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The Swedish House of Finance (SHoF) is looking for an Executive Director
SHOF
Source: Arbetsformedlingen Platsbanken · original listing ↗
Source date: 11/5/2026
About this role
Introduction The Swedish House of Finance (SHoF) at the Stockholm School of Economics is Sweden's national center for financial research and an internationally oriented environment for research, knowledge exchange and societal relevance. SHoF brings together prominent researchers in financial economics and creates meeting places where academia, the financial sector and public decision makers can exchange knowledge, challenge established perspectives and develop new ideas. As Executive Director of SHoF, you will have a central role in leading and further developing this business. The role combines strategic leadership with clear operational responsibility and offers great opportunities to influence how SHoF develops, is visible and creates value. You will work closely with some of Sweden's and the world's leading researchers in financial economics and at the same time have extensive contacts with the financial sector and other key societal actors. Main responsibilities The leadership of SHoF is shared between two people: Director and Executive Director. The Director is responsible for ensuring that SHoF's activities are academically relevant and of high scientific quality, while the Executive Director leads and distributes the work and has budget, personnel and work environment responsibility. The Executive Director is a full-time position located in Stockholm. The Executive Director is responsible for ensuring that the business is managed in accordance with the Board's instructions. This includes, among other things, to prepare the matters to be dealt with at the meetings of the Board of Directors analyze issues of strategic and organizational importance lead and distribute the work in the business ensure that the business complies with relevant laws and regulations ensure the long-term financing of the business represent SHoF towards external stakeholders (together with the Director) Tasks The Executive Director shall take the measures necessary to ensure that the business is managed in an appropriate, efficient and satisfactory manner. This includes, among other things, to implement decisions made by the board recruit the necessary staff sign the necessary agreements (in ongoing matters) ensure the planning, budgeting, monitoring and reporting of operations be responsible for the contact with the Stockholm School of Economics and other academic partners and coordinate relevant processes with these Requirements profile SHoF is a small organization with short decision-making paths and limited internal support functions, operating at the intersection of academia, policy and the financial sector. The Executive Director is therefore expected to understand and work effectively within an academic environment, but must also be able to interact with decision-makers in both the private and public financial sectors. The work includes handling a wide range of strategic, operational and administrative issues, which is why it is a requirement that the applicant has experience of previous management roles good administrative skills ability to work independently ability to prioritize and create structure in a creative (and sometimes chaotic) environment a relevant academic degree a strong interest in financial economics good knowledge of English In addition, the successful applicant should be flexible and unpretentious have experience in fundraising be a good communicator have experience from academic activities Application The deadline for applications is November 20, 2026; however, selection and interviews will take place on an ongoing basis. Welcome to apply here: https://pnty-apply.ponty-system.se/lagerpartners?id=1969 . If you have any questions about the position, please contact Lager & Partners’ consultant, Niclas Näslund, at 08-407 64 60.