Project managers sought for the development of financial processes at the University of Copenhagen

Do you have strong project management skills and experience in driving change in larger organisations? At the University of Copenhagen (KU) we are working to establish coherent and shared financial processes across the entire organization, and you will help us realise the ambitions.

About us

The University of Copenhagen (KU) with 10,000 staff, 36,000 students and a turnover of about DKK 12 billion is one of Europe's largest universities.

KU is undergoing a thorough reorganization of the university's administration, where we have brought together the administrative functions into a common university administration consisting of corporate entities and three administration centres (campus administrations), which in close collaboration with local units shall support the university's core business; research, education and dissemination.

In the financial area we work according to an extensive development program aimed at strengthening financial management at KU with the establishment of common, coherent and efficient financial processes and digital solutions.

In the Section for Business Development Finance we support the development of common processes and tools for the overall financial administration at KU. This happens in close cooperation with colleagues in the rest of KU Finance, the three campus administrations, which perform financial management, and in dialogue with the users of the financial administration's services.

Business Development currently counts 14 employees and this is where we need more experienced project managers. We highly value collaboration and joint development of project management tools, have a good and informal tone and a strong focus on the individual and department wellbeing.

Your tasks

Your main task will be to lead larger and smaller change projects and development tasks within the finance area. You will therefore often have to operate in the interface between financial expertise, IT systems and understanding of daily life at a university.

You will join the section's team of specialists and project managers who will work on developing the financial-administrative processes across the university. We must ensure that financial management is further developed so that we have good and secure financial management with as few administrative resources as possible.

Which projects and development tasks you will be responsible for will vary according to the organization's needs and your skills and experience. Common to the projects and development tasks is that you will have many different collaboration interfaces across disciplines and organizational units.

About you

We imagine that you have a relevant academic education, and that you have experience with project management in a larger public organization such as a ministry, agency, municipality or similar, which you can apply with us. You thrive working on several projects and development tasks simultaneously and are able to prioritise and maintain an overview across tasks, stakeholders and deadlines.

Your experience does not necessarily need to be from the finance area, but can also be from other administrative areas where the focus has been on combining professionalism, IT and the business needs in good solutions for the benefit of users.

We also place emphasis on you

• Have strong project management competencies
• Have a good understanding of how changes are implemented and anchored in a large organization
• Are collaborative and innovative and able to find good and flexible solutions in dialogue with the business
• Are good at communicating complex issues clearly in both writing and speech with the recipient in focus
• Can navigate a politically governed organization with changing agendas and many stakeholders
• Can work independently, in a structured and methodical way and take responsibility for tasks from idea to implementation
• Have a good understanding of process optimization and possibly concrete experience with mapping and optimizing processes.

We offer

• An exciting and challenging job with good opportunities for professional and personal development as well as continuing education
• An informal, collegial environment with engaged colleagues and collaboration across the entire KU organization
• An attractive workplace in beautiful historic buildings, where we work in open-plan offices, close to Nørreport.

Terms of employment

The position is a full-time role with an expected average working time of 37 hours per week. There is flexitime and the possibility of home working on selected days. You will be employed under the applicable agreement between the Ministry of Finance and AC, with placement as an assistant (fuldmægtig), senior consultant (specialkonsulent) or chief consultant (chefkonsulent) depending on experience and competencies. There will be opportunities for negotiation of supplements based on qualifications. You can read more about salary levels in the state at www.loenoverblik.dk .

We would prefer that you can start with us on 1 January 2027 or as soon as possible thereafter.

Application

Send your application, CV, etc. electronically via our online application system no later than 5 November 2026. We only accept electronic applications.

We plan to hold two rounds of interviews. Round 1 interviews will be held in week 46.

If you have questions about the position, you are welcome to contact head of Business Development Finance Maria Fjallstein Hinnerup at [email protected] or 25371286

The University of Copenhagen encourages applicants from all backgrounds to apply.