Head of the Finance Function at the Establishments and Terrain Command

Chief Financial Officer in the Economics and Operations Staff, Danish Defence Command

Denmark stands at a historic defense and security policy turning point, where the Danish Defence must be strengthened. The Defence is being built up significantly, and around DKK 143 billion has been allocated for initiatives in the defence agreement up to 2033. The Economics and Operations Staff is responsible for ensuring that funds are used to build up combat power in the Defence. It is a highly topical and important societal task that we support.

You will become CFO in the office that is responsible for financial management of the Defence Command Establishment and Terrain Command (ETK). The position involves substantial managerial and development responsibility in an organization that supports both military and civilian workplaces and functions across the Defence.

The Establishment and Terrain Command – commonly referred to as ETK – supports and services authorities, agencies and units under the Ministry of Defence by delivering, developing and managing the operation, administration and maintenance of the physical framework that supports the Defence’s overall mission. This applies to both military and civilian workplaces, properties and facilities.

ETK also handles construction, civil works and maintenance projects and is responsible for a wide range of service and operations tasks, including canteen operations, cleaning, area management and waste management.

The core task is to ensure functional, efficient and timely frameworks for the people and activities that constitute the Defence's organization.

ETK administers more than 500 locations across the country and manages approximately 32,000 hectares. This makes ETK a central actor in creating the physical and practical conditions for both the military and civilian parts of the Defence’s operations.

As CFO you will have managerial responsibility for a department with about 40 employees organized into three elements. You will play a central role in ensuring qualified and timely financial advice to ETK so that managers at all levels can make decisions on a well-informed, accurate and financially solid basis.

Financial management in ETK is complex, where ETK’s finances consist of a wide range of areas such as its own operations, base operations/tasks and functional operations. In addition, there are a large number of external conditions that ETK must relate to on a daily basis, e.g. in construction and civil works projects, where legislation, regulations, etc. must be managed. Projects can be moved in time and space, which complicates the preparation of forecasts and the overall forecast certainty.

You must - in partnership with ETK - work purposefully with ongoing financial management, ensuring technically sound, law-abiding and holistic grounds so that decisions can be made efficiently and are ready for execution to ensure the Defence’s combat power.

About the position

The office is part of the Business Controlling Department, which is one of two departments in the Economics and Operations Staff. The overall staff is responsible for long-term financial planning and operational control in the Defence. The Business Controlling Department is responsible for ensuring solid financial management at command and agency level.

The department and the underlying sections provide financial advice and decision-support based on long-term planning, where activities, tasks and projects are valued in terms of costs and resources in order to create the greatest possible effect from the allocated resources.

There is a significant focus on creating greater transparency in budgeting, strengthening budget assumptions and increasing forecast accuracy in ongoing financial management. The work is carried out in close collaboration across the Economics and Operations Staff and the Defence Command’s other authorities.

Your main tasks

• Professional lead for the Economics and Operations Staff for overview and control of the finances of the property area
• Ensure transparent and timely financial advice to ETK
• Develop and strengthen the overview of framework conditions, budgeting, forecasts and financial follow-up in the command and across the entire property portfolio
• Ensure transparency and quality in financial decision bases
• Support prioritization and resource use with a focus on operational effect
• Clarify tasks in connection with the settlement process and budget analyses in relation to the command
• Lead and develop a large group of specialized employees

About you

• You have a relevant academic or military educational background
• You have solid experience with financial management, development and leadership of business controlling and/or business partnering functions
• You are engaged and forward-looking in your advising and your role as CFO
• You are economically professionally well-founded and analytically strong
• You work holistically and keep an overview in pressured situations
• You create results that can be translated into and implemented in practice
• You are a clear leader who can set the direction for specialized staff, also remotely

It would be a clear advantage if you have experience with state financial management at grant level as well as knowledge of public administration, work in a political organization and partner models

Terms of employment

Salary and terms of employment are negotiated according to the framework agreement on the appointment of managers in the state. The position is graded in pay group 1 and there will be opportunities to negotiate additional allowances based on qualifications.

If you are currently a civil servant and already placed in pay grade 37, there is a possibility that the appointment can be made as a civil servant in pay grade 37 after a concrete assessment. If you are not already placed in pay grade 37, the application should be addressed to the King.

Upon appointment, it is a condition that you have a health assessment of C, as there are requirements for broad applicability in the future.

For applicants who do not meet the functional level requirements, appointment by constitution can take place instead of appointment. In that case you will be granted a temporary higher grade and paid according to the function level in the position.

There is a employer-financed pension tied to the position.

The employment area is the Ministry of Defence with its associated authorities and institutions.

As an employee in the Defence, you are subject to certain special terms. You must, among other things, be security cleared and maintain this throughout the employment process.

In addition you must be able to meet the physical and function-related health requirements for the position, which are A1.

If you are designated for international operations (INTOPS), please indicate this in your application.

The position is available for occupation on 01 January 2027 or as soon as possible thereafter.

The fixed duty station is: Hjørring

The Defence is a diverse workplace, and we would like to reflect the surrounding society. We therefore encourage all interested regardless of personal background to apply for the position, because we believe that diversity strengthens task performance through dynamism and innovation.

Contact and application

If you are interested in learning more about the position you can contact the Head of the Business Controller Department, Jesper Schou, at phone 25239207.

If you have questions about salary and terms of employment, you can contact the HR consultant in the Personnel Command, Melina Omercajic, at tel. 3266 5577.

The application deadline is 8 November 2026.

It is expected that interviews will be held in week 47/48.

You apply for the position via the link and we ask you to attach the application, CV, FOKUS, examination papers and other relevant documents. Please note that attachments must be added in PDF format.

About the Defence Command

The Defence Command is Denmark’s and the realm’s supreme military authority.

The Defence Command tackles tasks under the motto “Worth fighting for,” and our primary responsibility is to develop, produce and deploy the military capabilities and units in national and international tasks.

The Defence Command is led by the Chief of Defence, who is also the Defence Minister’s top military professional advisor. The Chief of Defence also has responsibility for the operational leadership of Denmark’s military forces. The Defence Command consists of the Defence Staff and the five Commands; the Army Command, the Naval Command, the Air Command, the Special Operations Command and the Arctic Command