Europe, Finland
As a Group Business Controller you will support the delivery of Teknos strategic global business initiatives with a key role in analysing, financial forecasting, planning and monitoring of Teknos Group Oy’s activities. You will act as a finance partner for Teknos Management, Supply Chain Team and Production sites, supporting their strategic and daily decisions.
You will also design and implement the needed changes in finance processes and tools, providing continuous development, modernisation and ensuring information accuracy and visibility.
In this role, you will be part of our dynamic Teknos Group Oy’s finance team and report to CFO. You should be located within a reasonable distance from Helsinki area as regular office visits will be a part of your weekly routine.
The most important tasks and responsibilities:
- Supporting Teknos global Management, Supply Chain Team and Production sites in navigating within international business environment, providing a link between business decisions and financial information
- Driving profitability throughout professional consulting and financial partnering on both strategic and daily business decisions
- Providing forecasting and budgeting support for key leaders in the organisation
- Reporting results to management team to allow timely changes and updates
- Analysing financial data to identify trends, improvement opportunities, and risks
- Working in close co-operation with our subsidiaries’ finance teams
- Training and coaching finance teams in Teknos countries
- Supporting stakeholders with understanding business controlling topics
- Developing our finance and business processes and systems
- Driving positive organizational change through application of change management principles to global financial strategies, business plans and tools
Key skills and qualifications:
- Minimum 5 years of relevant work experience as Business Controller within an international, complex group structure and ideally in a production company
- Experience as a business-minded finance partner for C-level executives, combined with a hands-on expertise to drive initiatives within a proactive mode
- A suitable Financial or Business education on Bachelor or Master level
- Excel-wizard, experienced in Business Intelligence tools (Qlik, Power BI)
- Excellent communication skills - ability of visualising big picture, simplifying and highlighting key findings
- Project leading experience
- Analytical and detailed working touch and excellent prioritizing skills
- Fluent English is mandatory; proficiency in Finnish would be an advantage
What we offer:
- A family working culture
We are a company known for an open and unique family working culture, where management is easy to approach, employees’ ideas are listened to, and everyone’s contribution is valued. Our people often highlight their supportive colleagues as the best things in their jobs. - Outstanding solutions and focus on innovations
Innovating has always been at the heart of our business, driving business development and shaping our mindset. From the very first industry-leading product launched in 1948 to exciting new market opportunities such as barrier coatings for the packaging industry and biobased solutions, we are determined to solve any coating challenge ahead. - Career in a global, expanding company
Our ambitious growth targets provide unique opportunities to grow and develop your career in a global, multicultural company, where we all share the same values of persistent, creative, and fair. - Sustainability and meaningful work
Our mission is to make the world last longer, and sustainability is a cornerstone of our strategy. We hope that enhancing this mission in everyday work makes work more meaningful to our employees on all levels.
We make the world last longer
About Teknos
Teknos is a global coatings company with operations in more than 20 countries in Europe and Asia, employing approximately 1,500 people. We are one of the leading suppliers of industrial coatings with a strong position in architectural and retail coatings. The company was established in 1948 and is one of Finland’s largest family-owned businesses. Teknos wants to make the world last longer by providing smart, technically advanced paint and coating solutions to protect and prolong. Always working in close cooperation with our customers and firmly believing that the company’s personnel are vital to its success, Teknos has created a corporate culture that is derived from family values, where each employee is heard and encouraged to take the initiative. Our goal is to make use of the great potential of our excellent personnel in order to create new solutions for our customers.
