About this role
Gävle Municipality offers interesting and challenging jobs with excellent opportunities for you to grow. In the coastal city of Gävle, you are close to nature, culture, and experiences. Do you want to help take Gävle into the future? We are now looking for someone who wants to make Gävle even better together with us!
Welfare Gävle's employees make Gävle safer for children, youth, and the elderly, individuals with disabilities, and people in vulnerable situations. We also work to create the best conditions for adult learning and personal development. We offer future-oriented jobs that both challenge and develop you, and you will work on matters that are truly important. Together, we make Gävle a safer place!
**JOB DESCRIPTION**
Do you want to provide operational support and work with accounting, financial documentation, and monthly closings? We have an exciting position for you at Welfare Gävle! We are currently seeking a knowledgeable accounting economist who can contribute to making Gävle more efficient and of higher quality.
As an accounting economist with us, you will serve as a close administrative support to the core operations of Welfare Gävle. You will be part of a competent team consisting of accounting economists, economists, controllers, and fee administrators. You will collaborate with individuals in various contexts and functions. You will also work on streamlining and developing routines and processes.
Your main responsibilities will include managing ongoing accounting, invoice processing, closing work, and reconciliations. You will guide managers and staff on accounting issues within the sector and regularly participate in operational meetings, representing Welfare Gävle in various forums within the municipality. You will also work with internal controls and quality assurance of the accounting. The operations are in constant change and development, which means that tasks may evolve over time.
**QUALIFICATIONS**
We are looking for someone with a university degree in accounting or another relevant education or work experience that we deem equivalent. You have several years of experience in qualified financial work, preferably within the public sector, and experience with the financial system Unit4 ERP is an advantage. Furthermore, you have a solid understanding of accounting principles and confidence in the closing process, as well as good knowledge of the Office suite.
To succeed in this role, you are meticulous and structured, with the ability to see details without losing the overall perspective. You are unpretentious in your collaboration with others and have the ability to find alternative solutions to arising problems. Additionally, we appreciate that you are efficient and responsible with a focus on achieving the organization's goals; you are flexible and capable of managing varying workloads. You communicate clearly and pedagogically and enjoy working both independently and collaboratively.
**We offer you:**
Collaboration, responsiveness, and quality are the most important success factors in our shared values. With us, you will work broadly and develop your skills in finance within an organization that values engagement, openness, and a commitment to development and improvements. We look forward to welcoming you to our dedicated finance team!
Interviews will take place during weeks 51-52.
**OTHER INFORMATION**
To ensure the quality of the recruitment process in Gävle Municipality and to facilitate good communication with our applicants, we ask you to submit your application digitally via Visma Recruit, not via email or paper format. If you have a protected identity, please contact the recruiting manager; do not submit your application digitally.
Within Gävle Municipality, there is a decision regarding the right to full-time employment, meaning that permanent employees can request that the position be a full-time role. This request must be accommodated within six months, calculated from the first day of employment. To have the right to full-time employment fulfilled, you may need to perform other tasks than those normally included in your role.
Gävle Municipality is part of the Finnish administrative area. Therefore, if you meet our other competency requirements and also speak Finnish, it may be an advantage.
In preparation for the recruitment process, Gävle Municipality has made decisions regarding recruitment channels and marketing. We therefore kindly request no contact from media sellers, recruitment sites, or similar.