Financial Data Engineer

Who are we?
Volvo Cars is a company on a mission; to bring traditional car manufacturing into a connected, sustainable and smart future.

What we offer
The Direct Markets area is responsible for the profitable growth and sales performance in the markets about to be flipped from a wholesale to a direct omnichannel model. This area is the front runner for the global strategical direction with seamless omnichannel, implementing next generations of commercial offers/ownership models and set the blueprint for the commercial transformation, leading to better customer experience at a lower cost. Of course, the transformation is powered by data and analytics and that is where you come in.
We are looking for a Data Engineer to join the finance team within Direct markets. As a Data Engineer you will be part of a finance team which guides, drives and steers the sales and market equation to deliver upon company objectives and strategies both long and short term. We act in cooperation with colleagues in other business units worldwide, provide expertise and guide the operations in decisions. In this position you can push your own professional limits and drive change. 
This is a rare opportunity to join the very core of a global commercial organization exactly when it is transforming to a new business model. Join us to develop both yourself and our business as a Data Engineer.

What you will do
In our team we work in collaboration with markets and central functions providing data, analysis, tools, processes, and performance steering to continuously optimize the direct business across markets. You will be responsible to lead and shape our data and analytics capabilities that drives our profitable growth. You will also support data quality and governance initiatives such as master data management and assist the data engineering teams in applying advanced analytics to data sources to solve complex business problems. 

Responsibilities includes for example:
    Design, develop, test and implement new database and analytics solutions related to driving profitable growth in a commercial setting.
    Use, support and continuously improve existing solutions.
    Drive the technical innovation within the group, including efficiencies and leading-edge concepts and developments.
    Mentor and guide other team members on data engineering skillsets. Providing support to team members when they need a solution on complex issues.
    Collaborate with data scientists on data sourcing, model building and deployment.
    Identify and automate processes to increase productivity.
    Assist in data quality, integrity, and documentation efforts to support data governance initiatives
In this role, you will be working across both the operational function as well as across our global finance teams and our group companies. 

Do you fit the profile?
We are looking for an ambitious person with a passion to create data driven solutions in a commercial setting. As you will be part of driving the commercial transformation you need to have a holistic mindset, be curious, structured, and comfortable with change and stakeholder management. To be successful, the ideal candidate understands finance processes and policies and demonstrates an advanced technical expertise. You have a strong business acumen based on working in a fast-paced commercial environment, probably in a large international company, with evidence of delivered business value. 
You have business intelligence and data visualization experience from for example Azure, Synapse and Power BI. You are comfortable with SQL and other programming languages such as Python and have applied your skills in solving various use-cases. The role involves working with structured and unstructured real-world data, requiring a candidate who is creative, pragmatic, and comfortable thinking independently about solving business problems. 
You embrace the fact that in this role you can only succeed thru others. You earn their trust both as a team player and a leader, depending on the situation. You must be self-motivated, detailed-oriented, be able to work with limited supervision, and must be comfortable in an environment with changing priorities. To communicate complex data in English is not a problem. You should have minimum 5 years experience from relevant positions. Bachelor degree is required, a Master degree is preferred.
We look forward to learning how you have applied your skills to solve challenging business problems.

Location
Our team is located in the Gothenburg headquarters and the Stockholm Office, so there are the preffered locations.Alternative locations in Europe where we have an Volvo Cars office can be discussed.

Let’s get to know each other
Welcome to apply by the latest on Jan 25th. We will do our best to keep you updated throughout the process. 
If you have any questions about the role, please contact Hiring Manager:Kay Nilsson at kay.nilsson@volvocars.com
If you have any questions about the recruitment process, please contact Senior Recruiter: Simona Popencu at simona.popencu@volvocars.com
Please submit your application in English and note that applications via email will not be considered due to GDPR.