Project Controller

Avance Consulting; Stockholms kommun; On-site; SEK 750,000 - 1,100,000; Full time

Job summary

Avance Consulting is seeking a Project Controller for the X55 Midlife project to monitor, plan and report the finances of a major rail vehicle upgrade. The role involves ensuring accurate accounting, budgeting and forecasting in collaboration with the Business Controller and Financial Controller.

Responsibilities include keeping the project budget up to date, producing forecasts on request or for the annual budget, and delivering clear financial reporting to project leadership.

Qualifications

• At least 5 years of experience in similar assignments.
• Speaks and writes Swedish and English fluently.
• Experience with project financial monitoring, planning and reporting.

Responsibilities

• Provide financial monitoring, accounting, planning and reporting for the project.
• Collaborate with the Business Controller and Financial Controller to ensure correct accounting, planning and reporting.
• Keep the project budget up to date and compile project forecasts when requested or for the annual budget.

Skills

Financial management

Budgeting

Reporting

Accounting

Swedish and English fluency

Education

Relevant financial education or equivalent

Job description

The Vehicles Division is responsible for client's vehicle fleet throughout its entire life cycle and must ensure that trains are delivered to traffic on time. This means developing and maintaining client's vehicle fleet in the long term, ensuring the right vehicle quality (complete, clean and safe trains) in a cost-effective manner, ensuring efficient production of maintenance and depot services, and ensuring that client's vehicles are compatible with the infrastructure.

1.2 Scope of work

Assignment duration: 1 year with possibility of extension.

Assignment start: 2026-12-01.

1.3 Description of the assignment

The X55 Midlife project is upgrading the X55/3000 vehicle to strengthen client's high-speed train fleet and secure the future of our traffic. The project will appoint a "Project Controller" for monitoring, accounting and reporting of the project's finances.

1.4 Equipment and access

The candidate will be assigned an client computer and access to the necessary functions and tools within client. In addition, the candidate will be assigned an access card with the necessary access for the assignment.

A “Project Controller” is responsible for providing project managers with financial monitoring, accounting, planning and reporting and collaborating with the “Business Controller” and “Financial Controller” to achieve correct accounting, planning and reporting. The Project Controller is responsible for keeping the project budget up to date and correctly reported and compiling project forecasts when requested or for the annual budget.

1.6 Education

The candidate must have relevant financial education or equivalent acquired

education/competence.

1.7 Knowledge and experience

1.7.1 Specific requirements

At least 5 years of experience in similar assignments.

Speaks and writes Swedish and English fluently.

1.7.2 Other requirements (meritorious)

Experience working in the rail vehicle industry.

Experience of LUF (public procurement)

Experience of working with or for client and other train companies.

1.8 Personal characteristics

We believe that the candidate is driven and feels comfortable with being responsible for financial responsibility in project form. As a person, the candidate is both independent and proactive in collaborations. The candidate has high analytical skills, a great sense of order, is structured and works actively to stay within given deadlines. In addition, the candidate has good communication skills both verbally and in writing.

It is important that the candidate complements and fits into the project team, which is assessed during any interview.