Controller with a keen eye for both secure operations and development

Do you have a good grasp of finances, a sense for both details and contexts, and a desire to develop as a controller? Are you motivated by making finance understandable and actionable for managers and colleagues? And can you combine a helpful approach with professional clarity, even when you need to challenge a solution or stick to a deadline? Then you may be our new controller in the secretariat of the Institute for Lifelong Learning at the Copenhagen University College of Professional Higher Education (KP).

The Institute for Lifelong Learning delivers practice-oriented and research-based continuing education and further education that creates value for professional practitioners, workplaces and welfare society. The secretariat supports the administrative and financial operations and ensures systematicity, overview and timeliness, so that managers and employees can focus on their core tasks.

As a controller you will be part of the secretariat’s finance team, which after your employment will consist of seven employees and a student assistant. The finance team works in a partner-based manner, where each controller has independent responsibility for, among other things, budgeting and follow-up, activity management, project accounting, pre- and post-cost calculations, invoicing, analyses and financial management information for 1-2 departments.

We are an experienced team with extensive knowledge of the institute’s finances and activities, and we are seeking a colleague who wants to develop professionally and contribute to developing our task solutions.

About the job

You will have a broad range of contacts and will collaborate with, among others, consultants, project managers, department heads, institute directors and colleagues in central administrative units. The tasks range from secure operations to analysis and development, and there are periods with many simultaneous tasks and tight deadlines. There is also an increasing need for financial management on larger projects, where you will have the opportunity to gain experience.

Your primary tasks will be to

• Work with pre-calculation, bids, contracts, follow-up and invoicing of the departments’ activities and projects
• Support managers and project managers with budgeting, financial follow-up and project accounting
• Be responsible for financial calculations and budgets in connection with public tenders, grant applications and larger bids
• Prepare training economic and activity-based analyses and decision bases on finance, activity and profitability – including development over time and business cases
• Collaborate with the finance department and Studies Service on the institute’s education and activities finances

About you

We imagine that you

• Have a relevant education – e.g. a professional bachelor's degree in public administration or a similar education with a focus on economics and governance
• Have good knowledge of accounting and financial management and preferably project economics
• Have relevant practical experience from working with accounting and financial management in the public sector and preferably from the education sector
• Have experience with accounting tasks such as bookkeeping and invoicing
• Are proficient in Excel and have an interest in working with data and digital tools
• Have knowledge of and/or interest in working with tenders, contracts and externally funded projects

We emphasize that you

• Work analytically, structured and thorough with an eye for both detail and the overall economic context
• Can translate numbers and data into clear decision bases, are curious and critically inclined to what lies behind the numbers, and function as a professional sparring partner for consultants and management
• Are service-minded and solution-oriented and collaborate constructively without compromising on professionalism
• Follow up tasks to the end, deliver on time, take responsibility for quality and actively contribute to the development of both your own area and shared working methods
• Keep calm, maintain overview and sound judgment, even when the pace is high

The position may be relevant both for those who are newly graduated with relevant experience from student jobs and internships, and for those who have 2-3 years of experience. We primarily seek a colleague with a solid professional foundation, strong learning ability and potential to gradually take on more complex tasks and greater independent responsibility over time.

We offer

• An occupational community with engaged and experienced colleagues who keep up morale, even when it gets busy
• Thorough introduction and good opportunities for professional sparring, collaboration and development
• Work with a high degree of influence and flexibility, including the possibility of remote work
• An workplace in historic buildings with canteen, fruit scheme, good parking options and an active staff association

About us

The Institute for Lifelong Learning has about 250 employees and is responsible for KP’s Continuing Education, Center for Teaching Aids, National Center for Vocational Pedagogy and Playful Learning.

As an employee in the secretariat you will be part of a work community with 14 colleagues who handle management support, administrative and financial support as well as quality assurance tasks.

You report to the head of the secretariat.

Salary and terms of employment

You will be employed as a controller starting on 1 January 2027. The working time is 37 hours per week.

Employment is according to the Organizational Agreement for HK/State. There will be an opportunity to negotiate a qualification supplement.

The workplace is located at Tagensvej 18, 2200 Copenhagen N.

Want to know more?

At Copenhagen. University College of Professional Higher Education we educate students for meaningful working life, where they meet other people and make a concrete difference for them. We see it as our highest task and strategic vision to educate professional practitioners who succeed in and with practice together with our external world.

Read more about Copenhagen University College of Professional Higher Education and our strategy at www.kp.dk and about KP as a workplace on our careers page.

For further information about the position, you are welcome to contact the head of the secretariat Katrine Riisgaard Pedersen at tel.: +45 21319951, but not in weeks 41 and 42, where the finance team coordinator Sune Nebsager can be contacted at tel. +45 41898953 (week 41) or email [email protected] (week 42).

Interested?

Submit your application and CV via the applicant button no later than 25-10-2026.

We will conduct two interview rounds in weeks 46 and 47.

Københavns Professionshøjskole does not discriminate on gender, age, ethnicity or similar, but only on competence and talent. We strive to minimize bias in the recruitment process and therefore encourage you to refrain from attaching a profile picture in your CV/application.

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Københavns Professionshøjskole is one of the largest higher education institutions in Denmark, with more than 20,000 students and around 1,800 employees.

At Københavns Professionshøjskole we train pedagogues, nurses, teachers, social workers, physiotherapists, midwives and many more.

Together with our partners we will set new standards for professional education, research, development and continuing education in the fields of school and pedagogy, health and welfare, leadership and administration.

Department: ILLSEK

Application deadline: 25 October 2026

Location: Tagensvej 18, 2200 Copenhagen N