Financial consultant for the school and daycare sector - a central role with responsibility and influence

Do you want to use your financial expertise close to managers who are responsible for the municipality's schools, day care and PPR? Can you create an overview of the finances, advise managers, the head and the director on budgets and priorities. Do you thrive with responsibility and freedom, and can you both keep track of the details and lift your gaze when finances need to be translated into good decisions?

Our current financial consultant is moving to another position in the municipality, and therefore we are looking for an experienced colleague for the school- and day care area.

Perhaps it is you we are looking for to our team of skilled financial consultants.

In addition to an exciting job with good development opportunities, you will get a job with responsibility, flexibility and opportunities for professional sparring.

”You will get a fantastic workplace where learning and collaboration are prioritized, and the management is very good at giving freedom with responsibility.”

• Andreas Kjærskov Nørlev, BI- and Analysekonsulent in Økonomiafdelingen

About the job: Solid financial management and a view to development

You will become part of our team of financial consultants, where there is a good mix of experienced forces and younger consultants with different backgrounds.

You will become the primary financial consultant in the school- and day care area and will be responsible for the ongoing financial management and sparring with the leadership of the subject areas. In the department you have colleagues with insight into the school- and day care area, whom you can draw on for professional sparring.

Specifically you will

• Handle budgeting, financial follow-up, accounting closure and the ongoing operation in the school- and day care area.
• Maintain close dialogue with the director, managers, leaders and key staff and equip them to make decisions on a solid financial basis.
• Develop, implement and maintain forecast models.
• Carry out tariff calculations for your subject areas.
• Work with demographic adjustment and related resource models in the school- and day care area.
• Generally support, develop, and challenge the subject areas.
• Participate in relevant cross-cutting financial and analysis tasks.

You will have a lot of freedom to structure your work as it fits best, also when it comes to home working. To ensure good collaboration across, we have agreed common office days, just as you will also have office days and meetings at your subject areas.

About you: Structured and persistent with a curious approach

We imagine that you come with a relevant financial education and have experience with financial management from a municipality, another public organization or from a larger private company. You thrive with taking responsibility and being a financial sparring partner, and you can ensure quality in the detail and maintain an overview.

You do not necessarily need to know the school- and day care area in advance. Instead we expect you to be curious and want to immerse yourself in both the finances and the professional reality behind the numbers. It is important that you thrive with close collaboration and can build good relationships with managers and staff.

We particularly emphasize that you

• Have a strong analytical sense and a good eye for both the whole and the detail.
• Have good communication skills so you can convey financial matters to colleagues with different professional backgrounds.
• Have an independent, responsible and curious approach to task solving.
• Have a good eye for development and optimization opportunities.
• Contribute positively to the professional and social community in Finance.

About us: A central department with great influence, good atmosphere and free framework

The Finance Department is located at Hadsund City Hall and is part of Mariagerfjord Municipality's Office for Finance and Community Services.

We are a unified department consisting of three teams: Finance, Budget and Analysis and Driftsøkonomi (Operations Finance). Our most important task is to support and advise the subject areas so they can concentrate on their core task.

We collaborate with directors, heads of department, managers and key staff in the areas and are therefore involved in many exciting decision-making processes.

”As an employee you get a lot of freedom as long as you are skilled and take responsibility. There is a good opportunity to put your own mark on the job, and we can quickly move things, change and optimize if you see opportunities and potential for improvement, e.g. in processes and systems.”

• Steffen Bach Grønhøj , Head of the Finance Department

Does that sound like something for you?

Then send an application and a CV to Mariagerfjord Kommune via our website.

Application deadline: 21 October 2026.

Interviews will be held on 26 October 2026.

Salary and employment terms

This is a full-time position, and employment is according to the applicable collective agreement with expected start date 1 December 2026.

The final salary placement will be determined after further negotiation with the negotiating organization.

There may be meetings at the municipality's other addresses, and it is therefore expected that you have a driving license and own car.

Workplace is Hadsund City Hall, Himmerlandsgade 9, 9560 Hadsund, with the possibility of home-office days as needed and to the extent that it makes sense in relation to the tasks.

To be employed in Mariagerfjord Municipality you must have MitID.

Would you like to know more?

If you have questions about the position, you are very welcome to contact

Team Leader for the Finance Team, Elisabeth Skaarup Andersen on phone 2119 9692

Head of the Finance Department, Steffen Bach Grønhøj on phone 5164 9334

We look forward to hearing from you!

About Mariagerfjord Municipality

Mariagerfjord Municipality is one of Denmark's most beautiful municipalities, with a unique and varied nature by forest, coast and fjord. We are centrally located between Aalborg and Aarhus and thus act as a link between Northern Jutland and the rest of the country. Our goal is clear: We want more, and there is room for more. Therefore we focus on creating the best framework for our approximately 42,000 citizens, for our businesses and for the development of the municipality.

In Mariagerfjord Municipality we want all of our 3,400 employees to experience themselves as an important part of the community. We have freedom to bring our competences and ideas into play so we can solve the core task in the best possible way and make a difference for our citizens. We focus on psychological safety and show respect for each other's differences. We all take shared responsibility for the community and the task, and therefore we also place great emphasis on a well-functioning collaboration in the MED-organization.

We see diversity as a strength and therefore encourage all interested applicants to apply for a job with us, regardless of personal background.

Department: Finance

Application deadline: 21 October 2026

Location: Himmerlandsgade 9, 9560, Hadsund