Financial Controlling Lead (Senior Financial Controller)

Stegra

Stockholms kommun

Hybrid

SEK 600,000 - 800,000

Full time

14 days+

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Focus on sustainability

Job summary

Stegra is seeking an experienced Financial Controlling Lead in Stockholm. In this role, you will be responsible for high-quality financial reporting, ensuring compliance with Swedish legislation and IFRS, and driving process improvements. The ideal candidate has extensive experience in financial controlling roles and solid expertise in financial legislation. This position offers the opportunity to contribute to a sustainable and inclusive organization focused on changing the global steel industry.

Qualifications

Extensive, multi-year experience in senior accounting or financial controlling roles.
Strong expertise in IFRS, Swedish GAAP and financial/tax legislation.
Proven track record in leading audits and developing financial controls.

Responsibilities

Lead and coordinate Group reporting ensuring timely and compliant delivery.
Manage variance analysis in collaboration with finance team members.
Act as subject-matter expert on IFRS, Swedish GAAP, and audit-related matters.

Skills

Leadership

Financial reporting

IFRS expertise

Communication skills

Proactive problem-solving

Education

Degree in Finance and Accounting

Tools

SAP S4/Hana

Business Central

Excel

Job description

Studies show that women and underrepresented groups often hesitate to apply unless they meet every requirement. At Stegra, we’re building an impact-driven, sustainable company - and we need a diverse, inclusive team to make it happen.

If you share our passion but don’t meet every qualification, we encourage you to apply anyway. You might be the perfect fit for this role, or another as we grow.

At Stegra, we’re not just building a plant, we’re proving that sustainable industry is possible. And to do that, we need people like you.

Join a team where safety comes first. Where we support each other, learn as we go, and make space for everyone to grow and contribute. This is your chance to be part of something big - while being closer to nature and leading a balanced, purposeful life.

Financial Controlling Lead

We are looking for an experienced Senior Financial Controller to join our team as Financial Controlling Lead. In this role, you will be responsible for ensuring high-quality financial reporting, compliance with Swedish legislation and IFRS, and driving continuous improvements across our financial processes. You will balance operational excellence with strategic insights, supporting business leaders in making informed decisions.

Responsibilities

Lead and coordinate Group reporting as required, ensuring timely, accurate, and compliant delivery.
Manage and improve variance analysis in close collaboration with the other finance team members.
Act as subject‑matter expert on IFRS, Swedish GAAP (K3), and other relevant accounting standards, as well as all audit‑related matters.
Ensure effective internal controls and compliance with group accounting manuals, Swedish financial regulations, and tax legislation.
Run and quality‑assure inter‑company charge‑out and allocation models, ensuring transparency, fiscal compliance and harmonization.
Ownership for annual reports.
Coordinate the audit process in collaboration with others.
Support productivity improvements, investment analysis, and KPI follow‑up to drive financial results.
Contribute financial expertise in corporate tax and transfer pricing matters.
Collaborate on system development projects and implement improvements in ERP, BI, and financial reporting tools.
Act as business partner to key stakeholders, supporting strategy execution.

Qualifications

A degree in Finance and Accounting.
Extensive, multi‑year experience from senior accounting and/or financial controlling roles, ideally in an international environment.
Excellent expertise in IFRS, Swedish GAAP, and Swedish financial/tax legislation.
Solid experience in inter‑company charge‑out models, governance structures, and financial compliance.
Proven track record in leading audits, developing financial controls, and driving process improvements.
Experience from system implementation and following changes.
Experience from working in a changing environment and establishing routines, documenting processes to set structures that are currently not in place.
Experience from larger investments and manufacturing industries (CAPEX) is meriting.
Strong expertise in ERP preferably SAP S4/Hana Public Cloud, and other systems such as Business Central, Aaro, HFM/OneStream, MS BI, Excel.
Proven track record of leadership and project management experience, including change management.
Excellent communication and advisory skills, with fluency in English and Swedish.

For you to thrive with us, we expect that you are an independent, proactive, and solution‑oriented professional with a strong sense of ownership. You thrive in complex environments, can challenge the status quo constructively, and collaborate effectively across functions and cultures. You bring structure and clarity, while also being innovative and eager to drive efficiency through technology and process improvements. While some processes and procedures are in place, many aren’t and need to be, we expect that despite seniority, you will be willing and able to pick things up and act for change, all in line with our Stegra value: We, not me - together.