VP Finance Region North & Central

Job description

Transport is at the core of modern society. Imagine using your expertise to shape sustainable transport and infrastructure solutions for the future. If you seek to make a difference on a global scale, working with next-gen technologies and the sharpest collaborative teams, then we could be a perfect match.

What you will do

As VP Finance for Region North & Central, you will serve as the key co-driver to the Regional SVP, leading financial performance management and strategic finance support. You will work closely with market finance teams, the VFS global headquarters, and Volvo Group Business Areas to ensure robust financial control, sustainable profitability, and business growth.
This is a high-impact role where you will combine analysis, accounting, forecasting, and strategic partnering with leadership in process efficiency and continuous improvement.

 

Key Responsibilities
•    Lead financial performance management across markets — ensuring high-quality, timely reporting and actionable insights.
•    Partner with regional and global leaders to translate strategy into operational and financial results.
•    Closing and estimate processes, including validation, review, and performance management.
•    Optimize balance sheet structure and capital efficiency, supporting asset finance, commercial and capital markets activities.
•    Perform financial & portfolio analysis, and engage with pricing, to guide strategic and operational decisions, as well as enhancing profitability.
•    This role will act as the liaison on credit requests and decisions, working closely with the global credit and risk functional team. This collaboration is key to ensuring our credit processes are streamlined and effective.
•    In this capacity, you will be granted a Regional authority level for credit approvals as per Credit Policy Delegation of Authority, empowering you to make critical credit and pricing decisions within the designated framework.
•    Support strategic initiatives such as new financial or fee product development to support the sale of Group products and services.
•    Champion finance process standardization, automation, digitalization and best practice sharing across the region.
•    Ensure markets are adhering to internal control, compliance, accounting and tax and Volvo Group governance standards.
•    Inspire and develop a high-performing regional finance team, fostering collaboration and professional growth.

Who are you?

Do you dream big? We do too—and we are excited to grow together. At VFS, we believe it’s the right mindset that makes the difference. You are a forward-thinking finance executive with a strong business orientation and a proven ability to influence at senior levels. You thrive on connecting financial insight with strategic decision-making and enjoy operating in a global environment, both strategically and operationally.

•    A university degree in Finance, Accounting, Business Administration, or a related field is preferred.
•    Extensive experience in senior finance leadership roles, preferably within an international environment.
•    Deep understanding of P&L and balance sheet management, funding, and capital markets.
•    Strong commercial acumen and the ability to act as a trusted business partner.
•    Advanced skills in financial modelling and analysis, performance management, and data-driven decision support.
•    Experience in Accounting and preferably Tax
•    Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.
•    Ability to inspire and develop highly performing individuals and teams.

Your future team
You will report directly to the Regional Senior Vice President and be based in Gothenburg, Sweden.  At VFS, we live our vision of Transforming Together—with a global mindset, strong collaboration, and a commitment to developing people, teams, and leadership. Many of our markets have received the Great Place To Work recognition, and we’re proud to foster an on-site culture built on trust, performance, and shared success.

Ready for the next move?

If you want to make a real impact in your career, Volvo Financial Services is where you want to be. We look forward to meeting you.  

Last Application Date: 1/3/2026

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Who we are and what we believe in 
We are committed to shaping the future landscape of efficient, safe, and sustainable transport solutions. Fulfilling our mission creates countless career opportunities for talents across the group’s leading brands and entities.

 

Applying to this job offers you the opportunity to join Volvo Group . Every day, you will be working with some of the sharpest and most creative brains in our field to be able to leave our society in better shape for the next generation. ​We are passionate about what we do, and we thrive on teamwork. ​We are almost 100,000 people united around the world by a culture of care, inclusiveness, and empowerment. 

 

At Volvo Financial Services , we are working together to shape the world we want to live in. As the captive finance arm of the Volvo Group, VFS provides financial services and solutions that meet the needs of our customers’ evolving business. Through our dedication to innovation, we support society in its adoption of sustainable transport and equipment solutions. VFS is headquartered in Gothenburg, Sweden, and serves Volvo Group customers and dealers in more than 50 markets.

What’s in it for you?

We offer a solid and competitive package of compensation and benefits, plus you will enjoy a diverse working environment with a culture of care and inclusion. As an investment, we support your personal development and growth to achieve your career aspirations. Volvo Financial Services is an on-site business and we understand that you might need occasional or temporary flexibility, which your leader is equipped to manage and fits well to our culture, as being together enables us to build upon our innovative and collaborative culture, as well as develop you for continued success.

Job Category:  Finance

Organization:  Volvo Financial Services

Travel Required:  Occasional Travel

Requisition ID:  26633