Trade & Receivables Manager | Financial Services

The Opportunity

Join Polestar as a Trade & Receivables Manager

Are you ready to accelerate your career in a fast-growing electric vehicle company with a mission to redefine the automotive landscape? At Polestar, we are dedicated to creating a sustainable future through cutting-edge design, innovation, and technology. As our Trade & Receivables Manager, you will play a pivotal role in shaping and optimizing our financial processes, driving efficiency, and contributing to our mission of sustainable mobility. The role is located in Gothenburg, Sweden.

The Responsibilities

As the Trade & Receivables Manager, you will be responsible for managing, developing, maintaining, and enhancing trade finance and receivables finance solutions across Polestar's global and regional operations. Acting as a central point of expertise, you’ll ensure our working capital finance strategies align with evolving business needs and market dynamics.

Key Responsibilities:

• Manage Global Trade Finance Strategy: Manage and develop trade finance and receivables finance solutions in collaboration with regional and market teams.
• Strategic Alignment: Work with leadership to establish, revise, and implement objectives based on business evolution and market changes.
• Performance Oversight: Guide markets to meet strategic objectives, monitor performance, and ensure consistency across regions.
• Data-Driven Insights: Design KPIs, performance metrics, and dashboards to track and improve financial performance while ensuring data quality.
• Expert Guidance: Act as the go-to expert for trade and receivables finance, providing insights and solutions to stakeholders.

The Ideal Candidate

We are looking for a highly skilled and motivated professional who thrives in a dynamic and innovative environment. Your ability to navigate complex financial landscapes and deliver measurable results will be critical.

Skills & Expertise:

• Proven experience in management consulting, banking, or automotive finance, with expertise in trade finance and receivables finance solutions.
• Ideal to bring solid accounting as well as financial process understanding and prior experience
• Strong analytical skills and a deep understanding of financial analysis, forecasting, budgeting, and internal controls.
• Familiarity with SOX compliance, global/local regulations, and accounting standards.
• Business acumen to prepare financial guidance and business cases that drive decision-making.
• Ability to coordinate and execute tasks involving multiple stakeholders across regions.

Personal Qualities:

• Highly driven and structured yet capable of applying pragmatism to find best outcomes for every situation
• Exceptional organizational and analytical skills with a proactive mindset.
• Outstanding communication and interpersonal skills to build relationships and influence across cultural and hierarchical boundaries.
• Natural team player, with collaborative, pragmatic approach with a strong focus on organizational priorities.

At Polestar, you will be part of a cross-functional and international team, with English as a natural language for written and spoken communication. Since Polestar’s in a scale-up phase you thrive by working in a fast-paced environment.

People at Polestar

We know that a change is needed. We also know that each one of us can help bring about that change. Our commitment to becoming climate-neutral by 2040 is just as important to us as being inclusive, diverse, and innovative. Together, we are creating, collaborating and experimenting to usher in a new era of sustainable mobility.

We are an electric performance brand, determined to improve the society we live in.

The Process

Ready to Drive Change? If you’re passionate about sustainability, innovation, and financial excellence, we want to hear from you. Join Polestar and help us steer the future of mobility.

Apply Now to embark on your journey with us!