The Department of Finance and Planning is responsible for the university's finances, planning functions, and procurement. The department's mission is to work with both ongoing operational activities and development and strategic matters within its areas of responsibility. The department consists of the units Accounting and Operational Finance and a staff office. The role of economist is located in the Operational Finance unit. The department operates on Mid Sweden University's campuses in both Östersund and Sundsvall.
Job Responsibilities
We are seeking an Economist/Controller who can be responsible for financial work related to one or more institutions/departments within the university. The job responsibilities are varied and span a broad range. An important part of the work is to provide good service and support to operations on financial matters.
You are also expected, in addition to working with ongoing operations, to participate in the finance department's development work. The department works in, among other things, the ERP system (Agresso) and the budget tool Hypergene.
Your main responsibilities will be:
Support manager(s) in the institution's joint financial work with budgets, forecasts, and financial statements
Make transfers and corrections
Responsible for ongoing follow-up and analysis
Support research projects in the form of calculations, budgets, ongoing accounting and financial statements, requisitions, follow-up and analyses
Responsible for financial investigations
Participate in the joint development of systems, routines and processes
Your Background
We are looking for someone who has:
Academic degree with a focus on finance/economics
Good experience with Office applications with emphasis on Excel
Good experience with accounting systems
Experience producing, analyzing and communicating financial information for different types of recipients
Experience with financial reporting of EU projects and other subsidies is a merit.
Your Qualities
The role requires you to be results-oriented, have analytical ability and be problem-solving. Furthermore, you are service-oriented and have good collaboration skills. You also have the ability to work independently with foresight within the responsibilities of the position. You have very good ability to express yourself in speech and writing in Swedish and good ability to express yourself in speech and writing in English.
We place great importance on your personal qualities and your ability to collaborate in the team.
Employment and Start Date
The employment is a permanent position on a full-time basis with start date 2026-11-02 or by agreement.
Employment location: Sundsvall or Östersund
Information
Further information is provided by Deputy Department Head Susanne Walczak, [email protected] 0761 450 240
Application
Application documents must be in Swedish or English.
Personal letter and a CV describing your education and work experience.
We welcome your application via our recruitment system by 2026-10-05 at the latest.
Mid Sweden University, with campuses in both Sundsvall and Östersund, is an institution with proximity to students, colleagues and the surrounding community. At the same time, we are located next to sea, forest and mountains, which creates conditions for fantastic quality of life. Here new knowledge is created through internationally successful research and education that contributes to societal development. In this way, we contribute to a sustainable future and a better world.
As an employee at Mid Sweden University, you should be able to combine work with leisure and have a good balance in life. We offer, among other things, flexible working hours, support for health and fitness activities, salary supplementation during parental leave and sick leave. You also get generous vacation days.
Mid Sweden University actively works for equal conditions and strives to utilize the qualities that diversity and equality provide the organization. Salary is set in accordance with the central wage agreements RALS/RALS-T. Your personal data is processed and stored in accordance with the data protection regulation. We are happy to receive questions from those interested in working with us, but decline inquiries from those selling advertisements and recruitment services.