Head of Contract Control BU Gripen

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Your role

We are growing and looking for a business minded enthusiastic leader with strong analytical and communicational skills who is willing to get involved in and drive improvements within our business and operations at BU Gripen.

Your key responsibilities will be proactively focusing on the performance of the business within BU Gripen. You will proactively structure and implement processes to successfully meet the demands of controlling support for everything from mega deal contracts to both small and medium seized. Also support the financial reporting of the Business Unit as well as being a financial focal point at the management team of Program and System Management area within the BU. Focus on the performance of the contracts which includes planning follow up analyzing and reporting the financials of the contracts and departments.

This includes leading the team of controllers in planning follow up analyzing and reporting the financials of the contracts and support and drive the area towards improvements and continuous learning.

We offer you a challenging and varied position within the Gripen system lifecycle business projects. You will:

• Drive and develop the work with monthly reporting forecasts and budgets.
• Develop working methods to secure appropriate ways of working regarding the financials within the department context
• Drive various improvement initiatives
• Together with your team be a support to department managers in complex financial matters.
• Be a support to and act on behalf of the BU Controller
• Work proactively and contribute to a transparent and inclusive environment
• Leading a team of contract controllers in their daytoday work
• Provide energy and create commitment within the group where cooperation and communication are key words

You will work in close cooperation with the BU Controller as well as with other controllers in the Finance function and actively contribute to improvements and progress in various financial processes and systems. There will be a possibility in making your own mark on the role together with the BU Controller.

Your profile

To be successful and thrive in this role it is important to have integrity be able to motivate others and to have analytic and pedagogical ability to understand and explain financial conditions. You work in a systematic visionary manner towards set targets and your ability to change when needed is high. You have strong analytical skills combined with a high level of communicational skills. You have a track record of driving successful improvement initiatives and you must be inspired by challenges.

Required background and experience:

• You should be business oriented and have basic knowledge of project management.
• Team player with strong leadership skills and experience from leading teams.
• Preferable you are a graduate from a Business School/University with some years of experience.
• Experience from a project driven environment is an advantage and knowledge in Agresso Mercur and/or Antura are meritorious.

This position requires that you pass a security vetting based on the current regulations around/of security protection. For positions requiring security clearance additional obligations on citizenship may apply.

Location will be Linkping.

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Kindly observe that this is an ongoing recruitment process and that the position might be filled before the closing date of the advertisement.