Manager, Business Control

at  UPM

Would you like to join a global, growing company that innovates for a more sustainable tomorrow? UPM could be the team for you. We are frontrunners in developing renewable alternatives to fossil-based materials. Besides enabling both businesses and consumers make more sustainable choices, we strive to create a positive UPM experience for all our employees around the world. We live by our values – trust and be trusted, achieve together, renew with courage. Join us in creating a future beyond fossils!
We are now looking for a proactive, dynamic and results driven Manager Business Control (m/f/d) located at Kymi Mill (Kouvola) and Kaukas Mill (Lappeenranta), Finland.
Greetings from Manager
“Our Kymi and Kaukas sites are combining a broad variety of products, processes and assets. You will become part of a motivated and very professional team and give our local organization an eye-level contribution and a face of Finance. At the same time you will be the link to our Finance service HUB in Wroclaw and our head office team in Helsinki. We will support you with a thorough on-boarding process where you will work together with the current position holder and colleagues from other mill locations in and outside Finland and also get a deep insight in our sites from various perspectives. Welcome to Operations Business Control team!” - Walter Machatsch, Director, Business Control Operations

What you will do

• Drive the business as member of the Kymi and Kaukas Mill Management Team with an entrepreneur thinking rather than an administrator
• Participate in strategy work, target setting and UPM Cross-Divisional Business Control activities
• Follow-up the financial results of the strategy implementation and target setting
• Deliver performance analyses & benchmarking
• Proactively monitor and be active in cost and profitability development
• Participate and later lead commercial projects, also contribute to business planning, investments and organizational development
• Lead mill’s forecasting and budgeting processes
• Create transparency and identify improvement potentials
• Act as link between Business organization and Financial Shared Service organization, close collaboration within Financial Key Persons Network and support business processes

Who you are

• You have degree in finance or a comparable education with relevant work experience in Finance or Controlling of over 4 years at a minimum
• You are familiar with Management accounting IFRS basic accounting standards
• You have good analytical skills and the ability to understand and conceptualize complex processes and data flows
• You bring with you the ability and drive to understand non-financial contexts, basic commercial, legal and technical related matters
• You have strong collaboration and team working skills with flexible, positive, and proactive attitude towards changing and global work environment
• You have very good IT skills. In addition to normal MS Office tools, experience of SAP and visualization tools such as PowerBI (creator skills not necessary) are considered an asset
• You are fluent in English and Finnish

This is what we offer for you

• A meaningful job – We have an inspiring purpose ‘We create a future beyond fossils.’ Our work is impactful and transformative.
• A caring community – Our community is built on great team spirit and shared commitment. We care about each other and the well-being of our colleagues. We support the work-life balance of all our employees.
• Development opportunities – We offer you great opportunities to learn and grow throughout your career. We are an international, multi-business organization offering plenty of avenues for personal growth.
• Responsible employer - Sustainability is at the core of everything we do. We are committed to ambitious, science-based sustainability targets in all areas from climate change to biodiversity. We foster diversity and inclusivity, offering a work environment in which everyone can be themselves.

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Additional information
For further information please contact Walter Machatsch, Director Business Control Operations at walter.machatsch@upm.com or via tel. +4916096934421.
Please be informed that position is based in either Kymi or Kaukas mill and generally willing to travel between these two locations, working from home for some extent is possible.
Please apply and attach your CV and cover letter by March 31st 2024. Please notice that we will go through the applications during the application period and the position will be filled once we find suitable candidate .
For support with submitting your application, please contact the HR Service Center at careers@upm.com or tel. +358204146600.
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• Drive the business as member of the Kymi and Kaukas Mill Management Team with an entrepreneur thinking rather than an administrator
• Participate in strategy work, target setting and UPM Cross-Divisional Business Control activities
• Follow-up the financial results of the strategy implementation and target setting
• Deliver performance analyses & benchmarking
• Proactively monitor and be active in cost and profitability development
• Participate and later lead commercial projects, also contribute to business planning, investments and organizational development
• Lead mill’s forecasting and budgeting processes
• Create transparency and identify improvement potentials
• Act as link between Business organization and Financial Shared Service organization, close collaboration within Financial Key Persons Network and support business processe