Finance Manager

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Do you want to help shape the future of Water and Environmental Resources? We are looking for a Finance Manager who wants to contribute to long-term societal benefit through sound financial management, business-minded decisions, and close collaboration with operations. With us, you will have a key role in an organization with major development ambitions and a clear mission: to create the greatest possible value for our customers, owner municipalities, and society. About the role As Finance Manager, you have overall responsibility for the company's finance and procurement functions. You lead a team consisting of an economist, project controller, and procurement and purchasing coordinator, and you are responsible for budget, forecasts, financial statements, annual reports, financial reporting, and long-term sustainable financial management. You are part of the management group and provide important strategic and operational support to the CEO, managers, and board. The role involves developing analyses, decision-making materials, and financial perspectives that contribute to well-informed decisions, good forward planning, and continued business development. You are also responsible for developing efficient processes, good internal controls, and compliance with relevant regulations within finance, administration, procurement, and purchasing. An important part of the role is also to contribute to sound financial management and monitoring of the company's investments. Water and Environmental Resources is undergoing a comprehensive development journey. We are developing our organization, our working methods, and how we create value for our customers and owner municipalities. Our operations are developing toward clearer business areas with greater responsibility, better monitoring, and a stronger focus on results, customer benefit, and business efficiency. An important part of the mission will be to help make finance a strategic tool for business development. We are reviewing our entire procurement process—from need and planning through purchasing, implementation, and follow-up—to ensure that every invested krona delivers maximum value. We are also developing long-term maintenance plans for the approximately 500 facilities that we are responsible for managing and operating. The current Finance Manager will continue with the company as Project Controller, which creates good conditions for a well-planned transition and continued close collaboration. Work location: Sveg, Hackås, Bräcke, Vemdalen, or Funäsdalen About you We are looking for someone who sees finance as more than reporting and monitoring. You understand the finance function's role as an enabler for operations and want to contribute with analysis, structure, business-mindedness, and leadership in an organization where change is a natural part of everyday work. You are confident in your professional role and have the ability to build trust at different levels in the organization. You enjoy working closely with both managers and staff and can translate financial relationships into understandable, relevant, and usable decision-making materials. As a person, you are communicative and pedagogical, business-minded and operations-oriented. You are structured without being bureaucratic, unpretentious, and collaboration-focused. You are also comfortable with change and experienced in driving improvement work. To succeed in the role, you need to appreciate the combination of strategic responsibility and operational work. You are a leader who gets people to want to follow you, and who contributes to development through clarity, engagement, and a strong operations perspective. Requirements We are looking for someone who has: - An academic degree in finance or another education that the employer deems equivalent. - Several years of experience with qualified finance work with responsibility for accounting, financial management, and monitoring. - Experience in leadership with personnel responsibility or other documented experience of leading staff and operations. - Good knowledge of accounting, financial statements, budgeting, and financial analysis. - Experience in developing decision-making materials and presenting financial matters to management and board. - Good skills in digital finance systems and business support. - Very strong ability to express yourself in speech and writing in Swedish. - Experience with investment-intensive operations and project monitoring. Merits - Experience from water supply, waste, energy, or other infrastructure-based operations. - Knowledge of procurement legislation and/or purchasing processes. We offer As an employee with us, you become an important part of sustainable community building, and here you work to do good for people and the environment for many generations to come. The commitment, curiosity, and interest in building relationships are what unite everyone who works here and is what makes Water and Environmental Resources a workplace characterized by community, joy, and teamwork. - A modern digital work environment with many functions and all internal communications gathered in Microsoft 365. - Competence development – to stay at the forefront, it is absolutely necessary that our employees continuously gain new knowledge. Therefore, we are responsive to requests for training and there is an opportunity to develop. - Family-friendly workplace – through a flexible approach, we want to make it easier for you to combine work with being a parent. - Wellness hour and wellness benefits. Selection and interviews may take place continuously during the advertising period. The position is full-time indefinitely; probation applies. Salary and other employment terms will be agreed upon at the time of employment.Do you want to help shape the future of Water and Environmental Resources? We are looking for a Finance Manager who wants to contribute to long-term societal benefit through sound financial management, business-minded decisions, and close collaboration with operations. With us, you will have a key role in an organization with major development ambitions and a clear mission: to create the greatest possible value for our customers, owner municipalities, and society. About the role As Finance Manager, you have overall responsibility for the company's finance and procurement functions. You lead a…

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active

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Bräcke

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Published

15. 7. 2026

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23. 7. 2026

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