Senior Financial Controller to Parent Bank Accounting & Reporting | SEB, Solna

As a Senior Financial Controller in Parent Bank Accounting & Reporting, you will play a key role in ensuring high-quality accounting, financial and regulatory reporting for SEB AB while helping design the future finance operating model and accounting infrastructure of the Parent Bank. We are implementing an accounting hub solution, replacing our legacy systems and transforming our way of working.

This role includes:

• Work closely with our development teams to build our new accounting hub infrastructure, define and coordinate business requirements and help shape the target state architecture and processes.

• Improve and future-proof our ways of working and key processes while helping define our target operating model.
• Driving the change and development agenda, both setting requirements and implementing global initiatives.
• Take ownership of complex accounting, reporting and process-related matters, driving issues from analysis to implementation.
• Coordinate and collaborate with stakeholders across SEB's divisions and international sites.
• Contribute to monthly, quarterly and annual closing of SEB AB, including financial and regulatory reporting.

• A master’s degree in business administration, Finance, or equivalent.
• Experience from implementing accounting hub solutions.
• Several years of experience within accounting and financial reporting in a banking or regulated financial environment.
• Proven ability to drive change and development initiatives, from setting requirements to implementation.
• Experience working in cross‑functional and international settings.
• Strong analytical skills, sound judgement, and the confidence to take ownership.
• Fluency in English (Swedish is an advantage, but not a requirement).

As a person, you are structured, proactive, and collaborative. You communicate clearly, can challenge constructively, and you are comfortable interacting with stakeholders at different levels of the organisation.

• High level of innovation and opportunities to drive change.
• Numerous opportunities to move internally – horizontally and vertically.
• A caring, supportive, and respectful culture.

Do you want to be part of SEB?
It is our fundamental belief that inclusion and diversity is crucial for our future success. We strive to have an inclusive, value-driven culture where employees feel valued, respected, and involved irrespective of who they are, what they believe or where they come from.

Since we select candidates continuously, feel free to send in your application today via the link in this ad, but no later than 11 October 2026. If you have questions about the position, please contact Irmelie Wikensjö, +46 (0)707-62 14 48, irmelie.wikensjo@seb.se, but we will not process applications via email.

Please be aware that our final candidates undergo background checks, a process that includes for example identity control, verification of qualifications, credit checks, company engagements and history of crime. In some cases, we also apply random drug checks.

SEB Sweden has a redeployment responsibility, why this position might be covered by internal redeployment.  

The employment is covered by collective agreements signed between Finansarbetsgivarna and Akademikerföreningen and between Finansarbetsgivarna and Finansförbundet.

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