Financial Controller, Fixed Assets and Leases

We are now looking for a Financial Controller, Fixed Assets and Leases to join our team. The position is located in Tampere, Finland.

Greetings from your future manager

“Would you like to join our team of dedicated finance professionals and start a fulfilling career path at UPM? Here, your skills and expertise will be highly valued as you make a meaningful impact. As part of our global team, you will provide high quality financial services and contribute valuable insights through detailed analyses. Take the next step in your professional journey and submit your application today!" – Emmi Mäntylä, Senior Manager, Financial Control

What you will do

• Support and perform complex asset and lease accounting, business reporting, tax reporting and compliance related responsibilities, including financial closing, various analysis, and internal controls

• Ensure data correctness, high quality and timeliness of all reporting and analysis in your responsibility area

• Be responsible of asset and lease accounting and reporting for certain legal and business entities

• Work closely with our internal stakeholders and external service providers. Ensure a well-functioning partnership with key stakeholders

• Contribute to global process development, regulation and reporting changes correctly in the UPM businesses

• Implement process development initiatives, reporting changes and rule & regulation changes in your responsibility area

• Take the initiative to continuously improve processes, systems and ways of working in own expertise area

Who you are

• You are a self-directed finance professional with a solution-oriented mindset. Your analytical skills, record to report process understanding and prioritizing capabilities contribute to the success of the whole team

• You have at least a bachelor’s degree in finance, usually in accounting, taxation or business administration

• You have relevant work experience in e.g. accounting

• You have good IT skills. In addition to normal MS Office tools, experience of SAP S/4, analytics, and visualization tools such as PowerBI are considered an asset

• You have great collaboration, influencing and team working skills with flexible, positive and proactive attitude towards changing and global work environment

• 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.

Learn about our Rewarding and our Ways of working

Additional information

For further information please contact Emmi Mäntylä, Senior Manager, Financial Control, emmi.mantyla@upm.com or tel. +358405595248.

Please apply and attach your CV and cover letter by 31st of July. Please notice that we will go through the applications already during the application period and may invite candidates for interviews already before the end of the application period. 

For support with submitting your application, please contact the HR Service Center at careers@upm.com or tel. +358204146600.

A security background check may be performed for those selected to UPM positions, in accordance with the company recruitment guidelines and the Security Clearance Act 726/2014.

UPM is a non-smoking workplace in Finland.

We deliver renewable and responsible solutions and innovate for a future beyond fossils across six business areas: UPM Fibres, UPM Energy, UPM Raflatac, UPM Specialty Papers, UPM Communication Papers and UPM Plywood. As the industry leader in responsibility, we are committed to the UN Business Ambition for 1.5°C and the science-based targets to mitigate climate change. We employ 16,600 people worldwide and our annual sales are approximately EUR 10.5 billion. Our shares are listed on Nasdaq Helsinki Ltd. UPM Biofore – Beyond fossils. www.upm.com