Senior Group Controller - M&A and Corporate Governance

Västerås kommun · Vollzeit

Västerås, Schweden

1 position(s). Would you like to work in a strategic key role where you can combine business acumen, analysis, and social value? Here you will contribute to developing a strong and sustainable municipal group. You will work closely with both company management, the city director, and political decision-makers on matters concerning acquisitions, business structure, governance, and long-term economic development. This role suits you if you are driven by complex business deals, strategic work, and creating value in an operation with significant impact on society. Your responsibilities As Senior Group Controller, you have a central role in ensuring business viability within Västerås city's group. The role involves close work with the group's companies where you contribute both strategically and operatively with analyses, financial assessments, and development of business structures. You work with matters concerning acquisitions, divestments, and other business transactions, primarily within the real estate and energy sectors, but also within other operational areas. You analyze the companies' financial conditions and business plans based on both the operations' different needs and the owners' long-term requirements and objectives. The assignment also includes developing owner governance of the companies and contributing proposals regarding company formations, group structures, and service functions. You coordinate various management functions and work closely with both politicians, boards, and company management in various business structures and development matters. An important part of the role is being able to pedagogically present complex financial analyses and decision-making materials to recipients who do not always have a financial background. You participate actively in owner meetings and other forums within fully-owned and partially-owned companies, and you build and develop internal and external networks. You excel at identifying what has "fallen between the cracks" by bridging gaps in the organization, which allows us together to create better quality and efficiency in our processes. Your competence We are looking for you who have university education in economics or equivalent. You have several years of experience with qualified financial work and experience in M&A. In M&A you have worked with valuation of companies and assets, and it is highly meritorious if you have been a project manager for the entire M&A process. It is meritorious if you have worked with management of subsidiaries in a larger group. You have experience in long-term financial analysis and very good knowledge of MS Office tools such as Excel and PowerPoint. Experience with project management and coordination of different stakeholders is meritorious, as is experience working closely with company management and owners. If you have a habit of presenting materials in a pedagogical way both in writing and speech, that is a strength, as is experience with operational management and having successfully worked with change management. You express yourself very well in Swedish both verbally and in writing. As a person, you are strategic and have the ability to see wholes and long-term consequences. You are goal- and results-oriented and thrive in a role where you can drive issues forward and create development together with others. You have an aptitude for collaboration and building trusting relationships. What we offer An opportunity to work in a developmental and socially important role with great strategic impact. You will become part of an organization where business acumen and long-term thinking are combined with social responsibility and sustainable development. Here you are offered qualified and varied work where you get to collaborate closely with experienced colleagues, company management, and decision-makers on matters that are important for the entire municipal group's development. We offer a secure and stable employer with a focus on sustainable leadership, development, and good opportunities for professional development and networking. At the same time, there are conditions for a flexible working day and a good balance between work and private life. City Management Office www.vasteras.se/stadsledningskontoret We believe in trust and freedom with responsibility. This means that you plan your own working day, have flexible hours, and the opportunity to work remotely part of the time. Here you become part of something bigger! With warmth and respect, we demonstrate effectiveness in the big and the small. We live by our values in meeting with each other and those we serve. Every day, year-round, we ensure that Västerås functions. Together with your approximately 13,000 colleagues throughout the municipal group, you get Sweden's most important job. Read more about opportunities, career paths, and our offer here: https://www.vasteras.se/jobbochkarriär Other information We are planning for ongoing selection during the recruitment process, so do not wait until the last application day to apply. In connection with the interview, you need to verify your citizenship. You can do this with a passport or alternatively a certificate of citizenship together with an ID document. If you are not a citizen of Sweden, EU, EES, or Switzerland, you must provide proof that you have a valid work permit or are exempt from the requirement to have a work permit. Employment can only take place after verification of work permit, which is required according to the Aliens Act. All offers of recruitment and advertising assistance are declined. Employment type: Permanent employment. Duration: Until further notice.