Do you have experience with ongoing bookkeeping and want to develop further within budgeting, forecasting, and financial statement work? Are you also interested in the real estate industry and have a strong interest in IT? Then you might be the person we're looking for.
For us, our employees are key to our success. We prioritize our tenants and act according to our core values with both tenants and colleagues. If you stand behind the values of Competence, Care, Security, and Responsibility, you could be our next economist at Kumla Bostäder.
This is you:
To thrive with us, you are a social, positive, and engaged person who is used to working independently but also collaboratively with colleagues. You are analytical, thorough, and responsible. You also have a strong interest in IT as you will be involved in and take responsibility for developing the business systems we use. At Kumla Bostäder, all employees are expected to take responsibility for the entire operation. This means that in your role, you must be able to be flexible and enjoy working on many varied tasks, both large and small.
It is a merit if you have experience from the real estate industry and have been responsible for one or more IT systems.
Your day at work:
For us, the economist role is broad and a typical day at work might look like this:
- Budgeting and forecasting work
- Requirements management such as follow-up, amortization plans, etc.
- Interim and year-end financial statements
- Liquidity reporting
- VAT reporting and property valuation
- Leading GDPR work for the entire company
- Support and development in our business systems and other IT matters
- Ongoing bookkeeping
You work closely and collaboratively with the accounting assistant and accounting manager in the finance department and report to the accounting manager. You will be offered stimulating and varied work with ample room for engagement and initiative. We give each other feedback and develop together. You appreciate that we have a relaxed atmosphere and find it easy to speak your mind, but also have the ability to change your position if someone comes up with good objections. Our open and straightforward approach has shown good results both financially and socially.
This is us:
We are the municipality's largest and only public housing company with approximately 2,200 apartments and around 40 employees. As a public housing company, we take social responsibility and work to develop together with our tenants. We care about both our living environments and our employees, and are proud that our tenants are satisfied – with their homes, our employees, and us as a company.
Our employees thrive with us and in our latest employee survey, 100% stated they are proud of Kumla Bostäder.
Requirements for the position:
- Post-secondary education in economics or equivalent experience
- Good IT skills
- Experience from the real estate industry and similar tasks is a merit
Working hours/Duration
The position is a permanent employment, probation may be applied. We interview candidates continuously and the position will be filled by agreement. The application deadline is September 27, 2026.
For questions about the position, you are welcome to contact accounting manager Andreas Landerdahl, phone 019-58 88 06, union representative for Unionen Jessica Frisk, 019-58 88 20.
For this position, you will need to provide an extract from the police criminal record register if employment becomes relevant. The extract can be ordered via the link: https://polisen.se/tjanster-tillstand/belastningsregistret/arbete-till-en-ledande-befattning-inom-kommuner/