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Business Controller to nature-oriented retail company

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Swedemount

Retail
Askim, Datavägen 17 • 0-1 remote work days
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Social and engaged Business Controller with an eye for analysis and strategies for entrepreneur-driven company on an expansive journey of change. Together with a fun and positive team, you will have the opportunity to make Swedemount into one of the best outdoor brands on the market
Swedemount is an established retail company with stores from north to south, and is one of the larger the individual actors in Sweden when it comes to sales of clothing and equipment for sports and leisure. Now, they are looking for a skilled and curious business controller with good accounting experience for an important role in the company's finance department.
As a Business Controller, your main responsibility will be to strengthen the financial reporting, budgeting, and forecasting. You will work closely with the management team to ensure that decisions are based on long-term business goals. You will also be an important player in daily tasks related to strategic issues and business development.As a Business Controller, you will be part of the finance department, which currently consists of 10 people. The team comprises various competencies, and some of your closest colleagues from the start will be Nils, Samra, and Mattias.

Benefits

What we’re looking for

Skills
To succeed in the role of Business Controller at Swedemount, you should have a degree in finance or a related field and have experience in accounting, financial reporting, budgeting, and forecasting. If you also have a good understanding of financial analysis and the ability to work strategically and make clear and calculated decisions, then you are the right fit for this position. As this company and role requires fluency in Swedish,the application questionnaires are only available in Swedish.
Personal Qualities
As a person, you should identidy with words such as helpful and thorough, and have an ease of communication and interaction with others. The ability to work independently as well as in a team, combined with curiosity and self-drive, makes you a good match for the role.
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Sustainability

Active environmental choices
At Swedemount they do their best to engage in active environmental choices as much as possible in the industry they operate in. The newly built office is environmentally certified and here employees will be able to sort waste such as food leftovers, plastic, cardboard, etc. In their warehouses and stores, they prioritize the use of recycled materials and recycled plastic. Swedemount collaborates with RISE where they are members of the chemical group, whose purpose is to spread the latest information on chemistry and environmental issues related to textiles. They also collaborate with TMR (Tailor-Made Responsibility) to fulfill producer responsibility for recycling packaging for their products. Swedemount is constantly looking for new materials to develop their range in a more sustainable direction as it is important for them to offer quality products that will function for as long as possible with consideration for the environment. To offer their customers high-quality products that are sustainable for a long time while being produced under safe and fair conditions, they pay extra attention to the choice of materials, quality, as well as chemicals and animal husbandry when developing their own clothes. Among their employees, they also encourage carpooling or the use of electric cars for longer trips, for example on kickoffs or trips to the headquarters in Grebbestad.
Diversity
The company has almost 400 employees in total, where the majority are women, which is also represented among those in Gothenburg. The average age is 30 years old, but the diversity is generally broad. The company also has a good range of different ethnicities and origins. To ensure that their employees thrive and feel good, Swedemount uses Winningtemp to follow up and listen to their staff. With a zero-tolerance policy against all types of harassment and discrimination and with clarity and transparency that permeates the company, Swedemount applies a structured approach to create a safe and good a workplace.

Personal development

Swedemount prioritizes providing good space and opportunities for internal mobility where employees can move up or down between departments in the organization depending on what they want to do and what goals they have in their own development journeys. For new hires, Swedemount provides clear instructions and a mentorship/buddy system to give employees a solid foundation for their careers at the company. Furthermore, they aim to have an open and transparent workplace where everyone helps each other and solves problems together. All employees, regardless of their role, are encouraged to try working in operations, either in stores or in the warehouse, to gain a better understanding of the business and its products and to contribute to the company's success.

Location

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Currently, Swedemount's Gothenburg office is located at Datavägen 17 in Sisjön, but in May they will move to a brand new office at Röra Byväg 5 in Torslanda. The new office is located on the 2nd floor and is 1000m² in size. The remaining 20,000m² will be the core for Swedemount's warehouse and logistics operations. Here, they will use an automated robot solution to send e-commerce orders to customers around Sweden and the world.All types of departments from Swedemount will be gathered at the new office, from HR, Finance, Purchasing, and Logistics to Design, E-commerce, and IT. Warehouse personnel will also be located here. On the 2nd-floor office plan, approximately 40 employees will sit in the newly built premises, which include an open office landscape with several small offices and meeting rooms. There will also be activity rooms, lounge areas, pantries, and a completely private gym with a sauna.As the office is located a bit outside of the city, it is easiest to get there by car, so Swedemount will offer free parking for all employees as well as the possibility to charge electric cars. However, it is possible to get there by public transportation, but it is somewhat limited in the area.
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