Vacant job

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Job Description

There is something special about working as an economist in Malmö Municipality. Here you work together with competent and engaged colleagues for the benefit of the people of Malmö, while enjoying good opportunities for development in a large and diverse organization. Now you have the chance to become part of Malmö Municipality in the role of Economist at the Service Administration.

The shared mission of the Service Administration is to deliver services and support to Malmö Municipality's departments and municipal companies. By coordinating and streamlining services, we contribute to facilitating the city's operations.

As an economist here, you work for the entire administration, with a focus on one of our operational departments. The role is both operationally close and development-oriented.

Your responsibilities include, among other things:

• working with budget, forecast, and accounting processes
• supporting, training, and guiding managers in the ongoing work with financial follow-up
• compiling, documenting, quality-assuring, and analyzing budgets and forecasts
• quality-assuring the reporting
• developing and improving financial follow-up to provide the operations with the best possible decision-making basis
• collaborating and exchanging knowledge with other economists and controllers within the administration
• participating in joint development projects within the administration and Malmö Municipality

Qualifications

To be considered for the position, you have a university education of at least 180 higher education credits with an economic focus, or other education and experience assessed as equivalent. You preferably have experience of similar tasks.

You have good accounting knowledge and experience of follow-up and analysis work in close collaboration with the operations. It is an advantage if you have worked as an economist in a larger, politically governed organization.

You have good knowledge of Office 365 and very good knowledge of Swedish, both in speech and writing. Experience with Raindance and Qlik Sense is an advantage, as is interest and willingness to familiarize yourself with new IT support within the economic area.

As a person, you are social and find it easy to build contacts within the organization. You are curious, development-oriented, and take great personal responsibility for your tasks. You are structured, have good prioritization skills, and are pedagogical in your consultative role. You enjoy collaborating with others, are clear in your communication, and see new challenges as an opportunity to develop.

About the Workplace

The economics department of the Service Administration consists of approximately 20 economists and controllers who work together to support the administration's departments with financial matters and develop our working methods. We are an engaged and non-hierarchical group characterized by good atmosphere, collegiality, and collaboration with a focus on our shared mission. Our workplace is located in central Malmö.

The Service Administration is divided into five departments and offers everything from transport services to IT and answering citizens in Malmö Municipality's contact center. We maintain streets, parks, green areas, and beaches, manage all of Malmö Municipality's buildings, and ensure that our school students receive good and nutritious food. The administration has a turnover of approx. 4 billion and has approx. 1900 employees. Together we are a smart service partner to the city.

Malmö Municipality's operations are organized in 14 administrations. Our shared mission is to create welfare and sustainable societal development. Together with the people of Malmö, we are developing an even better city to live, work, and be in; differences, life experiences, and talents make Malmö a smart city in the heart of Europe. The world's knowledge is here.

Read about Malmö Municipality as an employer here malmo.se/jobb

Information about the position

Employment type: Permanent

Scope: Full-time

Number of positions: 1

Start date: As soon as possible

Remote work possibilities: Yes, to some extent

Other

Please note that Malmö Municipality has removed the cover letter from the application process and replaced it with selection questions, this for a more inclusive recruitment process and an efficient candidate experience for you who are applying for a job with us. Your answers will become an important part of our selection work. Malmö Municipality strives for the employees to reflect the diversity found among the population. We therefore welcome applicants who can contribute to us as an employer being able to meet the needs of the people of Malmö.