Economist with a focus on investment

**Job Description** **Responsibilities** Are you self-driven, passionate about order and structure, communicative, and genuinely interested in project and asset accounting? As one of our economists moves on to new challenges, the Investment and Rental Economics unit, one of the two units within the Finance Department, is now seeking an economist who wants to become part of the investment team. The City Property Management has a broad management mandate and a turnover exceeding 4 billion SEK. The Finance Department serves as the supportive and governing function within the area of finance and actively works to contribute to more resource-efficient processes. The department is divided into two units based on areas of expertise: Operations and Business Economics, and Investment and Rental Economics. With the introduction of cost-based rent for its premises, the focus on financial issues in urban development has increased significantly. The management has a broad mandate and an investment portfolio of nearly 3 billion SEK annually. As an economist with a focus on project and asset accounting, you will actively work with the management's project accounting and asset register. Key responsibilities include, but are not limited to: - Monitoring investment projects - Activation and decommissioning of fixed assets - Calculation of rental implications - Component depreciation - Year-end closing work The role involves numerous contacts with both employees within the management as well as employees from other departments within the city. You are also expected to actively participate in the exciting development work of the Finance Department and the management. In addition to your work related to the management's investment process, we see it as advantageous if you can also contribute with broad accounting knowledge within the remaining areas of responsibility of the Finance Department. **Qualifications** We are looking for someone with a relevant university degree in finance and 1-3 years of experience in project accounting or similar work. Experience in public administration, property organizations, asset accounting, and the financial system Unit4 Agresso is an advantage. You also need to have good knowledge of Excel. To be successful in this role, you should have strong organizational skills, be structured, engaged, meticulous, and analytical. As you represent the management in contacts with internal and external partners, it is important that you have good collaboration skills and communicate clearly with others. You have the ability to build trusting relationships and work with integrity. You are also driven, solution-oriented, and capable of identifying development opportunities in your work. You are responsive to the needs of the organization and have the ability to see and apply your knowledge from a holistic perspective. Here, we work with joy and care for one another. We have a good working climate and would like you to contribute to our shared joy at work. We want you to develop and feel good at work. **Other** We offer a workplace in development and with a forward-looking spirit. Our employees have broad and varied competencies. We work in pleasant premises and offer employee benefits such as flexible working hours, wellness grants, and cycling benefits. City Properties works for a sustainable work life where you can combine an exciting and rewarding career with a rich life outside of work. We provide you with a development and innovation climate that offers good opportunities for career advancement. Within the management, we apply a trust-based leadership model grounded in an inclusive workplace. We strive for a balanced gender distribution and a diversity of ages within our management. We want our workplace to be characterized by openness and respect for differences, and we believe that diversity contributes to the development of our operations. To those representing staffing and recruitment companies: We kindly but firmly decline offers of advertising and recruitment assistance. As an employee of the City of Gothenburg, you are subject to general service obligations under the Total Defense Duty Act. **About Us** City Property Management creates environments where life can thrive by planning, building, leasing, managing, and developing premises and outdoor environments for the City of Gothenburg's operations. Every day, hundreds of thousands of Gothenburg residents work in preschools, schools, care homes, and other facilities that we manage. Together with the City Environment Administration, the Exploitation Administration, and the Urban Planning Administration, we have a coordinated responsibility for urban development in the City of Gothenburg. This entails a shared distribution of responsibilities and roles based on phases: planning, implementation, and management, with the goal of contributing to a cohesive, efficient, and transparent urban development for residents, visitors, and businesses in the city.