Proactive financial consultant with a focus on governance and development

Are you keen to help strengthen and further develop financial management in Kerteminde Municipality?

Do you have experience with municipal financial management and can you navigate between financial considerations and professional perspectives?

In Kerteminde Municipality we are seeking 2 dedicated and analytically strong financial consultants for the central finance team.

We are looking for financial consultants who are proactive, can take an analytical approach to finance and at the same time take on the role of a clear and professionally strong sparring partner who dares to challenge and qualify decisions.

We WANT collaboration. This also applies to the finance department, where you will become part of an ambitious team that collaborates to develop and support financial management across the entire municipality. We are therefore looking for new colleagues with high ambitions and a development-oriented approach to both task solving and your own personal competences.

The job

As a financial consultant your tasks will focus on financial management and financial analyses.

You will be attached to a field of expertise where you will function as a financial professional sparring partner for the head of department and managers in their financial management. Depending on your profile you will be attached to either Children & Family or School & Daycare.

You will join cross-disciplinary collaboration with managers and staff in the field, and it is essential that you can communicate finance in an easy-to-understand way, and that you can contribute to an understanding of the whole, without losing sight of the details.

You will have an important role in helping to further develop financial management, including methods, analyses and management information that can support better decisions.

The tasks include, among others

• Budgeting, monthly budget follow-up and accounting
• Controlling
• Tariff calculations
• Development of management information and analyses
• Funding pool applications and projects
• Follow-up on political cases and new legislation with financial consequence calculations

Depending on your profile we will bring your competencies in financial management, data, BI, analyses and projects into play as best as possible.

There will be ample opportunity to plan your own work and put your mark on the analytical approach to the task.

The financial team is part of the Department of Economics, Personnel and IT, reporting to the Head of Economics, Personnel and IT.

About you

We imagine that you thrive with responsibility and enjoy working at the intersection of finance, management and politics. You must be able to look at the bigger picture and think in solutions that support the corporate perspective and contribute to effective financial management across the entire municipality.

Additionally

• you have relevant education and/or relevant professional experience
• can you work independently and challenge the solutions you encounter
• do you have an eye for connections
• are you development-oriented
• do you want to engage in professional sparring with colleagues across tasks and areas of responsibility
• can you work across disciplines and management levels
• do you have an interest in municipal financial management
• are you open, engaged and comfortable with an informal tone

What we offer

With us you will be part of an open organization where trust, responsibility and cooperation are core values. We prioritize both professional and personal development and provide good opportunities for ongoing competence development.

We place high emphasis in Finance on both professional and personal development. You will therefore have good opportunities for ongoing development during your employment with Kerteminde Municipality.

With the right profile there will be opportunity to gain experience with a broad palette of tasks within financial follow-up, controlling, financial analyses and financial management.

We also offer great flexibility with the possibility of up to two days of remote work per week and a four-day workweek, so you can create a good balance between work and private life.

The workplace is located at the Culture and Administration Center in Munkebo, Lindøalléen 51.

Would you like to know more?

Questions regarding the position can be directed to the Finance Coordinator, Helle Breiner Jensen, [email protected] , tel. 23 27 47 83. Helle will be available from 12 October 2026.

The practical

Applications, together with a CV and relevant documentation, must be received no later than Sunday 25 October at 23:59.

Hiring interviews are expected to be conducted on 28 October 2026 and a possible second interview will take place on 29 October 2026.

If you proceed to the second interview you will be presented with a case you will need to present at the interview.

Employment starts on 1 December 2026.

Salary and employment terms

Employment is in accordance with the applicable agreement for academics in municipalities entered into between KL and DJØF or other applicable agreement relevant for the position. The position is classified as a financial consultant or special consultant at 37 hours per week.

Expected salary range: 26,000 – 49,900 DKK excluding employer-paid pension, flexible benefit and holiday allowance. A market allowance and any locally agreed allowances may apply.

The final salary determination will be based on your qualifications and previous work experience after concrete negotiation with the trade organization.

Kerteminde Municipality is located in the northeast Funen with beautiful nature, engaged villages and an active associations and business life and good leisure opportunities. We are about 25,000 residents and 1,800 employees who work every day to create good solutions together with the citizens.

In Kerteminde Municipality we work based on the vision "Together About Kerteminde". Read more about our approach to collaboration, community and development here Digital Strategy Letter

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