Financial Controller

Quick Facts

• Role: Financial Controller (consultant)

• Work format: Onsite Oslo

• Hours/Duration: 1100 hours; start ASAP–30.06.2027

• Option: Extension possible up to 31.12.2027 (6 months), with further expansion if needed

Description

You will support the finance function with reporting, analysis, budgeting, and control. Own key period-end close activities for cash and entity accounts under SRS, ensure the quality of reporting to the state accounts, and contribute to follow-up of budgets, accounting variances, invoicing, and supplier deliverables. You will also develop finance processes, governing documents, routines, and control activities together with the finance team.

Responsibilities

• Produce economic reports, analyses, and management steering information

• Be responsible for quality and progress for period-end close of cash accounting and entity accounting under SRS, including relevant control activities

• Prepare and follow up interim accounts (tertial), annual accounts, and other state-account deliverables

• Monitor budget and accounting at the business level, analyze variances, and provide financial assessments and decision support

• Follow up accounting variances and required corrections; quality-assure the basis for reporting to the state accounts

• Follow up DIO invoicing of income and invoice selected income

• Follow up deliveries from DIO’s payroll and accounting service providers

• Support dialogue with the National Audit Office and coordinate audit follow-up in the financial reporting area

• Further develop finance processes, governing documents, routines, and control activities

Requirements

• Master’s-level education in ICT or in finance/accounting (or relevant experience that compensates for parts of the education requirement)

• Very good knowledge of state public-sector financial management regulations

• Solid experience in financial work within public organizations

• Very good understanding of state financial management for cash accounting (state budget) and accrual accounting (SRS)

• Solid experience with budget follow-up, accounting follow-up, and controlling tasks

• More than 8 years of relevant experience in the listed responsibilities (state-entity experience weighted higher)

• Good knowledge of SAP, Unit4 ERP, and Excel

• Experience with mapping and documenting processes and routines

• Ability to obtain security clearance for Restricted authorization

Benefits

• Independent ownership of agreed finance deliverables

• Working in a finance team with collaboration across leadership and budget-responsible section leaders