Department Head for the Controller Department

Do you want to lead a team that ensures good accounting practices, high professionalism, and not least good service for the municipality's employees?

As the department head of our controller department, you will be responsible for leading 5 skilled financial consultants who contribute to ensuring an efficient, service-oriented, and quality-conscious accounting culture in Kommuneqarfik Sermersooq.

About the position:

Welcome to a central role in Kommuneqarfik Sermersooq – where we value an informal tone, help each other, and believe that we go the farthest together. Here, you will not only get a job but also plenty of room to grow – both personally and professionally.

Right now, we are facing a number of exciting tasks where we need to further strengthen the quality of our accounting and financial management. We look optimistically towards solutions where we leverage opportunities for automation and simplify unnecessary processes.

Your tasks will be diverse: On one hand, the daily operations must be ensured and function, and on the other hand, time must be allocated to develop new processes, systems, and support employees and colleagues in other departments. In short – a job where you get to manage the practical aspects and also contribute to creating change.

Your main tasks:

·Staff management and professional sparring, support and guidance of financial consultants

Ensure monthly closures of the accounts

·Actively work with audit comments

Automation and continued development

We are looking for a leader who:

Your success in this position depends on your ability to lead and motivate your employees. You are a leader who makes sound professional decisions – even under time pressure – and takes responsibility for how your choices affect both employees and daily operations.

With your natural curiosity, decisiveness, and positive approach, you create energy and community around you. You have the ability to keep an eye on both the daily operations and the bigger picture, so tasks are not just solved, but elevated with quality, service, and a common goal in mind. You do all this with a smile – even when the coffee is cold, and the system suddenly "just" needs to be updated right now.

You are responsible and attentive to both employee well-being and the practical day-to-day operations, and you ensure that the department always delivers with oversight and professionalism.

Professionally, you should preferably:

·Have extensive knowledge of AX prism

·Have an accounting background

·Have experience in preparing accounts

Professionally, it could be good if:

You have several years of management experience.

You have experience working in the public sector.

• Being bilingual in Greenlandic and Danish is an advantage, but not a requirement.

Personally, you are:

Curious and action-oriented

Responsible and structured

Development-oriented

Criminal record:

This position is subject to the law on the obligation to obtain a criminal record. According to the law, employment can only begin once the municipality has received a criminal record. We would therefore like to point out that the start date can only be agreed upon once the municipality has received the criminal record from the Police.

Salary and employment conditions:

Salary and employment conditions are in accordance with the applicable agreement between the Government of Greenland, in accordance with the agreement/collective agreement in force at the time of appointment between the Government of Greenland and the relevant negotiating organization.

The employment will be subject to a 3-month probation period.

Housing:

A staff housing can be provided for the position, for which a deposit and rent, utilities, etc. will be paid according to the applicable rules for rent payment in the Greenland Self-Government and the municipality's properties in Greenland. If permanent staff housing cannot be made available immediately upon taking up the position, employees entitled to temporary housing will be offered a temporary accommodation, for which rent, utilities, etc. will be paid in accordance with the above. For further information about rent including utilities, etc., please refer to the information at: www.iserit.gl

Further information can be obtained from:

If the position interests you, feel free to contact us for further information about the position and associated tasks at:

Chief Financial Officer Hans Severin Berg, phone +299 36 73 56 or email: ks87hase@sermersooq.gl

Application:

Application marked with Job no. 647-26, and attached educational certificate and documentation for previous employment, etc. must be uploaded before the deadline expires.

How to apply:

Applications must be submitted electronically via the link at the bottom of this page, where you can attach your application and CV.