Business Controller
Göteborg, SE, 417 15
Transport is at the core of modern society. Imagine using your expertise to shape sustainable transport and infrastructure solutions for the future? If you seek to make a difference on a global scale, working with next-gen technologies and the sharpest collaborative teams, then we could be a perfect match.
What you will do
Are you passionate about finance and business development in an environment with strong focus on customer experience, sustainability and business in transformation? Here is an opportunity to join an experienced team with a clear target to deliver strong financial performance in a company in transformation!
We are now looking for a business controller based in Bäckebol, Gothenburg.
You will be vital a part of Volvo Buses Market Sweden Finance team, working with Market Sweden financials but also with all Nordic markets and recently Hungary and Baltic. In this position you will have responsibilities within monthly closing, estimates, analysis but also be part of improvement work and develop solutions to improve business performance. The role is both analytical and operational.
Main activities and responsibilities:
Collaborate with relevant colleagues in mentioned Bus markets as well as with Volvo Bus central business control team to accurately forecast sales and cost.
• Perform closing and estimate activities, analysis and presentation material together with colleagues in Market Sweden Finance team
• Anticipate future risks & opportunities and develop actions to mitigate the risks
• Support and challenge colleagues to visualize, understand and optimize their contribution to our result
• Collaboration with internal and external auditors
• Issue invoices and follow up on outstanding payments
• Drive improvements and ad-hoc project
Your future team
Market Sweden Finance is a team of three controllers. The team members are dedicated, open-minded and bring a positive spirit. We work very closely and support each other, which is one of the keys to our success. We also have an extended team in terms of close collaboration with a colleague in Norway and a colleague in Finland.
Who are you?
Who you are will always come first for us.
You have a structured way of working and it is essential to have a drive to reach objectives and have a business-oriented mind-set. You have an open and positive attitude, drive to improve, flexibility and ability to work in a proactive way on your own initiative. The job requires collaboration with many stakeholders within Volvo Bus as well as within Volvo Group which demands a good ability of communication-level.
In this role, you will bring:
• University degree in Business Administration, Finance or related field
• Controlling and /or accounting experience of minimum 3 years
• A fact-based mindset using data and analytics to generate insights and actions
• Ability to partner and coach business teams to deliver superior financial performance
• Hands-on approach, capable of switching between strategic thinking and operational tasks
• Proactive and end-to-end perspective
• Proficient in written and spoken Swedish and English
• Used to work in Excel
• Experience about Volvo Group tools SAP, Essbase, power BI is considered a merit
Who are we?
At Volvo Buses you are working in a global environment but at the same time in close to business in several markets. We at market Sweden is a team with very passionate people. The possibilities to influence and make your ideas count are excellent.
Interested? Please send in your application, we are curious to meet you!
For further information or questions, please contact malin.back@volvo.com
Malin Bäck
Chief controller Nordic markets
Last application date is 2025-06-05. The selection process will be ongoing, so we encourage you to apply as soon as possible.
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Who we are and what we believe in
We are committed to shaping the future landscape of efficient, safe, and sustainable transport solutions. Fulfilling our mission creates countless career opportunities for talents across the group’s leading brands and entities.
Applying to this job offers you the opportunity to join Volvo Group. Every day, you will be working with some of the sharpest and most creative brains in our field to be able to leave our society in better shape for the next generation. We are passionate about what we do, and we thrive on teamwork. We are almost 100,000 people united around the world by a culture of care, inclusiveness, and empowerment.
At Volvo Buses you join one of the world’s leading providers of sustainable people transport solutions. What we do affects millions of people around the world: passengers, drivers, customers; in fact, entire cities and countries. This job gives you the opportunity to work with the future of people transportation and infrastructure. We have a strong culture of working together to help each other, sharing knowledge and experience. Together, we shape the world we want to live in.