Controller for the Finance Unit at the Stockholm City Development Office
Stockholm – our capital with millions of dreams, expectations, and ambitions. We work for everyone who lives here today and in the future. Now we're looking for you who want to think big, new, and differently with us – for the people of Stockholm. The Stockholm City Development Office plans for a future Stockholm on behalf of the City Development Committee. We work with urban planning at both strategic and detailed levels, building permits, city surveying, property formation, and housing adaptations. The Stockholm City Development Office has approximately 340 employees and we are centrally located on Kungsholmen, about a ten-minute walk from Stockholm Central Station. The agency's operations are characterized by our core values of professional, holistic, and inclusive. Welcome to us The Finance Unit is part of the Stockholm City Development Office's business support and currently consists of seven employees working with finance, procurement, and purchasing. We are now looking for an engaged, self-driven, and trustworthy controller who, with a strong focus on operations, will help develop the unit's working methods and processes to continue delivering good service to the agency. As a controller with us, you'll have the opportunity to combine your financial expertise with an interest in urban development issues. You'll become part of an operation with an important societal mission and, through your role, gain broad insight into how the city conducts its work on urban development, planning, and construction. Therefore, we see it as positive if you find it exciting to understand and contribute to the operations that shape the Stockholm of the future. You will work in a team with a finance director and two other controllers who support the Stockholm City Development Office with finance and operations development matters. Each controller is assigned to support their own department, but also works on tasks that concern the entire agency. What we offer At the Stockholm City Development Office, you'll become an important part of an inspiring and learning workplace where you'll have good opportunities to develop and learn new things. As an employee with us, you are offered: - developing and independent work tasks - competent and creative colleagues - regular and relevant professional development - generous flexible working hours and the opportunity to work remotely when operations allow - wellness allowance and discounts on various activities (read more about our benefits via the link: Benefits Stockholm City) Your role In your role as controller, you serve as qualified support to the organization and contribute with analyses and decision-making materials. Your work tasks include, among other things, working closely with operations managers to develop budgets and forecasts for each unit. You also conduct monthly and quarterly follow-ups and analyses of both finances and operations. You will have access to several different systems to produce, for example, statistics. Other work tasks include proactively supporting and challenging the units for the highest possible goal achievement, as well as proposing and participating in implementing improved working methods and procedures together with the other controllers. Your competence and experience For this position, we're looking for someone who is confident in the controller role, enjoys working closely with operations, and is experienced in taking responsibility for the entire process from analysis to decision-making materials. To be considered for the position, you should have: - completed and approved university or college degree in finance, or equivalent education that the employer considers equivalent - several years of experience with qualified financial work, or other experience that the employer considers equivalent - experience with controlling work - very good experience with budgeting, forecasting, follow-up, and analysis - good knowledge of the Office suite, particularly Excel - good knowledge of Swedish in speech and writing as this is necessary in daily work. It is a merit if you have: - knowledge of Agresso and Hypergene - knowledge of accounting - experience within municipal operations - experience working in a consultative role in close collaboration with operations managers. In this recruitment process, we place great emphasis on the following competencies: You are a person who contributes to good cooperation by listening actively, being service-oriented, and building trusting relationships with colleagues and managers through a positive, accommodating, and solution-oriented approach. You have a strong interest in your work area and translate your engagement into action by developing working methods, processes, and follow-up. Furthermore, you are self-driven and structured when you plan, prioritize, and move your work forward. You have the ability to see the bigger picture without losing focus on details and continuously follow up on results to ensure high quality and delivery within set timeframes. With strong numerical analytical abilities, you can interpret and analyze data and translate the results into clear decision-making materials that create value for the organization. You communicate complex information pedagogically and comprehensibly, adapted to the recipient and situation. The position is full-time with employment start according to agreement. We look forward to receiving your application! Other information In this recruitment, a cover letter is not mandatory. We use screening questions in the application process to make a fair and equal assessment of you as a candidate. Note that it should be clearly evident from your CV how you meet our stated requirements and merits, as this together with the screening questions forms the basis of our selection process. Stockholm City uses competence-based recruitment aimed at assessing each candidate's competence and thereby preventing discrimination. Stockholm City uses competence-based recruitment aimed at assessing each person's competence and thereby preventing discrimination.
- Město
- Stockholm
- Adresa
- Fleminggatan 4
- GPS
- 59.332591795731, 18.04797623942
- Publikováno
- 17. 8. 2026
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