Company description

An exciting everyday life - for a fossil-free future. With us, you get to contribute to tomorrow's climate-smart society and create the electricity grid of the future. The Distribution Business Area has about 4,500 employees in Sweden, in addition to regulated electricity network operations where Vattenfall Eldistribution is the major company, there are operations in field service - Vattenfall Services Nordic and Vattenfall Network Solutions, which provides Power-as-a-Service solutions to corporate customers.

Vattenfall Eldistribution is in the middle of the energy transition and has a central role in the powerful electrification that is seen in society. We are building the electricity grid of the future today and operate a societal infrastructure that distributes more than half of all electricity produced in Sweden. Our mission is really important - become part of Vattenfall Eldistribution!

About the role

Now we are looking for a driven manager and experienced economist in accounting for our Financial Reporting & Control department. You will initially have staff responsibility for 5 experienced employees, but the group may be expanded. You will report to the Head of Business & Financial Control.

Responsibilities and tasks

You will have a coordinating role for the financial reporting for the entire Distribution business area and collaborate with Business Control for other business areas within the business area and with interfaces with central financial departments for Vattenfall's group reporting.

In addition to the reporting responsibility, you have a responsibility for coordinating financial and company administration for Vattenfall Electricity Distribution. Your main tasks will be to lead your colleagues to drive and establish efficient processes and ways of working and keep the company issues together within:

• compliance and accounting principles
• internal and external audit
• general company issues such as (SLA, delegation, authorization rights, loans etc)
• compliance with regulation and financial model
• system management
• projects - including ongoing projects for ERP system change

Requirements specification

Who are you?

We are looking for you who have many years of experience in a similar role in a large organization and to succeed in the role you also need to:

• have an academic degree in economics with an accounting focus
• have at least 10 years of experience in qualified work in controlling / accounting
• have solid knowledge of decision support and business systems
• be able to communicate fluently in speech and writing in Swedish and English
• have experience of participating and driving change work such as.e.g. to introduce and / or update business systems

It is meritorious if you have experience in the energy industry and if you have worked in SAP / S4Hana and Power BI.

As a person, you are

An experienced leader who creates a positive work environment where everyone feels valuable and involved. You work proactively by taking initiative and acting before problems arise. You are focused on finding practical solutions that not only solve the problem at hand, but also improve the overall situation. You have strong analytical skills and are methodical in your approach, ensuring that nothing is left to chance. To succeed in the role, you also need to be a skilled communicator who values collaboration and works closely with other support functions to ensure that everyone is on the same page and that goals are achieved.

Further information

We offer

We offer an exciting working day and a good life balance in an attractive workplace with good opportunities for development. We work in a safe and motivating work environment, with a strong and positive culture of caring for all. To help you thrive, we offer continuous learning opportunities, good working conditions and a wide range of employee benefits.

Read more about our benefits here.

We are convinced that diversity contributes to building a more profitable and attractive company and strive to be good role models. Vattenfall Eldistribution values everyone equally and works actively to ensure that all employees have the same opportunities and rights regardless of age, ethnic or cultural background, gender, religion/belief, sexual orientation or disability.

Read more about how we work with diversity and inclusion here.

Location

Solna

Contact persons

For more information about the position itself, contact the responsible manager: Kristina Emanuelsson Kristina.Emanuelsson@vattenfall.com

For information about the recruitment process, contact the responsible recruiter: Johanna Kollander johanna.kollander@vattenfall.com

Union representatives for this position are Christian Ericsson, Ledarna, Anne-Marie Sjöbohm, Akademikerna, Jan-Olof Eriksson, Unionen, Ulf Tengman, SEKO. All contact persons can be reached via Vattenfall's switchboard 08-739 50 00.

Please send your application no later than May 18.

We only accept applications via our website. We do not accept personal letters in the application. You apply quickly and easily by answering selection questions and attaching your CV. We will start interviewing the first week of June.

Vattenfall Eldistribution is part of Sweden's critical infrastructure, thus many of our services are security classified. If this position is security classified, a security clearance will be carried out before employment, in accordance with the Security Protection Act.

About us

Vattenfall Eldistribution AB is Vattenfall's electricity network business and one of Sweden's largest electricity network companies. We are responsible for a societal infrastructure that distributes electricity to more than 900,000 companies and households. As an employee with us, you contribute every day to the functioning of society and to a secure electricity supply for future generations.Together, we are building the electricity grid of the future and enabling the transition to a fossil-free society.

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