Chief Financial Officer with strategic vision and a strong sense of the big picture

Do you want to lead finance, IT and digitisation in an ambitious growth municipality?

As Chief Financial Officer in Silkeborg Municipality you will play a central role in the municipality's top management and have a significant responsibility to create coherence between political ambitions, financial governance and the development of the municipal organisation.

The CFO is responsible for coordinating and managing the municipality's budget and accounts as well as for the overall budget process. In addition, there is responsibility for the efficiency and digitisation agenda and for further developing the existing initiatives in the area.

Growth Municipality

Silkeborg Municipality is Denmark's 8th largest municipality and one of the country's major growth municipalities. We expect to have 108,000 inhabitants by 2030 and work ambitiously to develop welfare, growth and quality of life in both urban and local communities.

Silkeborg Municipality faces the same financial challenges as other municipalities, but also has an organisation that has the competencies and the will to meet them.

As a growth municipality we are challenged by an increasing need for welfare, which increases the pressure on the municipal finances. The new CFO will have an important role in helping departments and staff to meet these challenges.

About you

We are seeking a CFO with strong professional expertise, political acumen and substantial leadership experience.

You have a relevant higher education degree supplemented by a leadership qualification and ideally experience with municipal financial management, IT and digitisation.

At the same time you have experience from a politically governed organisation and the ability to advise and support politicians as well as navigate safely in the interaction between politics and administration.

You have experience leading leaders and can lead an organisation with high professionalism and a lot of autonomy.

You communicate clearly, build consensus through dialogue and involvement, and are able to unite different interests around common solutions.

In addition you actively contribute to the collaboration in the corporate management team, have an eye for the municipality's overall development and experience in leading change and developing organisations in line with new needs and requirements.

One of our managers states : ”It is important that our CFO has an eye for our decentralized managers and contributes to the development of governance tools that support them in daily work.”

About the job

As CFO you will become a key figure in Silkeborg Municipality and have a central role in ensuring that political ambitions and financial frameworks go hand in hand for the benefit of citizens and local communities.

You will become the top leader of the Finance and IT staff, which is an across-the-organisation staff organized into four sections:

• Corporate Finance
• Operations Finance
• Analysis and Development
• IT Centre

The staff consists of very competent managers and employees who need a strong sparring partner.

A colleague says: ”We need a CFO who can rest in the fact that we have many skilled colleagues in the staff who go to work every day and deliver professionally competent work. That means the CFO should concentrate more on the strategic task towards the city council, executive and corporate management”.

You can read more about the position in the Job and Person Profile on the page "Become a leader with us".

Further information

If you would like to know more about the position you are welcome to contact Chief Administrative Officer Lone Lyrskov, tel. 24 82 80 85. It is preferred that you send an SMS to arrange further. All inquiries are treated confidentially.

The application deadline is Tuesday, November 3, 2026.

The first interview will be held Thursday 12 November 2026 from 12:00 to 18:00, from which candidates will be selected for a second interview round Thursday 19 November 2026 from 12:00 to 16:00. If you proceed to the second interview you will need to complete a personal profile and will receive feedback on it before the second interview. There will also be an opportunity for an informal talk with Chief Administrative Officer Lone Lyrskov for the candidates.

The position is intended to be filled from 1 January 2027.

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