Arelion is owned by Polhem Infra, a Swedish investment company backed by some of the largest Swedish public pension funds. We started building our network in 1993, when our Autonomous System, AS1299, was allocated, and we’ve grown organically ever since. Our network now stretches 75,000 kms across Europe, North America and Asia and lets you connect directly to more than 2,750 wholesale customers in more than 129 countries. With more than 450 local access partners around the world, we are the backbone of your business, wherever you are.
We are currently looking for a Business Controller who will become a part of Arelion’s Business Performance team placed in the Groups head office in Solna. The finance function has undergone a big organizational and systems change during the last two years and there is still more that can be achieved in terms of visibility, controls and automations to improve financial analysis and value-added insights and increase decision support for both management and the business.
Your main responsibility as FP&A is to monitor and drive the financial performance of Arelion by providing high-quality financial analysis, business insights and support to improve strategic decision-making by acting as a trusted partner to the business. This involves forecast, budget, variance analysis, closing analysis, management reporting as well as ad-hoc activities.
To be suitable for the role you need a BSc or MSc degree in Finance, Accounting and/or Economics, and at least three years of relevant work experience within Controllership preferably from international companies. A foundational background in accounting is an advantage. The right candidate is familiar with BI and planning tools and has experience in analyzing large amount of data and getting the right information out of it as well as working together with other teams to fix errors found.
We are looking for a hands-on “doer” who shows initiative and describes themselves as a driven problem solver who likes new challenges. You are goal oriented and a critical thinker with high analytical skills.
As the role will have many internal contact areas, excellent interpersonal, verbal and written communication skills are required. Furthermore, you have strong organizational skills for managing multiple tasks and the ability to prioritize in a truly international fast-paced and sometimes challenging environment. Your excel skills are very good and you speak and write English fluently. The position reports to the Head of Business Performance.
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In this recruitment process Arelion is collaborating with Future Value. For further information please contact Susanne Karlsson, susanne.karlsson@futurevalue.se or +46 709 772 794
