Financial Analyst

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Your role

We're seeking a highly motivated Financial Analyst to join our Global Business Control Team. This role offers a unique opportunity to collaborate within a close-knit team and influence the development of Saab's financial strategy. You'll contribute by driving and supporting projects aimed at enhancing capital efficiency and profitability, while working closely with a wide range of internal partners. This role requires a great interest for financial analysis and continuous business improvement.

As a Financial Analyst, your key responsibilities will include:

* Developing and maintaining models for strategic and financial analysis and simulation.
* Analyzing financial results, forecasts, and business plans across Saab's Group, business and market areas.
* Identifying and implementing improvements to enhance profitability and capital efficiency.
* Conducting both internal and external benchmarking to ensure best practices.
* Preparing detailed reports and presentations that communicate findings, insights, and actionable recommendations for management and other stakeholders.
* Supporting the monthly closing process, as well as contributing to forecasting and business planning activities.

At Saab, we are dedicated to developing innovative solutions that enhance security, stability, and efficiency worldwide. As part of our team, you'll be joining a global company where continuous growth and career development are at the forefront. We believe in empowering our teams, and we provide an environment that fosters personal and professional growth, builds strong networks, and supports meaningful career progression.



Your profile

We're looking for someone with strong analytical and communication skills, combined with a solid understanding of accounting principles. You are proactive, with a keen eye for identifying areas of improvement and best practices across Saab. Your collaborative nature allows you to build relationships across functions, and you are comfortable driving projects and engaging with stakeholders at all levels.

To succeed in this role, you should have:

* A relevant academic degree in economics, finance, or a related field.
* A minimum of 3 years of experience in financial analysis.
* Microsoft Office (especially Excel). Proficiency in financial systems and knowledge of BI tools is a plus.
* Fluency in both English and Swedish, with strong written and verbal communication skills.
* Strong business acumen and a strategic mindset, with the ability to communicate effectively across various levels of the organization.

This position requires that you pass a security vetting based on the current regulations around/of security protection. For positions requiring security clearance additional obligations on citizenship may apply.



What you will be part of

Behind our innovations stand the people who make them possible. Brave pioneers and curious minds. Everyday heroes and inventive troubleshooters. Those who share deep knowledge and those who explore sky-high. And everyone in between.

Joining us means making an impact together, contributing in our own unique ways. From crafting complex code and building impressive defence and security solutions to simply sharing a coffee with a colleague, every action counts. We encourage you to take on challenges, to create smart inventions and grow in our friendly and tech-savvy workspace. We have a solid mission to keep people and society safe.

Saab is a leading defence and security company with an enduring mission, to help nations keep their people and society safe. Empowered by its 23,000 talented people, Saab constantly pushes the boundaries of technology to create a safer and more sustainable world.

Saab designs, manufactures and maintains advanced systems in aeronautics, weapons, command and control, sensors and underwater systems. Saab is headquartered in Sweden. It has major operations all over the world and is part of the domestic defence capability of several nations. Read more about us here.

Kindly observe that this is an ongoing recruitment process and that the position might be filled before the closing date of the advertisement.