Business Navigator/Financial Controller

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The IKEA vision is to create a better everyday life for the many people – our customers, co-workers, and suppliers. The Supply Area assignment is all about enabling business, developing people and relations, and securing compliance. Supply Areas are places where co-workers and business partners connect to share, add value, and collaborate cross functional borders.? 

Supply Area North is the regional home for co-workers from different Business Units and Functions within (mainly) Supply. With approximately 1400 co-workers in 4 offices (Älmhult, Malmö, Dortmund, and Kaunas) it is an inspirational environment with people and business in focus. 

We are looking for a Business Navigator / Financial Controller to IKEA Supply Services (Sweden) AB (ISSSAB) Business Navigation Finance & Administration (BNFA) team in Älmhult.

We are looking for a Business Navigator/Financial Controller with a high interest in digital applications such as Power BI and who have an urge to utilize these tools to improve, automize ways of working and increase productivity. You will be a crucial part of the ISSSAB company and Supply Area North BNFA team working closely with BNFA colleagues in Supply Area North, with functional leaders and with the Shared Service Center who is our provider of financial services.  

In this role you will:

• Take lead in continues improvements of the reporting processes and ensure that tools and ways of working meet business needs
• Lead the financial forecasting and monthly reporting processes for specific enabling and business units in ISSSAB including performing budget versus actual variance analysis, reviewing, controlling and challenging reported figures and following costs and performance
• Provide financial analysis/controlling, scenarios and insights to support the business towards optimal performance  
• Initiate ad follow-up, challenge deviations and concerns and ensure data quality in financial figures
• Contribute to global projects to develop financial operations and reporting, working with BNFA colleagues around the world
• Support with performance management, KPI and portfolio follow up.

Are you our next Business Navigator/Financial Controller? We are looking for a new team member that is a goal-oriented team player who has the ability to challenge current ways of working, implement, deliver results, and follow up. We see that your indirect leadership comes alive through your ability to inspire and to create clarity for the many. As well as through your good communication skills, you build strong partnerships with stakeholders, at all levels of the organization. You have both a holistic view but also an eye and interest for getting the details right, where strong analytics skills is a must. As a person you are driven, humble, structured, have the curiosity and ability to question and challenge, always with cost efficiency in mind. You share the IKEA values and strive to have them as base in everything you do. 

You have proven experience and knowledge in: 

• Controlling and accounting experience 
• Degree in Business Administration, Finance, Accounting
• Various IT systems like Excel, Power-BI, SAP Analytics or equivalent
• Knowledge in data visualization, communication, presentation skills  
• Establishing and maintaining good relations and collaboration with all relevant stakeholders 

Does this sound like your next challenge?

We look forward to receiving your application in English. Please note that we will be interviewing continuously, which means that we may close the application process earlier than stated if we find the right candidate. This position is based in Älmhult, Sweden.

Apply as soon as possible but no later than 24 Sept. 2024. 

For more information about the position, please contact Hiring manager Business Navigation, Finance & Administration Manager Emma Keith at Write an email.For questions regarding the recruitment process, please contact People & Culture Recruiter Katie Pettersson, Write an email.

We look forward to receiving your application.