Join Our Team as a Back Office Specialist at Volvo Group Treasury!
Göteborg, SE, 417 56
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.
Back Office Specialist at Volvo Treasury AB
Are you an experienced professional in financial payments and settlements and the surrounding infrastructure? Do you have a keen interest in digitalization and data analysis within finance and Treasury in practice? If so, we have an exciting opportunity for you at Volvo Group Treasury.
What we offer you
We offer a high-paced and challenging position where you will work together with a global team of professionals to secure the Volvo Group’s payment capability. You will gain a broad understanding of Treasury operations while working hands-on to perform our daily responsibilities and transform to reach the Volvo Group Vision 2030.
Where you fit in
You will be part of a global team, with Back Office & Liquidity colleagues in Gothenburg, Greensboro and Singapore. The team works closely with all other departments within the Treasury organization, Volvo Group companies, banks, and other stakeholders.
Back Office & Liquidity plays a vital role in the Treasury deal administration. You will be part of the transaction flow where we perform controls to make sure our deals are correct and matched and execute payments and manage the Volvo Group internal netting activity. We get involved in execution of tricky payments that can derive from e.g. M&A or dividends from markets with non-convertible currencies, and the practical management of the group’s shareholder dividends. Our responsibilities within liquidity management include consolidation of the Volvo Group’s daily liquidly, managing our cash pools and follow up on the Volvo Group’s liquidity forecast performance and drive the change with all stakeholders to improve the forecast quality (where data understanding is essential). We collaborate in the set up of the Group’s payment policy. We drive and participate in projects to optimize our operations, including payment processes, reconciliation activities, bank infrastructure and data transformation initiatives.
With growth and experience there is a lot of potential of more responsibilities and project related tasks. We seek to make a difference on a global scale, working with next-gen technologies through our Treasury Digital Transformation team, aiming at the sharpest collaborative teams, enabling a data mindset adopted for our processes and data analytics requirements. A solid understanding of ‘the basics’ and ability to connect many moving dots is the core of our operations
Who you are
You are a committed and positive team player with energy and a collaborative attitude. You have experience from Treasury or finance and have worked with payments in similar positions. You can work towards daily deadlines, as well as longer-term deliverables. You have a strong personal drive with a growth mindset and high level of integrity. You have a genuine interest in business analytics and digital tools and never hesitate to try new things. You see problems as opportunities to learn. You dream big and you get things done.
To be successful in this role we believe you to possess the following knowledge and experience:
- University Degree
- Min 5-10 years’ experience from similar positions
- Interest and good understanding of financial instruments and markets.
- Strong knowledge of payments ecosystems, including but not exclusively covering issues such as payment methods, payment infrastructure and its best practices and fraud preventing measures.
- Established network with relevant stakeholders, such as banks, auditors, financing companies, treasuries.
- Proven team player with ability to work across seniority levels in a highly intellectual, collaborative and fast paced environment
- Strong analytical, interpretive and problem-solving skills
- IT literate with an aptitude and curiosity for systems, data and processes.
- Good communication and networking skills.
- Fluent, verbal as well as written, in English and Swedish.
- Experience of Treasury Systems/ERP systems. Wall Street Suite (WSS), OmniFi, Finastra, CLS, TIS Cash forecasting, SAP and similar is meriting.
Location: The position is based in Gothenburg – Lindholmen M2
For further information, please contact:
Carolina Holst, Head of Back Office & Liquidity, carolina.holst@volvo.com.
Selection process will be ongoing so we encourage you to apply as soon as possible.
Last date for application is March 16, 2025.
We value your data privacy and therefore do not accept applications via mail.
Who we are and what we believe in
Our focus on Inclusion, Diversity, and Equity allows each of us the opportunity to bring our full authentic self to work and thrive by providing a safe and supportive environment, free of harassment and discrimination. We are committed to removing the barriers to entry, which is why we ask that even if you feel you may not meet every qualification on the job description, please apply and let us decide.
Applying to this job offers you the opportunity to join Volvo Group. Every day, across the globe, our trucks, buses, engines, construction equipment, financial services, and solutions make modern life possible. We are almost 100,000 people empowered to shape the future landscape of efficient, safe and sustainable transport solutions. Fulfilling our mission creates countless career opportunities for talents with sharp minds and passion across the group’s leading brands and entities.
Group Finance contributes to realizing the vision of the Volvo Group by developing and providing a wide range of expert services from financial planning to accounting, business controlling, M&As, financial reporting and investor relations. With Volvo Group Finance you will be part of a global and diverse team of highly skilled professionals who work with passion, trust each other and embrace change to stay ahead. We make our customers win.