Business Controller Program

Going beyond the numbers

August 26, 2026 - March 11, 2027

Purpose

Both myself and the Group Management of Indutrade strongly believe that proactive Business Controlling can be a large value creator for our companies and also for the Group as a whole. For me a strong Business Controller is a person that captures the important financial trends and communicate in a clear and concise way. The Business Controller also knows that clear responsibilities, measurements, targets and follow up are key to drive improvements. He or she has good integrity and is not afraid to challenge, always with a humble attitude and with the company’s best interest in mind.

The Indutrade Business Controller Program targets senior people in the Indutrade Finance community who wants to develop their Business Controlling capabilities to be an even better partner in business discussions and drive sustainable profitable growth.

Patrik Johnson
Chief Financial Officer

Program flow

Rectangles represent face-to-face (F2F) modules at a conference centre.
Circles represent interactive live webinars of two hours each.

Financial
toolbox

Business case
evaluation

Performance
management

Communication
& leadership

Innovation

Change

Business
assignment

Assignment
presentation

Content

Financial toolbox

Margin, working capital and return. Company, business area and group levels.

Business case evaluation

Payback, net present value, DCF-trap, graphical tools.

Performance management

Relevant KPIs, responsibilities, setting targets, dealing with trade-offs.

Communication & leadership

”Succes”, ”Golden Circle”, influencing skills, leading without authority.

Innovation

Creative destruction and rapid adaptations to new circumstances: the role of financial professionals.

Change

Process of change and getting your people on board: the role of financial professionals.

Business assignment

Group work on challenge presented by an Indutrade sponsor.

Process

Each content area follows the same process:

Pre-readings (either curated by Bild & Runsten, or an article from Harvard Business Review)
Interactive sessions with material uniquely tailored to Indutrade
’On the job application’ to be carried out at work after the main session, and to be shared with all participants during a learning-sharing session, symbolized by a quarter-circle in the program flow, a few weeks later.

Schedule

The program stretches over six months,
the next edition has the following dates:

26-27 August 2026

9.30 AM Day 1 –
4:00 PM Day 2

Clarion Hotel Malmö Live

23 September, 2026

9:30 – 12:00 AM
Webinar

22 October, 2026

9:30 – 12:00 AM
Webinar

18-19 November, 2026

9.30 AM Day 1 –
4:00 PM Day 2

Clarion Hotel Malmö Live

10 December, 2026

9:30 – 12:00 AM
Webinar

13 January, 2027

9:30 – 12:00 AM
Webinar

4 February, 2027

9:30 – 12:00 AM
Webinar

10-11 March, 2027

9.30 AM Day 1 –
4:00 PM Day 2

Steningevik, Stockholm

Program team

Magnus Bild

Founding partner
Bild & Runsten

Mikael Runsten

Founding partner
Bild & Runsten

Gunnar Ekman

Cofounder of
River Jump

Udo Zander

Professor of International Business at Stockholm School of Economics

About Bild & Runsten

Many organizations strive to make the world a better place. At Bild & Runsten we pursue this ambition by developing business leaders and financial specialists to be well prepared to make wise decisions. Through what we call Financial Learning we hope to give them a financial voice to get their message across, and financial ears to understand the arguments of others.

Over the years, we have contributed to controller development to groups such as ABB, Afry, Atlas Copco, Electrolux, H&M, Holmen, Maersk, Metsä, Orkla, Porsche Holding, Saab, Vattenfall, and Volvo.

Want to know more? Go to bildrunsten.se

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Contact

Magnus Bild

Founding partner
Bild & Runsten
+46 0708-662 618

Mikael Runsten

Founding partner
Bild & Runsten
+46 0707-358 365‬

Patrik Johnson

Chief Financial Officer
Indutrade
+46 0703-975 030
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