Finance Manager Sweden & Norway

Job Description

About the Role

As Finance Manager Sweden & Norway, you will be responsible for leading the Finance Reporting & Compliance activities for DOVISTA Sverige AB and Natre Vinduer AS.

You will manage and develop a team of eight finance professionals in Sweden, covering General Ledger, Accounts Payable, and Accounts Receivable. The role involves close collaboration with finance colleagues across Sweden, Denmark, and Group Finance to ensure consistent reporting, compliance, and governance across the region.

The role is primarily focused on accounting, reporting, compliance, governance, and financial control, while also being responsible for management reporting, budgeting, forecasting, and performance follow-up related to capacity costs, overhead costs, and balance sheet items. The position requires close collaboration across finance functions to ensure alignment, transparency, and high-quality financial decision support.

The position is based in Edsbyn, Sweden, and reports to the Denmark-based Head of Accounting & Reporting for Region North.

Responsibilities

• Lead, coach, and develop a team of eight finance professionals.
• Ensure accurate and timely financial and statutory reporting for DOVISTA Sverige AB and Natre Vinduer AS.
• Drive high standards of financial governance, compliance, and internal control.
• Manage month-end and year-end closing processes.
• Coordinate annual audits and act as the primary contact for external auditors.
• Lead tax compliance activities in collaboration with external advisors.
• Contribute to budgeting and forecasting processes for capacity costs, overhead costs, and balance sheet items.
• Drive process improvements, standardization, and finance transformation initiatives.
• Support the continued development of finance systems and processes, including participation in future ERP initiatives.

Qualifications

Your Profile

You are an experienced finance leader who combines strong accounting expertise with a collaborative leadership style and a continuous improvement mindset.

We believe you bring:

• University degree in Finance, Accounting, Business Administration, or a related field.
• Proven leadership experience with responsibility for managing and developing employees.
• Solid experience in financial reporting, statutory accounting, compliance, tax, and audit coordination.
• Excellent skills in Swedish and English, both written and spoken.
• Knowledge of manufacturing accounting and cost accounting.

The following will be considered an advantage:

• Experience with ERP implementations or finance transformation projects.
• Experience with Norwegian accounting regulations.

Why Join DOVISTA?

This role offers a unique opportunity to combine leadership, financial governance, and business impact within a strong and growing international group.

You will:

• Lead a dedicated finance team and influence the future development of the finance organization.
• Take responsibility for finance activities supporting businesses with approximately 950 employees and combined annual revenues of around SEK 2 billion.
• Work in an international environment with close collaboration across Sweden, Norway, Denmark, and Group Finance.
• Play a key role in driving process improvements, standardization
• Be part of an ERP transformation journey, with AX and Visma currently supporting the business and a future ERP implementation planned for the coming years.
• Enjoy a position with significant responsibility while maintaining a healthy work-life balance, including limited travel of approximately 10 days per year, primarily to Denmark and Norway.

If you are motivated by leadership, financial excellence, and the opportunity to make a real impact in an international manufacturing group, we would love to hear from you.

Join DOVISTA and help shape the future of Finance across Sweden and Norway.

About DOVISTA Sverige

DOVISTA Sverige brings together well-known brands such as Svenska Fönster, Mockfjärds Fönster, and VELFAC with local experts within a strong international group.

With approximately 700 employees, we are one of Sweden's leading window manufacturers. Together, we develop sustainable, high-quality solutions with a focus on our customers and the future.

And our sister company Natre Vinduer AS is Norway's leading window manufacturer – and a proud supplier of quality windows to Norwegian homes through the building materials trade.

About Us

About DOVISTA

DOVISTA is a leading European provider of vertical windows and exterior doors. With 13 distinctive brands and approximately 7,000 employees across 10 markets, the Group is locally strong and internationally connected, driven by a shared purpose to bring daylight and fresh air into people’s everyday lives.

Each brand has its own story, expertise, and strengths, yet all work to improve everyday living through quality solutions that meet our customers’ needs and shape homes and buildings that connect people with the world outside.

DOVISTA is built on a heritage rooted in Danish design, an entrepreneurial mindset and industry knowledge dating back to 1941. The company is part of the VKR Group and is wholly owned by VKR Holding A/S, a family- and foundation-owned company that includes a grant-giving Employee Foundation. Together, the VKR Group employs approximately 17,600 people in 38 countries.