Controller with Focus on Development and Municipal Construction, Solna Municipality

Solna Municipality is seeking a driven economist with experience from the public sector for an exciting role in financial and operational management. Here you'll have the chance to truly make a difference by developing the municipality's financial management and supporting our managers. If you have sharp analytical skills and enjoy working pedagogically with numerical data across many different professional roles, this is the perfect opportunity for you. Take the chance to become part of Solna Municipality! About Us Solna Municipality is one of Sweden's most expansive municipalities, in the heart of the Stockholm region. Here, both the city and business sector are growing rapidly, with major investments in housing, infrastructure, and sustainable urban districts. Through strategic development projects, we are creating the future Solna – an attractive, modern, and green city to live and work in. The position is placed in the controller unit and belongs to the Financial and Operational Management department, which is part of the City Administration. The unit's mission is to provide support to all of the municipality's departments, companies, and divisions regarding financial and operational management, planning, follow-up, and analysis work. Our Offer Meaningful work where you make a difference A varied and stimulating role that you get to help develop A hybrid workplace with flexible working hours Colleagues with broad expertise and an engaged manager Centrally located offices in Solna with good transportation connections What Does the Work Involve? It is a combined role where you work with both the municipality's development economics while also focusing on departmental controlling. As a development controller, you are expected to have full control of the municipality's combined development economics, both regarding investments and operations. The duties include developing systematic approaches for, among other things, calculations and project accounting. You participate in preparing development agreements and land sales. An important part of the assignment is to support project managers and urban planners in monitoring project economics, timelines, and quality. You have a key role in ensuring that our projects are economically sustainable and that resources are used efficiently. An important task is to work with the municipality's investment strategist to create a long-term financial plan for development economics. As a departmental controller, you coordinate the financial work for the Urban Development Department and support department and division managers with financial planning, forecasts, and follow-up as well as developing relevant key performance indicators and qualitative analyses. You also prepare decision-making documents for the political process. You participate in preparing monthly and quarterly reports and annual accounts for the department's committees, which are the Building Committee, Environment and Health Protection Committee, and the Municipal Executive Board. The work also includes ongoing environmental monitoring for urban development and market conditions. Who Are We Looking For? We are looking for someone who has: an economics education at university level or other education that the employer deems equivalent at least three years of experience as a controller, preferably with experience from a municipality, region, or other politically governed organization experience in project controlling relevant experience in development economics good IT skills with very good knowledge of the Office suite. Experience with internal controls or contract follow-up is meritorious, as is experience working with larger decision support systems and with operational planning, follow-up, and analysis. To succeed with this assignment, we believe it is important to have good numerical analytical skills and that you are used to working independently and driving your issues forward. You are also used to formulating decision-making documents and presenting figures and results in a pedagogical and recipient-adapted manner. You thrive in a dynamic environment where collaboration with many different contact points is part of everyday life. As a person, you are persistent, goal-oriented, and motivated by creating results – you always work with the end goal in sight. More Information About the Application The position is a permanent full-time employment with start date by agreement. For questions about the position, you are warmly welcome to contact responsible manager Daniel Santesson at [email protected]. Warmly welcome to submit your application with CV no later than September 15. Selection may be made on an ongoing basis. In this recruitment, you apply without a cover letter. When you apply, you will be asked questions relevant to the position. Final candidates in this recruitment process will undergo a background check. We only accept applications through our recruitment system. Solna Municipality has signed an agreement for all recruitments, so we therefore ask that you refrain from calls from ad sellers or recruitment service providers. Do you have protected personal information? Do not register your application on the website/Varbi, but contact the recruiting manager to find out how you should submit your application. You should be careful about what information you share in your application. Therefore, only provide information that is relevant to the current position. For union contact person for the position, see www.solna.se/jobba-hos-oss/fackliga-kontaktpersoner

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