Proactive Business Controller – Become a Key Business Partner

Samat Nordic in Helsingborg is recruiting a driven and business-oriented Business Controller. Are you passionate about understanding operations, supporting managers in their daily decision-making and turning financial insights into real business impact? Do you want a role where you truly influence performance, profitability and development? Then this could be your next career step. This is a full-time position in an international and fast-moving environment. About the position 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 Reponsibilities 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”). Your profile 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 About the Organisation 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.