Economist for the Finance Department

Bollebygds kommun · Full-time

Bollebygd, Sweden

Young and expanding Bollebygd is a municipality with future potential characterized by a holistic approach, sustainable development, and growth. The municipality has approximately 650 employees and we carry out some of Sweden's most important missions. Children's learning, quality care and services, sustainable community development, and environmental issues are just a few examples. The municipality strives to be an attractive employer where employee engagement and leadership are characterized by participation and influence. Bollebygd is home to nearly 10,000 residents. Located just 30 minutes from Gothenburg, Borås, and Alingsås, Bollebygd has a great geographical position. The municipality offers a rich outdoor life with a ski slope, beautiful hiking trails, and a golf course in a manor setting. Bollebygd has well-developed operations with high quality and a vibrant business community with over 1,000 entrepreneurs. Learn more at bollebygd.se The position is organizationally placed in the Municipal Executive Board's finance unit, where you will be part of the municipality's overall finance function and work alongside experienced finance colleagues. Your primary assignment is directed toward the Social Services Administration, where you serve as financial support to administration leadership and operations. You have a central role in the administration's financial management, monitoring, and development, while also contributing to the municipality's overarching financial processes. The Social Services Administration is responsible for the municipality's social services and municipal health and medical care, with operations in elderly care, individual and family services, LSS services, and municipal primary healthcare. The administration has approximately 270 employees and 18 managers. We strive to be an attractive employer where employee engagement and leadership are characterized by commitment, responsibility, and the opportunity to have influence. We are now looking for an operationally-focused economist with a focus on the Social Services Administration! 1 position(s). JOB RESPONSIBILITIES With us, you will have the opportunity to work closely with operations and contribute to the development of welfare in Bollebygd municipality. You will be part of a committed finance unit with broad expertise in municipal finance. We work closely with operations and have a culture characterized by collaboration, knowledge exchange, and continuous development. Your duties include: • Providing qualified support to administration leadership and managers on financial matters. • Working with budgets, forecasts, financial statements, and economic monitoring. • Analyzing operational results and contributing to long-term financial sustainability. • Preparing decision-making materials, investigations, and financial analyses. • Actively participating in the Social Services Administration's management group. • Developing and improving financial management, working methods, and processes. In this role, you will work in the financial system Raindance and the operational management system Stratsys. The municipality actively works with digitalization, operational development, and data-driven decision-making, where the finance function has an important role in developing analysis, monitoring, and management. We offer a modern and flexible working approach with good opportunities for remote work based on operational needs. You will have significant responsibility and the opportunity to plan and structure your work in close dialogue with both the finance department and the Social Services Administration. QUALIFICATIONS Requirements: • Bachelor's degree in economics or public administration from a university or college that the employer deems relevant • At least three years of experience with qualified finance work in public operations. • Good knowledge of municipal finance and financial processes. • Experience with budgeting, forecasting, financial statements, and financial analyses. • Good computer and system skills as well as experience working in Excel and various operational and financial systems. • Very good ability to express yourself in Swedish, both orally and in writing. Merits: • Experience as an economist or controller within the social services operations areas. • Experience with staffing economics. • Experience with the financial system Raindance and the operational management system Stratsys. • Master's degree in economics or public administration. To succeed in this role, you need to be analytical, structured, and self-directed. You have good teamwork skills and enjoy building trusting relationships at different levels in the organization. You take initiative, drive issues forward, and can explain financial relationships in a pedagogical way to different target audiences. We place great emphasis on personal suitability. Salary form: Monthly salary. Employment type: Permanent employment. Duration: Permanent, start date: By agreement. Working hours: Daytime. We strive for a balanced gender distribution and view diversity as a strength, and therefore welcome applicants with various backgrounds. Background checks will be conducted in accordance with applicable legislation. If you are applying for a position that falls under any of the applicable laws, you will need to provide an extract from the criminal record before employment, and in some cases from the suspicion register. Before any potential employment, you must provide a valid passport or national ID for verification of identity and citizenship. If you are not a citizen of Sweden, the EU, the EEA, or Switzerland, you must be able to provide a valid residence/work permit or prove that you are exempt from the requirement to have a work permit. In preparing our recruitment process, we have made decisions regarding recruitment channels and marketing. We therefore expressly decline contact from media sales representatives, recruitment websites, and similar. We use e-recruitment to streamline and quality-assure our recruitment process. 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