Cost Strategy Specialist to leading company in Management/IT-consulting

Do you have many years of experience within the financial field? Curious about an exciting position filled with collaboration and responsibility? If you consider yourself as analytical, structured and a source of energy this might be very interesting for you! Please continue reading!
About the position
Perido is now looking for a Cost Strategy Specialist to our client, one of the world's largest companies in the Management and IT consulting business. This is an attractive workplace, and their philosophy is that people matter and results count. The position is placed either in Stockholm, Malmö, or Copenhagen (what suits you best) and will require travelling.
Your daily tasks
Here you’ll play an important role in the Cost Management team in their mission for cost efficiency. In close collaboration with your team and other departments within the organization as well as senior stakeholders you will find the right keys for lowering the costs. The following will be your everyday responsibilities:
Drive strategic analysis and identify opportunities to optimize Scandinavian cost base
Drive bench marking studies, identify synergies and improve budget process to optimize cost
Address cost challenges from Scandinavian leadership and senior stakeholders
Provide support in the overall strategy processes and Quarterly Business Reviews on past and future cost performance
Prepare material for cost forums and ensure that initiatives are in place to close any deviation to targets
Report to the Head of Cost Managament and other departments

Your qualifications
We believe a suitable person for this assignment have several years of experience in the financial field. Furthermore, we see that you are analytical with a strategic mindset which will be a crucial ability for this position. You are great at structuring your work even you work with several tasks simultaneously. When needed to prioritize due to short deadlines you also make sure that no tasks are left undone or unsatisfied in the end. You enjoy building relationships and communicate with team members, colleagues and external resources. Lastly, it’s very important for you to contribute to the work place with great catching energy!
Are you the one we are looking for? Please send us your application as soon as possible in English!
Requirements
Master of Business Administration, Economics or similar
4+ years of experience in relevant field (Finance/Controller is preferred)
Expert at financial analysis and skilled at making recommendations as financial advisor
Expert within strategic cost analysis and skilled at identifying activities to optimize cost
Very strong skills in Excel and PowerPoint
Great at presenting data in a clear, structured manner to senior stakeholders
Excellent communication skills in English, both oral and written

Meritorious
Experience with Anaplan and Microsoft Dynamics AX

Contract type and hours
Fulltime. Consultant assignment. Start 2021-01-01 until 2021-12-31.
Application
Please apply for this vacancy through our website. The company name and more information about this position will be revealed at the first contact with responsible recruiter. We recommend that Start 2021-01-01 you submit your application as soon as possible since interviews will be held continuously.
If you have any questions you are welcome to contact us by mail, fraga@perido.se, and one of our recruitment assistants will answer you. State the reference number 32044 in the subject line.
About Perido
Perido is a successful consultant and recruitment company, active within the civil service sector. The company has grown consistently since the start in 2003. Our vision is that everyone should thrive and feel dedicated at work. This includes our co-workers, clients and consultants. Through questioners that cover well-being we up hold high scores of contentment among our employees, both in-house co-workers and consultants year after year. This is something that we continue striving towards in everything we do. Today, Perido consists of 50 in-house co-workers and over 700 consultants working all over the country. Our vacancies can be found within several different industries, including banks, multinational IT-corporations, world leading telecom companies, government agencies and smaller companies within the private sector. We are affiliated with collective labor agreements to certain safe and secure work environments for all our employees.