Economist

Lapplands Kommunalförbund · Full-time

Jokkmokk, Sweden

Lapplands kommunalförbund - Leading the Way The Association promotes education, learning and knowledge in lifelong learning! Lapplands Kommunalförbund is a collaboration between the municipalities of Kiruna, Gällivare, Jokkmokk and Pajala. The Association is responsible for important public functions in upper secondary education, adult education, energy and climate advisory services, procurement and personal advocacy. The Association employs around 350 staff members who together contribute to creating value for both individuals and society. Our Association office is decentralized, which gives you the flexibility to be based in Kiruna, Gällivare, Jokkmokk or Pajala. Do you want to help shape the future of education, learning and knowledge? With us, you become part of an organization characterized by collaboration, quality and social benefit. We offer a work environment where expertise and commitment are valued and where you have the opportunity to influence and develop. We offer you the following benefits when employed by Lapplands Kommunalförbund: - Wellness allowance - Wellness hour - Benefit cycle with gross salary deduction 1 position(s). JOB RESPONSIBILITIES Our current Economist will soon be moving on to another assignment and we are looking for a new team member and colleague for our organization. As an Economist with us, you will work broadly and you like to jump in where needed. Your work tasks include ongoing accounting administration such as journal entries, payments in and out, customer and supplier accounts receivable, etc. You will also, together with the Controller, upper secondary school principal and adult education principal, serve as financial support to the core operations in their daily operational finance work. You participate in budget and financial statement work as well as in the development of financial routines, processes and methods. You will yourself, in dialogue with the Controller and the Association director, have the opportunity to influence the direction and focus of these work tasks. QUALIFICATIONS We are looking for you who have an academic degree in economics or a degree as a Certified Accounting Economist. First and foremost, we are looking for you who have good knowledge of accounting. We would like to see that you have at least a few years of experience working with budgets, forecasts, monitoring and analysis in public operations. Experience in project accounting is also a merit. You have good system skills and an interest in how IT solutions can be used to simplify and improve work. You master the Office package, primarily Excel and experience with Agresso/Unit4 ERP is a merit. A Class B driver's license is a requirement. Your qualities In the role of Economist with us, you need to be able to work independently while seeing the benefits of collaboration and cooperation. You find it easy to collaborate and build trusting relationships. You have very good knowledge of the Swedish language, both spoken and written. We also assume good pedagogical and analytical ability and that you find it easy to explain economic contexts to non-economists. Employment type: Permanent employment. Duration: Permanent, start date: 2026-11-01. We strive for a balanced gender distribution and see diversity as a strength and therefore welcome applicants with different backgrounds. In preparation for the recruitment process, we have made decisions regarding recruitment channels and marketing. We therefore firmly decline contact from media sales representatives, recruitment sites and similar. We use e-recruitment to streamline and ensure the quality of the recruitment process. All your information is saved on your CV account and you can easily log in and update your information whenever you want. Please fill in your information as carefully as possible to give an accurate picture of yourself. The information is processed and stored in accordance with the Data Protection Regulation. We warmly welcome your application!