Head of Finance
On-siteGöteborg, Västra Götaland, Sweden
Job Summary
Own the financial agenda end-to-end, building the function from the ground up with planning, forecasting, and cash management. Build and maintain complex financial models for revenue, headcount, and unit economics while defining the KPI framework and monthly business review. Drive working capital through contract payment terms and invoicing discipline, then secure non-dilutive funding and manage financing rounds with the CEO. Produce board material, present to the board, and own investor reporting and external accounting partner relationships. Develop business cases for new markets and support the CEO in strategic initiatives and negotiations. This role balances growth speed against cash in a fast-growing European defence company, requiring a security clearance under the Swedish Protective Security Act.
Required Qualifications
- Degree in finance, economics, business administration, engineering or similar
- At least 5 years of relevant experience from management consulting, transaction services, a startup or scale-up, or another financial leadership role
- Proven ability to build and own complex financial models, and to manage cash and working capital in a growth environment
- Experience of board reporting and of working with investors and external partners
- Understanding of Swedish accounting, tax and corporate law, and experience of working with external accounting partners and auditors
- An AI-first mindset - you use modern tools to automate and sharpen the finance function rather than adding manual work
- Very good Swedish and English, spoken and written
- The position is security classified and approved security clearance under the Swedish Protective Security Act is required
Desired Qualifications
- Experience from defence, dual-use, or another security-critical industry with large deals and complex decision processes
- Experience from companies with a hardware component and a physical supply chain
- Experience of completed financing rounds, grant funding or public research and development programmes
- Experience of building a finance function from scratch, including system and ERP implementation
- Experience of international operations and subsidiaries
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