

For us, it is important that all competence on the labor market is utilized. We therefore welcome all applicants and strive for an even gender distribution and diversity. As a government agency, we recruit based on merit and skill. On arbetsgivarverket.se you can read more about what this means.

You do not need to attach a personal letter with your application, but we would like you to answer the selection questions as clearly and thoroughly as possible so that we can make a fair assessment of your experience to determine if you are qualified to proceed in the recruitment or not. In some recruitments, we also use tests to assess how well your skill matches the position you are applying for. During a possible interview, you may also be asked questions related to security.

If you want to contact union representatives, contact details for Saco-S, Seko, and ST are found at the bottom of the page "Vacant jobs and interest registration" on migrationsverket.se: Questions and answers about applying for a job at the Swedish Migration Agency

To work at the Swedish Migration Agency, you need to have the right to reside and work in Sweden on one of these grounds: Swedish citizenship (required for some positions), Nordic citizenship, EU citizenship, or permanent residence permit.

If you have protected personal data, or other information that you consider worthy of protection, you should contact [email protected] before you make your application so we can tell you more about our security routines.

The Swedish Migration Agency's recruitments take place entirely in our own or procured suppliers' regime. We therefore ask not to receive phone calls and emails from recruitment companies and ad sellers.