Financial Controller

We’re currently looking for a driven, organized and communicative Financial Controller to join us in the Business Area Segment Sandvik Manufacturing Solutions (SMF) finance team. We offer you the chance to be part of a strong and collaborative finance community – involving resources within the SMF divisions as well as the Sandvik Group. Are you a true finance professional, with a knack for accounting and experience from big 4, who’s eager to impact the future of our business and believes that connecting people, processes and financial insights is the road to success? Then you’re our true match!
It’s time for you to step in on an exciting growth journey and be part of building the new digital era of manufacturing. Adding your strategic mind and entrepreneurial outlook, we’re ready to lead this work, raise the bar higher, and enforce our position as the number one industrial player.

Your mission
In this central position, you’re responsible for our global financial reporting processes and for ensuring compliance with the financial reporting framework of Sandvik Group. You train, support, and direct our divisions, and you actively work to optimize our financial reporting – always ensuring global adherence with IFRS, transfer pricing, and internal control guidelines. You’re an excellent communicator and advisor to our division finance directors and their teams working with periodic financial reporting and governance.
You’re also an important sounding board and report directly to the CFO of Sandvik Manufacturing Solutions, working closely together with business controllers in our business area segment and divisions, as well as the financial control community within the Sandvik Group. By doing so, you take lead in global governance, drive relevant reporting implementations, and ensure efficient management of continuous improvements. Another important item on your agenda is the responsibility for our global financial and risk management policies.
This position is based at Gasverket in Stockholm, Sweden and some international travel might be included in your job.

Your character
We’re looking for someone with a finance degree, strong IFRS knowledge and a broad background in accounting and/or financial controlling, preferably within a global corporate environment. You have extensive experience and you’re skilled in managing different stakeholders. Previous experience from big 4, working with M&A’s and related accounting procedures is highly valued, as is an understanding of a recurring revenue model as a major part of our business is within Software. Furthermore, you need a strong set of IT skills and working in a global context calls for great English skills, while knowledge of Swedish is a plus.
Being an analytical, quality-conscious, and thorough financial partner, you easily know how to explain the meaning of numbers and figures and turn them into strategic business advantages. You’re also service-driven and ambitious, working proactively with a sense of urgency when the situation calls for it. On top of this, you’re the number one collaborator and an inspirational team player – someone who is comfortable in challenging us and making things happen equally comfortable to slow things down whenever needed. Add a passion for improvement and development, and you’re the ideal match for this job!

Our Sandvik culture
Sandvik is a global high-tech engineering group with a decentralized way of working and a culture were focusing on customer value, innovation, fair play, continuous improvements and strong performance are encouraged. For us, it is clear that diversity of experience, perspective and background forms a solid foundation for achieving great results. Learn more about our business by visiting or website, LinkedIn or Facebook.

Application
Send your application no later than August 24, 2022.
Read more about Sandvik Group and apply at home.sandvik/career (Job ID: R0041533).

Contact information
For further information about this position, please contact:
Lia Sandström, recruiting manager, lia.sandstrom@sandvik.com

Union contacts - Sweden
Thomas Lilja, Unionen, +46 (0)26 26 66 59
Kerstin Norlén, Akademikerföreningen, +46 (0)70 616 42 83
Peter Olsson André, Ledarna, +46 (0)26 26 19 84

For more information about the recruitment process, please contact HR Services, +46 (0)26 261 444.

Recruitment Specialist
Lisbeth Häggström
Sandvik is a global high-tech engineering group offering solutions that enhance productivity, profitability and sustainability for the manufacturing, mining and infrastructure industries. We are at the forefront of digitalization and focus on optimizing our customers’ processes. Our world-leading offering includes equipment, tools, services and digital solutions for machining, mining, rock excavation and rock processing as well as advanced materials. In 2021 the Group had approximately 44,000 employees and revenues of about 99 billion SEK in about 150 countries. The business area segment (SMF) currently has revenues of 3 billion SEK. In 2021 SMF signed four acquisitions (Cambrio, Mastercam, DWFritz and DCS. Our ambition is to grow the business to 6 billion SEK before 2025 through organic growth in combination with M&A.