Engineering Controller

at  Volvo Cars AB

WANT TO JOIN US ON OUR EXCITING JOURNEY?

Volvo Cars is on an exciting journey, redefining the automotive experience by innovating to make people’s lives less complicated. We offer you a once-in-a-lifetime chance to make an impact in a company with unique opportunities to grow and make a true difference.

WHAT WE OFFER

Business Finance within Engineering is responsible for securing the profitability of our future and existing products and services – controlling Units on Engineering Cost, Material Cost and Investments.
As an Engineering Controller, you will be able to both create, develop and influence your daily work. You will assure profitability of our future products and offers by providing analysis on relevant cost types, benchmarks and steering business-related decisions based on value for customers. You will do that in close corporation with the Management teams in the units within Software Engineering.
We are looking for talented people with a positive mindset that will play an important role in Software Engineering’s contribution to the overall profitability of Volvo Cars. The location is Gothenburg.

LET’S GET TO KNOW EACH OTHER!

Are you curious yet? If you want more information about the role and its responsibilities or simply learn a bit more, please reach out to the hiring manager Alexander Runsbech – alexander.runsbech@volvocars.com. For questions about the recruitment process, please contact senior recruiter Malin Hansson at malin.hansson.5@volvocars.com.
Please apply for this no later than the 6th of October 2024, enclose your CV and cover letter written in English. Note that due to GDPR we cannot accept applications through e-mail.
Welcome with your application!

You will work together with the Business Controllers and the unit teams within Software Engineering in providing financial recommendations and analysis work. The main responsibilities of an Engineering Controller include:

• Be the financial speaking partner for the line management of the Software units and represent finance in department meetings.
• Drive the work and securing the quality in the delivery of actuals, forecasts, and outlooks as well as perform the consolidation of the Global view of the Software units combined.
• Perform financial analysis of the engineering actuals development versus outlook in the monthly closing process for operational/engineering cost.
• Secure short -and long-term value and profitability by financial planning of engineering costs (internal resources & external engineering) together with the operations.
• Create presentations and reports to visualize and communicate financial development and performance within, and across, the units as well as present at different decision forums together with Business Controller.
• Work together with other teams within Business Finance in actively contributing to developing, implementing, and improving financial principles, processes, and tools (globally and locally) within given area of responsibility.
• Create awareness and contribute to the fostering of a business orientated mind-set by providing financial expertise, facts and context together with an understanding of business goals to drive decision-making towards business targets. Also, proactively initiate corrective actions to ensure financial targets and challenge operations to meet them.
• Perform various analysis work and make applicable financial approvals.