Senior Business Controller Polestar Sweden

The opportunity

We are seeking a highly skilled Senior Business Controller to join our Finance team in Sweden ensuring our market receives the strategic financial support it needs. This role is ideal for a driven professional with a passion for electric mobility a strong interest in technology and a commitment to driving meaningful change.

Based at our Gothenburg office this is an onsite position where you will work closely with and provide critical support to the Head of Finance for Sweden and the Nordics to whom you will report directly.

The responsibilities

In this role youll be responsible for certain monthend closing activities for the market and preparing necessary reports and accruals for the accounting cluster. You will need to control and approve invoices and requisitions. The role also includes monitoring cost of internal cars together with relevant stakeholders. It is expected that you work with process improvements as well as being the point of contact for business colleagues and shared service center for invoice related issues and local requirements of retail and fleet. Working as a member of our Finance Team youll have a key supporting role towards the Head of Finance Sweden & Nordics and other relevant stakeholders such as PSU Management. This consist of correct timely data and analyses as well as other finance administrational tasks.

See below for a more thorough breakdown of the various supporting activities included in the role:

Financial Leadership & Strategic Oversight

• Market Financial Performance: Oversee financial performance within your market ensuring alignment with business objectives.
• Strategic & Financial Balance: Integrate financial expertise with a deep understanding of commercial strategies to drive profitable growth.
• Financial Statements & Compliance: Ensure the accuracy and integrity of statutory financial statements P&L and balance sheet management.
• Profitability & Growth: Maintain a strong focus on sales margins operational expansion and cash flow optimization.
• Accountability & Transparency: Uphold bottomline responsibility while maintaining high transparency with Headquarters Global functions.
• Governance & Compliance: Lead internal control activities structured financial processes and ensure SOX compliance across all financial tasks.
• Crossfunctional Collaboration: Work closely with local operational teams on strategic initiatives and daytoday business operations.
• Global Coordination: Collaborate with Polestars global operational teams and finance & accounting divisions including General Accounting PTP OTC Treasury and FP&A.
• Financial Planning & Analysis: Oversee revenue and cost planning including budgeting forecasting and variance analysis.
• Business Case Development: Drive the preparation of business cases ensuring timely input from key stakeholders.
• DataDriven Decision Making: Support management with dashboards KPIs and indepth financial analyses to enhance strategic decisionmaking.
• Process Optimization: Identify process gaps drive problemsolving initiatives and implement automation and efficiency improvements.
• Leadership & Team Development: Manage and mentor the financial controller ensuring effective onboarding and development.
• Stakeholder Engagement: Serve as the key finance liaison for NGA partners ensuring seamless collaboration and alignment with financial objectives.

The ideal candidate

To thrive in this roleand at Polestar in generalyoull need to bring a unique blend of independence curiosity and a solutiondriven mindset. Were looking for a proactive team player who communicates clearly and effectively supports colleagues and takes a pragmatic analytical approach to challenges.

To be a great fit for this position we believe you have:

• A strong financial background ideally in controlling within a commercial sectorautomotive experience is a plus
• 510 years of relevant experience
• SOX experience (advantageous)
• Exceptional analytical and accounting skills
• Strong communication and interpersonal abilities
• A resultsdriven pragmatic mindset with the ability to prioritize effectively
• Selfleadership and a keen sense of business acumen
• Leadership skills tailored to market needs

At Polestar we dont just look for candidateswe look for gamechangers. If youre ready to make an impact wed love to hear from you.

Polestar is a global company with a diverse and international team. As such English is the standard language for both written and verbal communication. While we have a worldwide presence we foster a growth mindset embracing change as a catalyst for progress. At Polestar innovation moves fastexpect a dynamic forwardthinking environment where transformation and advancement go hand in hand.

The process

If the above matches your ambitions be sure to apply. Our selection process is ongoing and the job advert will remain open until its filled.

The Polestar journey is an electric one.