Business Controller

"Founded in 1927, the Volvo Group is committed to driving prosperity and shaping the future landscape through sustainable transport, mobility, and infrastructure solutions. By offering trucks, buses, construction equipment, power solutions for marine and industrial applications, financing and services that increase our customers’ uptime and productivity.

Our headquarters are in Gothenburg, Sweden. Volvo Group shares are listed on Nasdaq Stockholm."

Job Description
Are you a person who knows that the key to business success is curiosity and who can look at the bigger picture as well as paying attention to details? Are you structured yet able to adapt to changes, communicative and committed team player with high integrity? Do you want to be part of a successful team and work in a global context that is in constant transformation? Look no further, apply today to Global Bus Technology (GBT) Business Control at Volvo Buses!

Position Description

Our new member in the Business Controller team will have as an initial area of responsibility product quality including warranty. 
In this position you will drive the global warranty follow up (standard and extended warranty, campaigns and TGW), analysis and estimates. You act as a business partner, connect other parts of organization with warranty matters and develop solutions to improve business performance. 
Main activities and responsibilities:
•    Collaborate with relevant leaders in BA Buses as well as speaking partners in Volvo Buses GBT and Volvo Buses central business controlling to accurately forecast costs and to ensure that budget targets are met.
•    Collaboration with internal and external auditors.
•    Support and challenge different parts of the organization to visualize, understand and optimize their contribution to our result.
•    Anticipate future risks & opportunities and develop actions to mitigate the risks.
•    Prepare closing and forecast reports, analysis, and presentation material together with colleagues in the Volvo Buses GBT Business Control team.
You will be part of a team of six business controllers with different backgrounds and experiences. We build on each others strength and together we both learn, develop and support each other.
This is us, your new colleagues

Through networking, analysis and business insights we provide reliable financial data for decisions. 
We are business partners and give professional proactive support to our stakeholders. We want to be seen as an engaged and service-minded team, open and adaptive with a high level of integrity. 
Global Bus Technology Business Control team is a vital part of creating business value for the company. We secure that we invest money in the right products and segments and support best utilization of our resources. The team members are dedicated, open-minded, and contribute to an inspiring and motivating climate. Everyone in the team has a drive to improve and takes own initiative within respective area of responsibility. We put a lot of emphasis on people development, granting the opportunity to work in new areas of responsibility and swap roles over time. All team members provide support and are backup for each other. While working in an intellectually challenging area, we welcome humour and to have fun!
Is this you?

•    Master of Finance or equivalent in Engineering, Statistics, Applied Mathematics or Computer Science.
•    Experience from business control function in a global matrix organization or experience from warranty process within Volvo
•    Data-driven analytical skills, used to work with data models in Excel as well as Business Intelligence tools. 
•    Ability to create innovative & illustrative visualizations, communicate the results of analysis, and explain deviations to senior stakeholders in both financial and non-financial audiences.
•    Fluent in both written and spoken English.
•    Preferably experienced in Volvo business.
•    Knowledge of Microsoft Power BI (or other Business Intelligence tool) is a merit.
•    Understanding of lean principles and structured problem-solving tools is a merit.
•    Experience in developing business cases is also a merit.

Can we grow together?

We will have challenging times ahead of us and we want you to be part of it and make a difference. At BA Buses we believe in diversity and are looking forward to having your CV & personal letter before May 26th. We will start the selection during the application time so please submit your application already today.
We are looking forward to your application!
For more information please contact:
Birgit Strömberg, VP GBT Business Control, Birgit.Stromberg@volvo.com
Sofie Nylander, Senior HR Business Partner, Sofie.Nylander@volvo.com

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