Proactive Business Controller – Become a Key Business Partner

As Business Controller at Samat Nordic, you will act as a strategic and operational partner to the management team in Sweden and the Group CFO in France.

Your mission is not only to analyze numbers – but to translate them into actionable insights that help managers run and develop their business more effectively.

You will work close to operations, gaining a deep understanding of the business, its challenges and opportunities. Through dialogue, analysis and proactive recommendations, you will support managers in:

• Improving profitability
• Identifying risks and opportunities
• Driving performance and operational efficiency
• Making well-founded investment decisions

This is a role for someone who enjoys being hands-on in the business and who wants to influence both daily operations and long-term strategy.

Your responsibilities:

• Act as Finance Business Partner to BU management – challenge, support and guide decisions
• Lead the budget and forecast processes in line with Group guidelines
• Analyze KPIs and performance trends – and proactively propose improvement actions
• Perform profitability analyses on customers, products and projects
• Support management with business cases and investment calculations
• Contribute to the development and harmonization of Group controlling processes and tools
• Participate in cross-functional development projects
• Deliver ad-hoc financial and business analyses to support strategic decisions

Some travel within Europe may be required.

You will report to the Group CFO in France and have a dotted line to the BU Manager in Helsingborg (“Verkställande direktör”).

We believe you have:

• At least 5 years of experience as Business Controller, Finance Business Partner, Financial Analyst, Auditor or similar
• Academic degree in finance, business administration or equivalent
• Strong experience in:

o Budgeting & forecasting
o KPI analysis and performance management
o Business and investment analysis
o Stakeholder management

Experience from transport, logistics or industrial environments is a plus, but not required.

You are fluent in Swedish and English (written and spoken).

Strong skills in Excel and BI tools are required. Experience with Power BI and SAP (S/4HANA) is highly valued.

You are:

• Business-driven – you understand operations, not only numbers
• Proactive – you don’t wait to be asked, you identify opportunities yourself
• Comfortable challenging managers in a constructive and solution-oriented way
• Analytical, structured and detail-oriented – while keeping the big picture
• A strong communicator who builds trust at all levels
• Curious, engaged and motivated to create real business value

Samat is a European family-owned company with over 40 years of experience in transporting hazardous materials.

With operations in 12 countries and a strong reputation in the market, Samat offers tailor-made solutions within chemicals, hydrocarbons and gas transportation. Please visit https://www.samat.com/sv/ for further information.