Steering & Controlling Lead

WHO WE ARE

The Product Domain plays a central role in enabling H&M's end-to-end product journey. We support the business with the right capabilities, processes, data and tools based on evolving business needs and technology.

Working closely with Business and Tech, we drive continuous improvement, support strategic transformation, and ensure that our investments contribute to both customer value and business performance.

WHAT YOU'LL DO

As Controller & Steering Lead in Product Domain, you will enable effective business steering, financial transparency and value-based decision-making across domain. Working closely with Domain Leaders and key stakeholders across Business, Tech and Finance, you will connect strategic priorities, investments, resources, costs and business outcomes to support informed decisions.

You will act as a strategic partner to Product Domain leadership, combining financial, operational and portfolio perspectives to challenge assumptions, identify opportunities and ensure resources and investments are directed towards areas that create most value.

Key Responsibilities:

Financial & Performance Management

• Drive budgeting, forecasting and financial follow-up across domain, providing transparency on performance, key cost drivers and deviations.

• Establish transparency on Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) across products, platforms, services, vendors and technology investments.

• Analyse Product and Technology economics, including engineering capacity, internal and external workforce, vendor spend, cloud/SaaS costs and other significant cost drivers.

• Develop scenario- and driver-based analyses to improve forecasting and support forward-looking decisions.

• Drive insights that enable effective resource allocation, capacity optimisation and cost optimisation.
  

Strategic & Portfolio Steering

• Enable active portfolio steering by connecting strategic priorities, investments, resources, dependencies and expected business outcomes.

• Support long-term financial and resource planning across Product Domain.

• Provide scenarios and decision alternatives to support strategic choices, prioritisation and trade-offs.

• Challenge investment assumptions and provide transparency on costs, expected value, alternatives and opportunity costs.

• Support active reallocation of funding and resources based on strategic priorities, performance and expected value.

• Identify financial and operational dependencies across products, areas, domains and Tech Centres that may impact decisions or outcomes.
  

Value Realisation & Performance

• Establish and follow up on KPIs connected to strategic priorities, value realisation and business outcomes.

• Track whether investments and initiatives deliver expected outcomes and benefits.

• Connect financial, operational and business performance to provide a holistic view of domain performance.

• Identify gaps between expected and realised value and support corrective actions or reprioritisation.

• Develop insights that enable continuous portfolio optimisation.
  

Insight, Decision Support & Governance

• Turn complex financial, operational and portfolio data into clear, actionable insights and recommendations.

• Identify risks, opportunities, trends and improvement areas across domain.

• Act as a strategic partner to Business and Tech leadership, constructively challenging assumptions, priorities, investment decisions and resource choices.

• Support leadership forums with analyses, scenarios, recommendations and performance follow-up.

• Ensure appropriate compliance with governance frameworks, reporting standards and financial processes.

• Continuously improve and simplify steering, budgeting, forecasting, reporting and performance-management practices.

• Drive greater use of data, business intelligence (BI), automation and relevant technology to improve transparency and decision support.
  

WHO YOU ARE

We are looking for people with:

• Strong experience in Business Controlling, Financial Controlling, Finance Business Partnering, business steering or a similar role, with the ability to move beyond reporting and provide forward-looking decision support.

• Strong financial acumen and experience with budgeting, forecasting, cost structures, financial analysis and performance management.

• Good understanding of Product and Technology economics and cost drivers, including engineering capacity, vendors, cloud/SaaS and internal/external resource models.

• Experience with portfolio planning and investment steering, including business cases, investment evaluation, resource allocation, prioritisation, KPIs and value realisation.

• Strong analytical and strategic thinking, with the ability to understand complex situations, identify key drivers and develop scenarios and recommendations.

• Ability to connect investments and costs to expected business outcomes and follow through from investment decisions to realised value.
  

and people who have :

• Strong stakeholder management skills, with the ability to build trust, collaborate across Business, Tech and Finance and constructively challenge and influence senior stakeholders.

• Excellent communication and presentation skills, with the ability to simplify complex financial and operational information and translate it into clear decisions and actions.

• A structured and proactive way of working, with the ability to create clarity, drive progress and identify where decisions or actions are needed.

• A continuous improvement mindset, with an interest in simplifying processes and using data, BI, automation and technology to improve steering and decision-making.

• Fluency in English.
  

JOIN US

This is a full-time permanent position based in Stockholm, with a desired start date as soon as possible. The role reports directly to Linda Nilsson, Head of POD&S.

If you feel like your experience, skills, and ambitions align with this role, please submit your application with your CV in English (no need for cover letter) at your earliest convenience, but no later than November 8th 2026. Interviews will be conducted on a rolling basis.

Our uniqueness comes from a combination of many things - our inclusive and collaborative culture, our strong values, and opportunities for growth. But most of all, it's our people who make us who we are.

Take the next step in your career together with us. The journey starts here.

*We are committed to a recruitment process that is fair, equitable, and based on competency. We therefore kindly ask you to not attach a cover letter in your application.

Location
Mäster Samuelsgatan, Stockholm, Sweden