Management Controller for Financial Management

Borås kommun · Full-time

Borås Stad, Borås, Sweden

Do you want to help shape the future of Borås? As a management controller at the City Management Office, you will have a central role in developing governance, monitoring, and financial processes in a municipality characterized by growth, sustainability, and development. Here you will work closely with management and decision-makers while contributing to creating the best possible conditions for the municipality's operations and residents. About the Operations Expanding Borås is a municipality with future potential characterized by a holistic approach, sustainable development, and growth. We capitalize on growth through continuous development and innovation in all areas. Diversity, integration, and equality are values we work towards in all decisions. Your placement is the City Management Office's budget and finance unit, which is part of the Financial Management department. We work with governance and monitoring of the city's economy and the municipal board's operations, as well as financing of the municipal group. We are looking for you who want to work with us to make a difference. At the City Management Office, we are centrally located in Borås with proximity to Borås Central Station and Travel Center. Responsibilities As a management controller with us, you have a central role in financial monitoring, operations management, and participate in developing our management processes in the department. The role involves working closely with department management and you are a key person in ensuring sound financial management, efficient governance, and quality decision-making materials for both service management and the political level. An important part of the assignment is to develop and manage the department's governance processes, which involves work in the system support Stratsys as well as ensuring that planning, monitoring, and reporting take place in a structured and appropriate manner. As a management controller, you work both strategically and operatively. You drive, coordinate, and develop processes within economics and operations management in the department and serve as qualified support to managers and leadership. Your main responsibilities are to: Coordinate the department's work with budget, monitoring, forecasts, and economic analyses. This includes preparing financial statements, interim reports, and annual reports. Lead and develop the department's processes for operations planning, governance, and monitoring. Prepare decision-making materials, reports, and presentations for management and political bodies. Be process leader in the department for Stratsys. Contribute to the department's oversight duties. Coordinate the department's work with internal controls and risk analyses. Conduct investigations and analyses within operations and economics. Contribute to developing working methods, digitalization, and data-driven governance. Collaborate with controllers, economists, and other key functions within the municipality. Qualifications You are expected to have a strong ability to collaborate and cooperate, both within your own area and within the organization as a whole. You are driven and committed and are expected to contribute to development. You are curious and development-oriented with an interest in digitalization and operations development. You need to be able to work independently but also collaborate with others within the organization, and you have an understanding that work takes place in a politically governed organization. As a person, you are service-oriented, thorough, and responsible. We place great emphasis on personal suitability. Requirements: Higher education in economics. Solid experience with qualified controller work in the public sector or other large organization. Solid experience with financial planning, monitoring, and analysis. Experience with operations management. Very good ability to express yourself in speech and writing. Good knowledge of Excel and digital analysis and operations support tools. Meritorious: Experience working with Stratsys. Experience with politically governed operations. Experience with internal controls and risk management. Knowledge of change management and process development. Experience with Power BI or similar analysis tools. Application Send your application with attached documents via our application function, which you can access via the Apply Now button below. If you have protected personal data, you should not submit your application here. Instead, contact the recruiting manager. Contact information is in the job posting. Do not include references with protected identity. Please note that applications become public records according to the principle of public access. Other Information This position is a position of significant importance (law 2026:44 on background checks for appointment to leading positions in municipalities), which means we will ask the final candidate to provide an extract from the criminal record before we offer employment.