Operations Controller Manufacturing, Västerås

Nordic Investin is recruiting an Operations Controller Manufacturing on behalf of one of our partner companies. You see finance as both a decision and control function, combining accuracy with the curiosity to turn numbers into action.

The partner is strengthening its capability in operational performance insight for production and site leaders. You will connect standard costing, variance analysis and forecasts while ensuring that KPI reporting and business cases receive appropriate discipline. The aim is practical progress that colleagues can use, leaders can evaluate and the organisation can sustain.

Finance values dependable reporting, strong controls and constructive partnership. Success means better decisions and trusted information.

You will work with finance colleagues, operational leaders and system owners. The partner values early escalation, transparent assumptions and lasting improvements.

This role calls for independent judgement and the ability to raise the quality around you. You are expected to make trade-offs visible, recognise when a decision needs wider expertise and move work forward without creating unnecessary process.

Own the practical direction for operational performance insight for production and site leaders.

Translate goals and constraints into a clear approach for standard costing and variance analysis.

Establish useful standards, routines or decision artefacts around forecasts.

Coordinate stakeholders and dependencies affecting KPI reporting.

Use evidence and measurable outcomes to improve business cases.

Strengthen knowledge sharing and sustainable ownership through performance dialogue.

Relevant experience delivering operational performance insight for production and site leaders in a demanding environment.

Strong working knowledge of standard costing and variance analysis.

Practical experience applying forecasts and KPI reporting.

Ability to assess priorities, risks and trade-offs involving business cases.

Evidence of clear stakeholder communication and dependable end-to-end ownership.

Professional English and the judgement to work with sensitive or business-critical information.

Experience that would add value

Experience from manufacturing and industrial operations.

Exposure to performance dialogue in a cross-functional or multi-team environment.

Swedish language skills or experience working across Nordic organisations.

A background that can succeed here

Your background may be group finance, operations, audit, advisory or a growing business. Show the controls and decisions you owned and the outcome. Direct experience of operational performance insight for production and site leaders is valuable, while adjacent experience counts when it shows transferable judgement.

What makes the opportunity interesting

The role combines professional depth with meaningful business questions and room to improve the processes behind the numbers. The focus on operational performance insight for production and site leaders gives the opportunity a clear mission and room to influence priorities and success measures.

The exact partner, employment model, compensation, start date and working arrangement will be explained openly during the process. Nordic Investin will make sure you understand the opportunity before asking you to make a decision.

The recruitment conversation

Nordic Investin will focus on decisions you have made: the context, alternatives, result and what you would change today. You will also have room to ask direct questions and test whether the role, mandate and partner environment are right for you.

Apply with your CV or LinkedIn profile and a short note about a relevant financial process, decision or transformation you helped improve. Nordic Investin welcomes different routes into the profession and assesses evidence, judgement and potential alongside formal titles.