Group IT Controller

SSAB; Stockholms kommun; On-site; SEK 700,000 - 900,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Development opportunities

Informal company culture

Visible role in transformation

Job summary

SSAB is seeking a proactive Group IT Controller to drive financial governance for major IT initiatives within the Digital Renewal roadmap. You will partner with IT, PMO, and Finance to ensure robust cost controls, budgets, and reporting across the group.

The role offers exposure to strategic IT and business initiatives in a fast-paced, international environment. You will interact with stakeholders and contribute to improving controlling practices and processes across SSAB.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Finance, Business Administration, Accounting, Economics, or a related field.
• 2–5 years of experience in controlling, financial analysis, project controlling, project administration, or related finance roles.
• Basic knowledge of accounting principles, including OpEx and CapEx.
• Structured, good at problem-solving, and able to work with a variety of stakeholders in a decentralized organization.
• Strong communication skills; able to present financial information clearly to project managers and finance colleagues.
• Fluent English; Swedish/Finnish is advantageous.

Responsibilities

• Contribute to planning, monitoring and financial follow-up of multiple major IT projects within the Digital Renewal roadmap and Group IT operations.
• Contribute to development and maintenance of project cost structures, budgets and forecasts, ensuring accounting principles are followed.
• Handle month-end closing activities by reviewing, reconciling and finalizing financial records for IT projects and Group IT operations to maintain accuracy.
• Prepare documentation for journal entries (accruals) and check accounts and cost centres; analyze variances.
• Monitor project progress, timelines, scope changes and cost development; escalate deviations when needed.
• Follow-up on project business cases and track expected value and benefits during or after project execution.
• Prepare regular financial reports and project performance updates for project management and stakeholders.
• Collaborate with IT, Finance and project stakeholders to improve transparency, reporting quality, and financial control.
• Contribute to continuous development and improvement of controlling processes, tools, and ways of working.

Skills

Project controlling

Financial governance

Stakeholder management

Analytical skills

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in Finance, Business Administration, Accounting, Economics, or related field

Job description

About the position

At SSAB, we are on a major digital transformation journey, and we are looking for a proactive and structured Group IT Controller to join our team and to support our Digital renewal roadmap. In this role, you will play an important part in supporting some of SSAB's most important digital and IT initiatives, ensuring strong financial governance across major IT projects.

Job Description

About the position

At SSAB, we are on a major digital transformation journey, and we are looking for a proactive and structured Group IT Controller to join our team and to support our Digital renewal roadmap. In this role, you will play an important part in supporting some of SSAB's most important digital and IT initiatives, ensuring strong financial governance across major IT projects.

This is an excellent opportunity for a finance professional who enjoys working closely with stakeholders, solving complex challenges, and driving improvements in a fast-paced international environment. You will work alongside experienced colleagues and gain broad exposure to strategic business and IT initiatives across the Group.

The Group IT Controller reports to the Head of Group Business Control, with a dotted-line reporting relationship to the Head of Group IT. You will collaborate closely with the Senior Group IT Controller, Group IT, Project Management Office (PMO), project organizations, and Finance teams across SSAB.

Main Responsibilities

• Contribute to the planning, monitoring and financial follow-up of multiple major IT projects within the SSAB Digital Renewal roadmap, as well as Group-level IT operations
• Contribute to the development and maintenance of project cost structures, budgets and forecasts, while helping to ensure that project and accounting principles are followed
• Handle month-end closing activities by thoroughly reviewing, reconciling, and finalizing financial records for IT projects and Group IT operations to maintain accuracy
• Prepare documentation for journal entries (such as accruals) and check accounts and cost centres, as well as analyse variances
• Monitor project progress, timelines, scope changes and cost development, and elevate deviations when needed
• Contribute to follow-up of project business cases and support the tracking of expected value and benefits during or after project execution
• Prepare regular financial reports and project performance updates for project management, steering groups and relevant business stakeholders
• Collaborate with IT, Finance, and project stakeholders to improve transparency, reporting quality, and financial control
• Contribute to the continuous development and improvement of controlling processes, tools, and ways of working

About You

• You have a Bachelor's degree in Finance, Business Administration, Accounting, Economics, or a related field
• You have proven experience in controlling, financial analysis, project controlling, project administration, or related finance roles (typically 2-5 years), with experience from IT or transformation projects considered an advantage
• You have basic knowledge of accounting principles, including OpEx and CapEx
• You are structured, good at problem-solving, and feel comfortable working with a variety of stakeholders in a decentralized organization
• You have great communication skills, can communicate financial information in a clear and easy-to-understand manner and can seamlessly collaborate with project managers, finance colleagues and other stakeholders
• You have strong analytical skills with attention to detail
• You are willing to learn, take responsibility and contribute to improved controlling practices
• Basic understanding of manufacturing industry, business processes and IT project environments is considered beneficial
• You have good command of written and spoken English. Finnish and/or Swedish is considered an advantage

Our offer

• Key role on our development journey in a period of growth and company transformation
• Opportunity to have visibility and create networks through the organization of SSAB
• Development opportunities
• Great colleagues and informal company culture

If You Have Questions, Please Contact

Julia Källmar, Group Talent Acquisition Partner, [e-mail]

About Us

Becoming part of the SSAB family means joining a journey. A journey that we believe is essential for the sustainability of this planet. Steel has been one of the most important materials for developing our society and it will continue to be so. In the roofs over our heads, in the bridges connecting our cities and in the cars of tomorrow. At SSAB we are proud of our history and leadership in high-strength steel. But we are also aware that the production of steel is one of the largest emitters of greenhouse gases in the world. That has to change. That is why we have developed the world’s first fossil-free steel production and have committed to becoming largely fossil-free. As part of SSAB you will be instrumental in realizing this goal and pushing for the green transformation of the whole steel industry.