Gävle Municipality offers interesting and challenging jobs with great opportunities for personal growth. In the coastal city of Gävle, you are close to nature, culture, and experiences. Do you want to help shape Gävle's future? We are now seeking those who want to make Gävle even better together with us!
Governance and Support Gävle is responsible for strategic development at a comprehensive level close to politics. Our employees work with the overall picture and coordinate work that is common to all sectors within Gävle Municipality.
Together, we make Gävle sustainable and developing!
The Finance Department is one of seven departments within Governance and Support. We play a central role in the municipality's financial management, leadership, and follow-up. Our mission is to create a stable and reliable decision-making basis for the entire municipality.
The Economic Services unit is responsible for the municipality's financial reporting, overall economy, and financial systems. We develop and coordinate economic processes and provide qualified support to sectors and companies in accounting, financing, and risk management.
JOB RESPONSIBILITIES
Do you want to work with accounting and enjoy varied work with many contact points? Are you passionate about development and automation? Then this could be your next challenge!
As an Accounting Controller, you will become a key person in the central accounting group with responsibility for the municipality's financial statements and annual report. You will work closely with the Head of Accounting, colleagues within Economic Services, and sectors and companies throughout the municipality.
The assignment includes ensuring that Gävle Municipality complies with current accounting rules and providing consultative support and training in the accounting area.
Your main tasks include:
· VAT handling: accounting, reporting, reclaiming, and investigative issues
· Advisory services in VAT matters to sectors and operations
· Interim and annual financial statements together with the accounting group
· Accounting for leasing of movable property
· Ensuring compliance with the Municipal Accounting Act and RKR recommendations
· Development of working methods and processes
QUALIFICATIONS
Education
You have a completed bachelor's degree in economics.
Experience
You have at least three years of experience as an economist or controller, for example, at an accounting firm or finance department, with qualified tasks in recent years.
Language
You have excellent Swedish skills, both spoken and written.
Systems
It is meritorious if you have worked in the Unit4 ERP (Agresso) financial system and have good experience with digital systems.
Meritorious Experience
It is also meritorious if you have work experience from a politically governed organization and/or experience with VAT and tax declarations, as well as knowledge of fixed asset accounting and financial summaries.
Your Personal Competencies
We are seeking someone who combines analytical ability with structure, collaboration skills, and clear communication.
• Structured (goal-oriented): You work according to a clear process, plan and organize your work well, meet deadlines, and use resources efficiently to achieve results.
• Analytical (problem-solving ability): You see logic and connections in complex information and have the ability to find long-term solutions.
• Relationship-building (extraversion): You take initiative in social contexts and easily create new, trusting relationships.
• Communicative (presenting and communicating information): You speak clearly and confidently, radiate credibility and self-confidence, and adapt presentations and training to the target group's needs and feedback.
With us, you will work in an organization with strong social commitment and a clear mission. You will become part of a team where knowledge, curiosity, and collaboration are central, and where your contribution is noticeable throughout the municipality.
Together, we make a difference every day.
OTHER INFORMATION
Union contact persons:
• Akavia, Anders Selander,
[email protected]
• Akademikerförbundet SSR, Sara Lasell,
[email protected]
• Vision, Lena Arnberg,
[email protected]
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