KTH is now seeking a dedicated financial administrator for a temporary position of up to 12 months within the Operations Support department at KTH. As a financial administrator with us, you will be part of a committed work group where quality and responsibility are in focus. The position will be placed in the finance team that supports the School of Engineering Sciences (SCI).
We warmly welcome your application!
About the Department/Group
Operations Support's mission is to support the university's education and research. KTH's Operations Support is in an exciting phase where we work together on developing our working methods. As an employee within Operations Support, you contribute to KTH's mission to conduct research, educate, and create societal value, while also having the opportunity for your own professional development.
Work Tasks
We are looking for someone who wants to work closely with the operations and play an important role in financial work by supporting our EU finance officers in their daily work and, by extension, the school's institutions and departments in managing EU-funded projects. The work is conducted in close collaboration with EU finance officers, project economists, and project managers within the SCI school's institutions.
The work includes tasks such as:
Collect, verify, and structure time reports for EU projects
Manage and verify travel expenses and related documentation
Coordinate and ensure quality of various types of project documentation
Administer payments to project partners
Compile documentation for, for example, audits
Work in and follow up on matters in case management systems (e.g., extract statistics, reports, and follow-ups)
General ledger entries and reconciliations
Register maintenance
Contribute to the development and streamlining of administrative processes
Other administrative tasks may also occur
To succeed in the role, you are a responsible person who has the ability to drive your work forward and to carry out your work within a certain timeframe. You work with quality awareness and enjoy planning and structure, but are also interested in improvement work and development. You communicate clearly and can work both independently and in a group. Since you will be working in a finance team and support your colleagues, it is important that you have a good sense of service and find it easy to collaborate with others. As a person, you are engaged and unpretentious in your demeanor.
Qualifications
Requirements
Finance education at upper secondary level or work experience that the employer deems equivalent
Current experience working with financial administrative tasks
Communication skills and the ability to explain financial concepts in an understandable way
Good knowledge of Swedish and English in speech and writing – both languages are required in daily work as we operate in an international environment
Good knowledge of the Office package, specifically Excel
Personal Qualities
As a person, you need to be independent, structured, quality-conscious, and service-oriented. Additionally, a pedagogical insight is required, and you should thrive in an environment with many contact points and varied work tasks.
Meritorious
Experience supporting economists in administrative tasks within grant-funded projects
Experience working with larger business systems such as Agresso, SAP, or similar
Experience working in case management systems such as Case
Current and relevant work experience in finance from a university, college, or other research-intensive organization
We will place great emphasis on personal qualities.
Become Part of KTH
KTH shapes the future through education, research, and innovation. As a leading international technical university, we play an active role in driving and contributing to the transition to a sustainable society. Here you are offered the opportunity to grow and develop in a creative and dynamic workplace with good working conditions and benefits. Equality, diversity, and equal terms are a quality issue and a natural part of KTH's values as a university and state authority.
Read more about our benefits and what it is like to work and develop at KTH.
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Application
You apply through KTH's recruitment system. As an applicant, you are responsible for ensuring that your application is complete when submitted and that the qualifications we request in the advertisement are evident in your CV.
In this recruitment, you apply only with your CV. Instead of a cover letter, you will answer one or more questions in the recruitment system. It is important that you answer the questions carefully and truthfully, so that we can get a clear picture of your competence and experience. We base our selection on the qualifications evident in the advertisement.
Your application must be received by KTH no later than midnight on the last application day, CET/CEST (Central European Time/Central European Summer Time).
About the Employment
The employment is a temporary position according to agreement - for up to 12 months, with commencement by agreement.
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We decline direct contact from staffing and recruitment companies as well as job advertisement vendors.KTH is now seeking a dedicated financial administrator for a temporary position of up to 12 months within the Operations Support department at KTH. As a financial administrator with us, you will be part of a committed work group where quality and responsibility are in focus. The position will be placed in the finance team that supports the School of Engineering Sciences (SCI).
We warmly welcome your application!
About the Department/Group
Operations Support's mission is to support the university's education and research. KTH's Operations Support is in an exciting phase where we work together…