Group Function Financial Controller

WHO YOU ARE
Do you enjoy working in an ever-changing environment, where finding new solutions and welcoming changes will be a part of your everyday life? Welcome to Group Digital Financial Controlling! For us, adapting is key to succeed in supporting our stakeholders in the best possible way. As our next controller, building great relationships with your stakeholders is something that comes naturally, and you care to create a great collaboration with the organization you support. Here, we believe that you bring experience from working in a global and complex organization (preferably with English as an everyday language).
As a person, you are a self-starter that can find the answers and work methods even when the framework is a bit unclear. Your positive energy and drive to find solutions will help you in getting the work done! Of course, we are keen to find a controller that is accurate and gets the figures right – but we also believe that you can look at the big picture. And, of course, you share and live the IKEA culture and values. You see things a little differently. So do we.
As the role is a bridge between accounting and the business stakeholders, we would love to see that you have experience from working within both these areas. Furthermore, you have good knowledge of accounting and financial reporting rules, along with International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) and General Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP).
In this role it would also be preferable if you have advanced excel knowledge, experience of Power Bi and/or IBM Cognos TM1.
To be successful in this role you have a bachelor’s/master’s degree within accounting/finance/economics and you bring more than 5 years with increased responsibility in accounting & reporting, controlling, consolidation & management reporting as well as internal controls set up and reporting.
YOUR RESPONSIBILITIES
As a Group Function Financial Controller (at Group Digital), you will lead, steer and support the overall Ingka financial reporting, that is beneficial to people & planet and adds value to our assets, securing profitable growth and financial independence.
You will provide accounting & reporting services, with a strong compliance framework and effective governance, in order to enable entrepreneurship and safeguard our people, customers and businesses.
More specifically, this means you will:
• set up and maintain the financial structures to follow-up cost and performance and support decision making in line with global frameworks
• work closely together with Business Navigation to create insight in costs and performance and support business steering
• perform variance analysis, review and challenge reported actuals and forecasts and provide first level of commentary
• coordinate the budget, forecast and cost follow up of the Group and Service Functions including preparation of management reporting
• be responsible for an efficient and effective management/service fee recharging process (calculation, recharging, agreements etc)
• ensure relevant, complete, accurate and timely Accounting, Financial and Management reporting based on standard global frameworks and local legal requirements
• work with the Group framework teams and functional leadership to minimise deviations from standard global frameworks for business needs and compliance reasons and secure effective ways of working
• contribute to global projects to develop financial operations and reporting
• document internal financial controls and review of effectiveness
• secure and maintain a connection with and between core areas, business owners, group functions and process teams within the Ingka Group
The main location for the role is in Malmö, but Helsingborg could also be an option. You will report to a Group Function Financial Controlling Team Leader.
ABOUT THIS WORK AREA
Our purpose is to enable business transformation and secure Ingka Group long term profitable growth and independence through financial steering and decision support, operational excellence and compliance.
The Ingka Group is a world leader in the home furnishing business. We are a strategic partner and the largest franchisee of the IKEA franchise system, owning and operating 367 IKEA stores and digital touchpoints in 30 markets. We are a value driven company with a passion for life at home and a vision to create a better everyday life for the many people.

Warmly welcome with your application through our job portal!