Job Description

Did you know KONE moves over one billion people every day? We employ over 60,000 driven professionals in over 60 countries worldwide joined together by a shared vision. As a global leader in the elevator and escalator industry, it is our mission to improve the flow of urban life.

Why this role?

Area Business Controller supports key business leaders and the Finance Director in driving and monitoring the business performance by providing financial insight. Ensures KONE business activities are conducted in accordance with the KONE Financial Control Model (FCM), and that financial impacts are measured and reported following the KONE accounting standards and instructions. The purpose of the role is also to ensure that business KPIs are logical and add value, actions are defined based on performance, and that benefit realizations are delivered. Business Controller is also accountable for executing the planning process according to global guidelines with the business leaders.

Being part of a global organization that actively supports your career and internal promotions, means that for the right person, this critical role could be the next step in a fantastic career at KONE.

What will you be doing?

Business partnering with strong outside-in mindset:

Understanding of the business logic and dependencies between key operational processes, relationships, and metrics.

Being the key finance professional and trusted advisor of finance matters in the organization and promote and ensure adequate finance understanding in the business organization.

Evaluate industry, economic, financial, and market trends to forecast the organization\xe2\x80\x99s short, medium, and long-term financial and competitive position

Providing actionable insights, key findings, and conclusions to business, not just numbers

Managing and analyzing the financial performance

Ensure that key reporting principles and correct costing parameters as defined by KARI, KAS and FCM have been implemented and followed

Ensure the correctness of managerial reporting including volume reporting (OR and sales), financial reporting (RE50 and R80), performance KPI\xe2\x80\x99s (P2P, hours/floor)

Analyze and understand the weekly/monthly actual performance of the business, as well the deviations compared to planned (BUD /FCS) performance

Provide and share the executive summary of the performance including opportunities and risk with business leaders.

Contribute, agree and follow-up on actions with the business leaders

Facilitating the planning and forecasting processes

Support the planning and forecasting processes by providing financial parameters to be utilized in sales and cost planning and forecasting by the business (e.g., inflation rate, foreign exchange rates, increases in wages and salaries, costs for corporate materials, milestone lead times)

Validate and analyze the outcome and ensure realistic level of figures

Ensure that plans and forecasts are consolidated and reported forward in a timely manner and that deadlines are respected.

Other tasks:

Perform or organize the execution of the business controlling tasks as defined in KONE FCM

Participate in more general analysis tasks that support the Business Line, e.g., analyzing the opportunity funnel, and producing scenario analyses for versatile purposes (e.g., market demand vs. pricing in different scenarios).

Maintain strong connections with other stakeholders and other Finance colleagues within KONE to share best practices and to understand current and future trends

Are you the one?

More than 12 years experiences in the field

Business Savvy

People oriented

Able to work as a team

What do we offer?

Career progression in opportunities within a global organization.

Total reward elements that engage and motivate our employees and help us make KONE a great place to work.

Comprehensive learning and development programs covering a wide range of professional skills.

You are surrounded by fun colleagues and a lively working environment. The best part is all leaders are great and open-minded.

Click on apply if you have a passion for meeting up with people and a desire to make an impact in the elevator and escalator industry.

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At KONE, we are focused on creating an innovative and collaborative working culture where we value the contribution of each individual. Employee engagement is a key focus area for us and we encourage participation and the sharing of information and ideas. Sustainability is an integral part of our culture and the daily practice. We follow ethical business practices and we seek to develop a culture of working together where co-workers trust and respect each other and good performance is recognized. In being a great place to work, we are proud to offer a range of experiences and opportunities that will help you to achieve your career and personal goals and enable you to live a healthy and balanced life.

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