
Tobias Ahlqvist
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About me
Finance Manager and Director of Operations at EF Education First
Education

Hvitfeldtska Gymnasiet
2006 - 2009International Baccalaureate Diploma and Bilingual Diploma International Baccalaureate
University of Gothenburg
2010 - 2013Bachelors Degree in Business and Economics Accounting and Financial Control
International Baccalaureate
-IB Diploma
Göteborgs universitet / University of Gothenburg
2012 - 20132013 Psychology - Decision Making (15 ECTS)
Högskolan Kristianstad / Kristianstad University
2013 - 20132013 Financial Analysis (7.5 ECTS)
Experience

Sale Nordic
Feb 2010 - Jun 2012Retail specialistProject consultant in Point of Sale marketing for market-leading retail companies.

HFEK Sverige AB
May 2011 - Dec 2012Co-FounderCEO (Jun-Dec 2012), Consultant and Board Member (May 2011-Jun 2012).HFEK is a student founded and –run company offering small enterprises affordable accounting, while offering students relevant and qualified extracurricular work during university studies. Co‐founded the company in May 2011.

Deloitte
Jan 2013 - Feb 2013Audit InternFull-time intern during January and February 2013. Worked as a first year associate with listed and private companies, mainly with real estate and hotel clients.

Ford Motor Company
Sept 2013 - Dec 2013Project Sales Support/AnalystProject employment (Sep-Dec 2013) to develop Excel tools to use in sales forecasting. Constructing spreadsheets (including VBA) for the Regional Managers to use to track overall performance and objectives down on dealer level, so that they could see where to focus their efforts. This also included Excel models and algoritms to predict registrations, dealer stock levels etc.

Deloitte
Jan 2014 - Oct 2015Senior Audit AssociateStarted as a Junior Associate in January 2014. Promoted to Senior Associate in June 2015.Worked with a wide portfolio of clients, gradually focusing more on larger clients within manufacturing, real estate and construction. Was also responsible for the local employer branding group.

EF Education First
Nov 2015 - nowStockholm: Financial Controller in the Corporate Control team (Aug 2016-Jan 2017).Toronto: Business Controlling and Accounting for Educational Tours Canada Finance (Feb 2016-Jul 2016).Amsterdam: Insourcing project for Production Finance in Europe and South Africa (Nov 2015-Jan 2016)."The Global Finance Program is a unique chance to fast track your international career. Each year we accept a handful of exceptionally talented individuals who we train to become our future leaders. The program is tailor made to give you a broad exposure to many different finance areas and to EF’s senior management team. Our 18-month program will place you in three different roles in different countries and business units, with each assignment lasting approximately six months. " Show less
Finance Manager and Director of Operations
Jan 2021 - nowBusiness Controller
Jan 2019 - Jan 2021Group Financial Controller
Feb 2017 - Jan 2019Global Finance Trainee
Nov 2015 - Jan 2017
Licenses & Certifications
- View certificate

Risk governance: Manage the risks
Macquarie UniversityJan 2025 - View certificate

EFSET 78 Proficient (CEFR C2)
EF Education First
Languages
- swSwedish
- enEnglish
- spSpanish
- geGerman
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