As Business Control Manager for Production Unit Precision Strip, part of the Alleima Strip Division, you'll be a trusted business partner and a key member of the Production Unit (PU) Management Team. You'll bring finance and operations together, using financial insight to shape direction, strengthen performance and support sound business decisions.
Location: Sandviken, Sweden
Your Role
As the Business Control Manager for PU Precision Strip, you'll play a key role in driving financial performance while supporting the continued development of the business. As a member of the PU Management Team, you'll help shape the strategic direction of the PU and ensure that financial perspectives are embedded in operational and strategic decisions.
Lead and support the local finance function, including direct responsibility for one team member.
Drive business controlling, budgeting, forecasting and performance follow-up.
Ensure accurate financial reporting, accounting and compliance within the PU.
Contribute to strategic decision-making as a member of the PU Management Team.
Connect finance and operations by translating financial insights into business actions and operational priorities into financial understanding.
Contribute financial expertise to internal and Alleima-wide projects, while driving continuous improvements in financial processes, reporting and system support.
Contribute to the PU's profitability, inventory management, working capital efficiency and long-term development.
About You
You hold a university degree in Finance, Accounting, or a related field, and you communicate fluently in both Swedish and English. As this role requires close collaboration with our operations and colleagues, regular presence at our Sandviken site is essential.
You bring solid and well-established experience from business controlling or a comparable finance role, with the ability to act independently, challenge constructively and provide financial leadership in a complex business environment. Experience from a manufacturing environment is beneficial but not required. What matters most is your curiosity, commercial mindset and your ability to quickly understand a new operation and apply your previous experience in a relevant way.
Whether you've led people before or are ready to take your first formal leadership role, you demonstrate leadership well beyond your own function. You have the ability to create trust, engage others and move topics forward across organizational boundaries.
To thrive in this role, you:
Communicate financial matters in a way that creates understanding, engagement and action across the business.
Build strong relationships and collaborate across functions, while having the confidence to challenge and influence when needed.
Take a structured and proactive approach, with a focus on continuous improvement.
Combine analytical thinking with a pragmatic, solution-oriented mindset.
Value teamwork and contribute to an inclusive environment where different perspectives are welcomed.
What you can expect from us
An important role in a global company with deep Swedish roots, where transparency, inclusivity, and sustainability guide how we work
The opportunity to contribute to a culture where every idea, every innovation, and every individual counts
A collaborative and international environment where your leadership, perspective, and professional growth are recognized and supported
Additional Information
We kindly ask recruitment agencies and other sales or consulting companies not to contact us regarding this position. In connection with employment, alcohol and drug testing is carried out in accordance with our routines for a safe working environment and we will be conducting a background check in this process.
Recruiting manager:
Karin Lundbom, VP and Head of PU Precision Strip
For more information about the recruitment process, please contact:
Alexandra Nylén, responsible recruiter, +46 (0) 79 098 49 50
Union contacts – Sweden
Maria Sundqvist, Akademikerföreningen, +46 (0)70651 73 81
Kjell-Åke Klockervold, Ledarna, +46 (0)70 314 24 43
Stefan Jonsson, Unionen, +46 (0)70396 03 00
Please apply no later than 2026-08-31
At Alleima, our mission is much more than delivering high-quality products, technology, and processes - working together to develop solutions based on our customer’s needs and thus achieve our business goals, is a better way to describe our daily work. With curious employees and safety as our priority, we create a work environment where you can develop both personally and professionally.
With a clear direction for our journey ahead, utilizing our position as a technology leader, progressive customer partner, and sustainability driver, we aim to become an even stronger company in our industry.
Are you ready to take on this challenge together with us? Join us on our journey! www.alleima.com
Skills Required
- University degree in Finance, Accounting or related field
- Fluent in Swedish and English (spoken and written)
- Regular presence on site in Sandviken, Sweden
- Solid experience in business controlling or comparable finance role
- Experience from a manufacturing environment
- Leadership experience or readiness to take a first formal leadership role
- Strong communication and stakeholder management skills to translate finance into business actions
- Experience with budgeting, forecasting, performance follow-up, financial reporting, accounting and compliance
- Ability to contribute to internal projects and drive continuous improvement in financial processes
What We Do
Alleima is a global manufacturer of high value-added products in advanced stainless steels and special alloys as well as solutions for industrial heating. Based on long-term customer partnerships and leading materials technology, we develop products for the most demanding applications and industries. Our offering includes products like seamless steel tubes for the energy, chemical and aerospace industry, precision strip steel for white goods compressors, air conditioners and knife applications, based on more than 900 active alloy recipes. It also includes ultra-fine wires for medical and micro-electronic devices, industrial electric heating technology and coated strip steel for fuel cells technology for cars, trucks, and hydrogen production. The fully integrated value chain, from R&D to end-product, ensures industry-leading technology, quality, sustainability, and circularity. For more than 100 years, Alleima has recycled steel and today products consist of in average 83% recycled materials. Our arc furnaces use fossil free energy, and the CO2 emissions are low. Alleima has approximately 5,900 employees an customers in approximately 90 countries
