Finance Consultant at Socialtilsyn Nord (maternity leave cover)

Economics Consultant at Socialtilsyn Nord (maternity leave cover)

Are you sharp at finance, have strong accounting understanding and thrive with both operational and development tasks? Can you create transparency and insight into the finances of social offers? Then you might be our new economics consultant!

Socialtilsyn Nord is seeking an economics consultant for an exciting and versatile full-time position in our staff. You will become part of a strong professional environment where you, together with the three other economics consultants in the team, contribute to ensuring financial quality in social offers and foster families – and thus also the best offers for children, youths and adult citizens.

The position is intended to be filled by January 1, 2027 . The maternity leave cover runs until the end of the maternity leave.

Your responsibilities and tasks

As an economics consultant you will have independent responsibility for financial assessment and supervision of both social offers and foster families. You will work with:

Operational tasks

• Approval of budgets from public and private offers as well as BPA schemes
• Handling and analysis of annual reports and key figures
• Financial supervision of all offers at least once annually
• Financial assessment in new applications and in connection with offers' applications for changes in the given approval.
• Participation in dialogue meetings with offers and foster families about financial conditions
• Financial assessment of foster families at new approval or changes

Internal development

• Further development of workflows and guidelines in light of new legislation
• Optimization of work processes and documentation

Cross-cutting collaboration

• Collaboration in an expert network for economics consultants in the five social inspections
• Preparation of comparison tools and contribution to national data analyses

Communication and dissemination

• Preparation of information material for offers and their advisers
• Occasional holding of information meetings

We are looking for an employee who

• Has relevant economic/financial education – e.g. MA, HD(R), Finance economist, cand.merc.aud., or has relevant professional experience from an audit firm, another financial function in public or private company.
• Is professionally strong and has good understanding of finance
• Can convey financial matters clearly – both orally and in writing
• Works systematically and can keep overview in complex contexts
• Is flexible and thrives with both routine tasks and development tasks
• Has flair for IT
• Has interest in the social sector and public administration
• Is a team player, engaged and has a good sense of humor

We offer

• A position with great professional responsibility and opportunity to influence
• A workplace in development, including due to new law changes as of January 1, 2026
• Skilled colleagues and a high degree of interdisciplinary collaboration
• A workday that ranges from analyses and case processing to strategic development
• Opportunity for professional and personal development
• Flexibility in planning the workday, including the possibility of remote work
• Salary and employment according to applicable collective agreement

Application deadline and interviews

• Application deadline: October 19, 2026
• Interviews: October 26-27, 2026
• Start date: January 1, 2027

Do you have questions?

You are very welcome to contact head of staff Sarah Sieker Juhlert at phone 41 22 69 33 or email [email protected] , alternatively economics consultant Lone Madsen at phone 41 22 69 44 or email [email protected]

We look forward to receiving your application

Submit your application, CV and relevant attachments via our recruitment system no later than October 19, 2026 . You will be guided through the process by clicking the button "Search for the position". In connection with any possible employment, references will be sought