Business Controller

Key Responsibilities

• Perform or organize the execution of the business controlling tasks for service and modernization businesses as defined in the KONE Financial Control Models (FCM).
• Analyze the service and modernization business activities and advise management/sales/operations team on financial matters and impacts of the business transactions and decisions.
• Support functional or sales/operations teams in rolling forecast and annual planning and budgeting exercises.
• Analyze and monitor the variable cost development for each order/contract.
• Support sales teams in the tender to ensure correct costing and pricing.
• Collect, compile, verify, and analyze financial information for each order so that senior management has accurate and timely information for making strategic and operational decisions on, for example, investment and capital expenditure.
• Provide technical expertise and advice on financial issues to the functional and operations managers to help them develop revenue and expense budgets, understand financial reports, and manage their financial responsibilities.
• Assure the correctness of the managerial information including order book, WIP, late cost reserves, accrual, POC sales, pre-to-post calculation, cash-to-cost ratio, and contract profitability.
• Develop and implement an annual budget for service business, in line with global budgeting guidelines.
• Monitor the development of unbilled revenue and block contracts to ensure timely invoicing.
• Prepare and generate scenarios for annual planning and budget exercise.
• Maintain strong connections with other Finance colleagues within KONE to share best practices and to understand current and future trends.

Qualification & Requirements

• At least 8 years of professional experience, preferably with some years of experience in auditing, business controlling, and strategic planning.
• Good communication skills in English, both spoken and written.
• At least 8 years of working experience and at least 3 years in a similar role.
• Process relevant professional qualifications.
• Well-versed with SAP, Microsoft Excel, and PowerPoint.

Benefits

• Career progression and 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 within the Shared Services team and KONE Front Line. The best part is all leaders are great and open-minded.

For us, employee well-being is taking care of our physically, emotional, financial, and social health; in the context of work, life, and career…we support leading a balanced life.

We promote flexible working arrangements where it supports our business objectives and our Elevate Your Health programs are aimed to improve well-being at KONE. The Elevate Your Health programs are the most visible part of well-being at KONE.

Our Elevate Your Health program is aimed to improve overall well-being for KONE employees based on four well-being pillars.  For example, in North America, participation in our Elevate Your Health program offer gift card rewards along the journey and the option to earn an additional PTO day annually.

• Physical – BE ACTIVE: Find your own way to look after your well-being using our program powered by Limeade, including a well-being assessment to help you define your own well-being journey
• Emotional – BE AWARE: Improve your emotional well-being with mental health tools with our partnership with Whil (yoga classes, mindfulness, and personal development learnings)
• Social – BE RESPONSIBLE: Set goals that will keep you on track to create and develop a social well-being, as well as communicate with your KONE colleagues in our social page!
• Financial – PLAN FOR FUTURE: Learnings and opportunities towards financial freedom