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Are you passionate about turning operational data into cost-saving actions and shaping the backbone of a fast-growing logistics company? We’re looking for a Senior Operational Business Controller to be a key partner to our Operations Director and leadership team – driving data-driven decisions and efficiency improvements across our entire supply chain.

What you'll do You’ll join a passionate team that combines operational thinking with financial excellence to deliver outstanding value through a world-class delivery network. In this high-impact role, you will own the "cost side" of our operations, ensuring our growth is as efficient as it is fast.

• Strategic Financial Partnering: Act as the primary financial sparring partner for the Operations Director and leadership team. You provide the proactive analyses, cost-benefit evaluations, and recommendations that guide everything from daily terminal adjustments to long-term strategic investments.

• Optimization of Unit Economics: Own the cost-per-parcel narrative. You translate operational performance data into clear business actions, identifying efficiency leaks and driving initiatives to optimize terminal productivity, line-haul utilization, and last-mile efficiency.

• Financial Governance & Cost Control: Lead the charge on budget adherence and proactive cost steering. You act as a financial conscience, challenging assumptions with facts and helping the operations team forecast and manage the financial impact of physical drivers like labor hours and fuel consumption.

• Data Architecture & Reporting: Owner of our operational reporting. You will work closely with system owners to build autonomous dashboards and performance models, streamlining repetitive reporting tasks to allow for more time on value-creating analysis and real-time business steering.

• Root Cause Analysis: Perform deep-dive detective work into our operational spend. You spot anomalies in terminal costs or line-haul efficiency before anyone else and provide the insights needed to take corrective action.

Who you are

This role requires seniority and a high degree of independence to confidently handle an operational cost base that represents a significant share of the company’s total expenditure.

Professional Background:

• You have 5+ years of experience from a senior business control or analytical role.

• You likely come from a high-growth, high-complexity environment such as logistics, e-commerce, or manufacturing.

The Analytical Mindset:

• You are highly structured and "obsessed" with numbers.

• You possess a genuine "detective" mindset - you don’t just report numbers; you have an inner drive to find the logic and the "why" behind every variance.

Technical Toolkit:

• You are a data-savvy power-user in SQL and BI tools.

• You have a proven ability to build autonomous reporting solutions and automate data workflows, allowing you to shift focus from repetitive tasks to high-value, proactive analysis.

Operational Curiosity:

• You have strong business acumen and a natural interest in supply chain management and process optimization.

• You enjoy being close to the physical business, the people who run it and are excited by the opportunity to set new processes and ways of working.

Collaborative Influence:

• You are a master of "financial storytelling," making complex data intuitive for stakeholders at all levels.

• You have the integrity and pedagogical skill to constructively challenge and support budget owners, even those without a financial background.

What you’ll get

We can promise you that you will be challenged, develop your skills and have the opportunity to work with truly amazing and competent colleagues. If you like changes and want to set new processes and ways of working - this is the place for you!

Of course, we have all the necessary and standard benefits in place, but in addition to this, we can also offer:

• 🌇 Sky-High Office: Modern and newly renovated with a 360-degree view around Stockholm.

• 🐶 Puppy Friendly: Bring your dog to work - we've got a whole floor for our furry friends!

• 🏓 Fun & Games: Ping pong, Shuffleboard, Foosball, and even a Karaoke Room for your leisure time.

• 👶 Parental Pay for Six Months: Step away from work and provide the best care and love to your little one.

• 🎂 A Day Off on Your Birthday: We love to celebrate, so enjoy your birthday to the fullest with a day off each year!

• ⏰ Hybrid setup and flexible working hours.

Get to know us

In 2022, Instabee was founded after combining Budbee and Instabox - two leading last-mile delivery companies with three consumer-facing brands: Budbee, Instabox, and Porterbuddy. Instabee serves millions of consumers across Europe with convenient deliveries and is on track to become the leading European e-commerce enabler. Always with the consumer at heart.

We’re fast, both in terms of parcel delivery and when it comes to growing our business. So far our journey has taken us from Sweden to the rest of Scandinavia and parts of continental Europe, but we have no plans on stopping anytime soon. As we continue to expand, the complexity of Instabee grows in parallel. With that in mind, we’re now looking for you to help us on the journey ahead.

This recruitment process consists of background checks via Verifiera as a review of previous public criminal records. The result is public information that is handled confidentially. This is mandatory for all recruitment processes at Instabee in Sweden.