Financial Assistant for the Accounting Team

Are you passionate about financial management, accounting tasks and systems support? Do you like to work independently, and are you also good at collaborating with managers and colleagues at all levels? Then it’s you we are looking for.

In the central Finance Department, you will join the accounting team which is part of the Budget & Accounting office.

Your tasks

In the Accounting Team you will have a central role in the work on the municipality’s accounts, grants, internal audit and other accounting-related tasks. We support sound financial management in Esbjerg Municipality and advise both the political and administrative leadership.

You will work on tasks within

• The municipality’s annual accounts, where you and the team have a central role in preparing the accounts and sending them to political approval. This includes following up on the quality of the execution of cross-cutting tasks to which all departments contribute.
• Administration of grants including handling applications with a view to distributing support amounts and preparation of annual accounts.
• Internal audit, where you contribute to preparing the annual audit plan and subsequently participate in carrying out the tasks included in the plan. The tasks consist partly of audit visits to decentralized institutions but also in cross-cutting analyses and controls.
• Posting of the Finance department’s own invoices and performing budget follow-up on selected areas in the administration, where we continuously help them take a closer look at their finances.
• Support for central and decentralized users of the municipality’s financial system KMD Opus Økonomi.
• Operations and support for the municipality’s decentralized budget monitoring system “KMD NemØkonomi”.
• Contribute to the holding of internal courses in the use of KMD Opus Økonomi and KMD NemØkonomi.

About you

We imagine that you…

• Thrive in a politically governed organization and have an eye for how finance, professionalism and strategy interact.
• Have experience with municipal financial management and a relevant theoretical education.
• Work in a structured way and are preferably experienced in using the financial system KMD-OPUS.
• Communicate clearly and precisely both in writing and orally.
• Are a team player with good collaboration skills in relation to tasks as well as colleagues. And you are willing to take responsibility and contribute to joint solutions.

We offer you

In Budget & Regnskab we have a wide collaboration surface – from the director to employees – and work purposefully to develop and support financial management in Esbjerg Municipality.

We believe that job satisfaction and professional excellence go hand in hand. Therefore we make an effort to create a workplace where you can develop and be yourself.

With us you will get

• A daily work life with high well-being and a good atmosphere.
• Focus on professional and personal development.
• Flexible working hours and the possibility of remote work.
• Paid lunch break and pension scheme.
• A workplace with ambitions – and room for diversity.

Finance is divided into the Budget & Regnskab and Udbud & Indkøb offices. We handle tasks related to accounting, chart of accounts, system administration, support, financial management, internal audit, budgeting, budget follow-up, accounting, receipts and payments, daily financial management and quality assurance of cases with financial content for consideration by the political committees.

We also work on developing cross-cutting statistics and data, including the municipality’s management information and population forecast.

The practical

• This is a permanent full-time position.
• Start date: 1 December 2026.
• Workplace: Esbjerg Town Hall, Torvegade 74 in Esbjerg.

If you would like to know more about the position, you are welcome to contact Budget- & Regnskabschef Johan Brøndsted, at telephone number 29 26 88 61.

Salary and terms of employment are set in accordance with the applicable collective agreement, including the applicable provisions on local pay formation. You can find information about the pay level in Esbjerg Municipality via this link: KRL . Here you will also find information about base salary and pension. In addition, by a concrete assessment, qualification and/or function allowances can be agreed depending on the content of the position and your experience and qualifications.

In Esbjerg Municipality we work on trust-based foundations and view human diversity as a strength. We therefore encourage all qualified regardless of gender, age or ethnic background to apply for the position.

A criminal record check will be obtained upon appointment.

If you proceed after the interview, references will be sought from current and/or previous employers if you are still under consideration for the position. You will be informed before references are collected.

Application deadline

18 October 2026

Interviews will be held on 22 October 2026.

The application is submitted electronically . Click on “search the position” at the bottom and attach your application, CV and relevant documentation.