Financial Controller
Niconovum
Are you a proactive and business-oriented finance professional who enjoys combining financial expertise with strategic insight? Niconovum is looking for an ambitious Financial Controller who will play a key role in ensuring financial quality, supporting decision-making, and driving continuous improvement across the organisation.
Make an Impact Beyond the Numbers
As Financial Controller at Niconovum you will work closely with the Finance Manager and business stakeholders, taking ownership of financial reporting, compliance, analysis, forecasting, and process development. You will act as a trusted financial partner, helping transform data into actionable insights while contributing to the company’s continued growth and development. For the right person, the role also offers a strong platform for continued professional development, with opportunities to broaden responsibilities over time and pursue future career opportunities within the wider BAT organisation, both locally and globally.
Your Key Responsibilities
- Ensure accurate and high-quality accounting and financial reporting, including maintaining general ledger integrity
- Manage monthly, quarterly, and annual closing processes
- Monitor cash flow and liquidity, identifying and escalating potential risks
- Own day-to-day transactional finance, handle VAT, tax reporting, statutory accounts, regulatory reporting and support audit processes
- Ensure and develop internal controls and financial processes
- Actively contribute to budgeting and forecasting cycles
- Analyze actuals vs. forecast and provide clear insights
- Build business cases and financial models
- Act as a financial sounding board to the Finance Manager and wider business
Your Profile
You are a self-driven and analytical finance professional who enjoys taking ownership and making a tangible impact on the business. You combine strong accounting and reporting expertise with a commercial mindset and are comfortable translating complex financial information into clear recommendations for decision-makers.
You are structured, proactive, and detail-oriented, with the confidence to challenge existing ways of working and drive improvements. At the same time, you are collaborative and skilled at building strong relationships across functions and levels of the organisation.
To succeed in this role, you will likely bring:
- A degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, or a related field
- Solid experience within accounting, reporting, and financial controls
- Experience from a dynamic and business-driven environment
- Strong analytical capabilities and business understanding
- Advanced Excel skills and experience working with larger datasets
- Experience with SAP and BI tools such as Power BI
- The ability to work effectively with multiple stakeholders
- Fluency in both Swedish and English
About Niconovum
Niconovum is a Swedish pharmaceutical company developing and marketing innovative nicotine replacement therapy (NRT) products aimed at helping people reduce or quit tobacco use. The company was founded in 2000 by the internationally recognized researcher Karl Olov Fagerström and is today part of the British American Tobacco group. Niconovum offers a range of tobacco-free products – including nicotine pouches and mouth spray, across several Nordic markets. The company operates with a clear purpose of contributing to improved public health by providing effective and accessible alternatives to traditional tobacco products.
Joining Niconovum means becoming part of an ambitious and evolving organisation where you will have significant ownership, exposure to key business decisions, and the opportunity to influence how finance supports growth and performance. As part of a larger international group, you will also benefit from a broad range of career development opportunities, both locally and globally.
Apply now!
The recruitment process is carried out in collaboration with the consulting company Compass Human Resources Group. If you need further information about the position, please contact Senior Research Consultant Rebecca Saks on +45 70 20 12 75 or rs@compasshrg.com. All enquiries will be handled with confidentiality. Applications will be processed on an ongoing basis. Therefore, we ask you to apply as soon as possible to make sure that your application is taken into consideration.
Deadline for applications: As soon as possible
Workplace: Malmö, Sweden
Reference: 2607.161
Company: Niconovum
