CFO to Cobolt AB

Cobolt AB develop, manufacture and supply high performance diode-pumped lasers and modulated laser diodes in the UV, visible and near-infrared spectral ranges. The company’s laser products are key-components in advanced analytical instrumentation equipment used in life science, quality control and industrial metrology applications. The customer base is highly international, consisting of leading instrument manufacturers and research labs world-wide and is served through a network of distributors as well as through direct sales offices in Germany, US and Sweden. Cobolt was founded in 2000 and has its head-quarters, including R&D, production and sales management, in Solna, Sweden.

Since December 2015 Cobolt AB is a fully owned subsidiary of the Hübner Group; a market leading supplier of industrial mobility solutions for the transport industry (trains and buses). Hübner Group is a family-owned company since 1946 with head-quarters in Kassel, Germany. The group has a net turn-over of > € 300M and more than 2.400 employees at 14 sites around the world.

Are you ready for new challenge in your professional career?

The position:

We offer you a full-time key position in a high-tech manufacturing company. You will work in a highly international environment, with an ambitious and competent management team and in a company with well-established business structure and routines. You will be given the opportunity to strongly influence the company’s strategies and operations.

As the CFO/controller at Cobolt you will be responsible for:

Regular monthly and yearly financial reporting and analysis of Cobolt AB. its US subsidiary Cobolt Inc. as well as of the Hübner Photonics cooperate division. You will also be responsible for budget creation and long-term financial plan development, financial optimization of the company’s operational processes through establishment and follow-up of financial key performance indicators, cash-management, bank and auditors’ contacts, tax declarations and supporting the CEO in HR and IT matters. You will also have management responsibility of an accounting assistant. You will be member of and work closely with the management team and report to the CEO of Cobolt AB, as well as to the Head of Hübner Photonics and Hübner corporate finance department in Kassel/ Germany.

We expect you are a senior professional with:

Experiences in CFO and/or controller positions in large-sized corporations, preferably involved with manufacturing, which you wish to share with and leverage in a smaller-sized organization where your impact is more profound and direct.

• Strong sense of transparency, honesty and openness
• Analytical skills and capability to extract business relevant and strategic information from financial data
• High level of familiarity with international trade
• Strong wish to manage and improve the company’s operational performance through financial control
• Capability to present financial reports with high level of confidence
• Capacity to manage and develop personnel resources and set balanced priorities also in periods of high work load.

• Academic degree in economy or business administration
• Experience from some of the most common ERP business systems (Cobolt uses Monitor, Hübner SAP)
• Fluent level in Swedish and English, written as well as spoken (German skills is a plus)
• Good knowledge about Swedish tax- and labour laws
• Profound knowledge in US GAAP, Swedish GAAP, IFRS (HGB desirable) (other way round: HGB, IFRS desirable) definition and control of business objectives and strategies with representatives from the corporate center
• Excel and Power Point (excellent skills)
• Willingness to travel within a global acting company with stays abroad.

Does this sound interesting?

Apply today! In this recruitment Cobolt collaborates with First Reserve. Selection and interviews will be held from mid-August/September. For more information or if any questions about the position or the process, please contact Iréne Nilsson, phone: 073-568 59 60 or by mail: Irene.nilsson@firstreserve.se.

Please note that we do not accept applications through e-mail, due to GDPR.