Senior Group Business Controller
Are you excited about air travel and having a central role in financial planning and analysis? Do you want to improve SAS's competitive position and contribute to SAS' transformation into a profitable and sustainable airline? If yes, the position as Senior Group Business Controller could be something for you!
SAS is in a very exciting period going through its biggest single financial restructuring in history, with the objective to recapitalize strengthening the balance sheet with about of SEK 30 bn. In 2023, a consortium of investors – the biggest being Castlelake, AirFrance/KLM and the Danish State – agreed to provide the necessary funding. Earlier in 2024, the U.S. and recently the Swedish legal processes have been completed. Thereby, SAS is transferring from a public to a privately held company.
As Sr Group Business Controller at SAS, you will become part of the Group Business Control team with a key role to support SAS delivery on its strategy and overall goals from a financial perspective. The team has an ambitious digitalization agenda going forward, with the objective to improve speed and agility on multiple dimensions. Our mission is to shift the perspective from reporting actuals to rolling next forecasts a few years on granular level and up to several years in a more condensed, but still integrated planning.
As Sr Group Business Controller you own, develop and maintain processes linked to financial analysis and modeling, reporting, budgeting, forecasting, digitalization and KPI development. You report to the Head of Group Business Control and your workplace is in Frösundavik, Solna.
Main responsibilities:
- Be a key player in the enterprise financial planning process
- Monitor, report and follow up the financial performance of the Group and its business units with the objective to improve financial performance and meet targets
- Continuously challenge unit controllers and business stakeholders based on data analysis insights
- Drive data, BI and digitalization initiatives within all aspects of financial planning and reporting
- Active project lead in data analysis, financial process and decision support initiatives
- Be a competence center for decision support, financial analysis and reporting through Business Control and Finance, which may for example include development and updating of KPI dashboards within the BI system environment
Formal qualifications for the role:
- Solid experience in understanding business management, financial planning and analysis
- At least 8 - 10 years of work experience from similar roles in a large complex corporation and ideally additional 2 - 4 years in a major global audit firm. Your personal skills and attributes (pls see “who we are looking for” below) will be more important than exact length of experience
- A relevant university degree in economics, finance or accounting
- Proven strong understanding of central financial processes such as financial statements, budgeting and forecasts in a complex asset heavy environment
- Experience of consolidation at group level as well as solid understanding of accounting and preferably IFRS reporting
- Fluency in English and preferably also Swedish
Who we are looking for
To fit the role, you have solid financial and business acumen based on an analytical mindset. You can easily take in a lot of information, see the big picture, understand the objectives and can independently develop solutions and suggestions for improvements while being meticulous in the details.
You are passionate about data and getting the details right while maintaining sight on the full picture to ensure you are spending your time wisely. You are pedagogical and a strong communicator of the expertise you develop, with proven ability to cooperate well with others, can challenge established views in a constructive way and can educate and present results through graphic presentations equally appropriate for senior executive management as for peers.
You enjoy taking initiative to create high quality deliverables and are completely comfortable taking lead, owning and operating various types of financial management processes and analyses. You see contacts and cooperation with stakeholders from different backgrounds as a natural part of ensuring high quality of deliveries. You have a flexible mindset and are driven by learning new things.
About us
SAS is Scandinavia's leading airline. For more than 75 years, we have been flying and connecting Scandinavia with the world and the world with Scandinavia. We have always been at the forefront of what is new and scouting the horizon. We have seen the world change, sometimes over a long period of time, and sometimes quite suddenly. Changes that have made us rethink, adapt and build new. We are moving towards a future where change and the need for new thinking is constant. A future of conscious thinking and sustainable innovation.
SAS, Scandinavia’s leading airline, with main hubs in Copenhagen, Oslo and Stockholm, flies to destinations in Europe, USA and Asia. Spurred by a Scandinavian heritage and sustainability values, SAS aims to be the global leader in sustainable aviation. We will reduce total carbon emissions 25 percent by 2025, by using more sustainable aviation fuel and our modern fleet with fuel-efficient aircraft. In addition to flight operations, SAS offers ground handling services, technical maintenance and air cargo services. SAS is a founding member of the Star Alliance™, and together with its partner airlines offers a wide network worldwide.
