Business & Operation Controller

Founded in 1953 in Gothenburg, Sweden, the Kappahl Group is a leading fashion chain in the Nordics, with around 370 Kappahl and Newbie stores, and Shop Online in Sweden, Norway, Finland, Denmark, Poland and the UK.

The Kappahl team consists of some 4,000 colleagues at 400 workplaces in 10 countries, all with different backgrounds, ages, skills and styles. Our common motivation is to offer fashion fit for life to a wide variety of people and lifestyles. A Responsible Fashion that that feels right, for the bearer and for the world we live in. Today, 70% of the products are labelled as more sustainable. Kappahl’s goal is for 100% to be made of more sustainable materials by 2025.
More information at www.kappahl.com.


Welcome to workdays filled with development, creativity, an d fantastic colleagues! Kappahl is growing – join us on our journey where we are now recruiting a new position as Business & Operation Controller! Are you driven, analytic and business-oriented – apply to this new exciting position today!

We offer you This is a great opportunity for you to form and develop a new position at Kappahl! As a Business & Operation Controller, you work in close cooperation with Controller Managers at our Business Units to support and secure strategies and goals for Kappahl. This is a position with a large amount of responsibility, daily challenges, and possibility to influence your own work. Welcome to us!

Your main responsibilities will be:

-       Guidance for strategic and operational decisions as well as change initiatives.

-       Provide controlling expertise within several areas, such as growth plans and 3rd Party Sales.

-       Cost analysis and follow-up KPI’s for Business Units and marketing. 

-       Engaged in business projects, developing processes, tools and governance methods to increase efficiency and to develop the business.

-       Proactively define and implement the analytic agenda needed to deliver on set targets, including spend analysis, budget guidance and follow up, business case build-up and reporting.

Your competence We seek you who have a master's degree in Economics or similar. We think that you have previous experience as a Business Controller. To be successful, you need to have an analytic mindset, be able to act independently as well as being a team player, have strong communication skills, commercial understanding and advanced skills in Excel, Power BI and Powerpoint.  You also need an advanced level of English and need to understand and speak Swedish. 

Your personality Further you are someone who takes the initiative and gets things done. You see solutions where others see problems and keep an eye on the details while never losing track of the big picture. You are also used to working independently and have a strong drive and courage to take decisions.  We believe you enjoy keeping busy and working at a high tempo.

You enjoy being flexible and have a positive mindset to changes. As we are on a transformational journey it is important that you are motivated by thinking in new ways and working with continuous improvements in close cooperation with others.
Of course, you have an interest in fashion and recognize yourself in our values – Inclusive, Courageous and Joyful!  

Are you interested? This is a permanent position placed at our head office in Mölndal. Start as soon as possible by agreement.

You apply easily by answering a few questions and attaching your CV (please refrain from sending us your personal letter). Kappahl celebrate diversity and strive to eliminate all forms of discrimination. We are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees and candidates.

Apply today, we can’t wait to get to know more about you. Since we are eager to find the right person to join our team, we will apply continuous selection. This means we might close the process before the set ending date.