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Finance Business Partner, Unified Functions

Location: Helsinki, Finland or Stockholm, Sweden

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Finance Business Partner, Unified Functions

Reporting to: Group Finance Director

Job role and purpose: We’re looking for a proactive, commercially minded Finance Business Partner to support our COO functions. In this role, you will partner with our Unified functions leaders providing financial insight, analysis, and guidance that strengthens execution, improves efficiency, and drives sustainable operational performance.

As a Finance Business Partner, you will sit at the intersection of Finance and Operations—turning financial and operational data into clear, actionable insights. With a blend of curiosity, commercial instinct, and strategic thinking, you help optimize cost-to-serve, resource utilization, and delivery performance while ensuring risks are managed and opportunities are captured.

With ownership of Unified functions financials in a multi‑entity, multi‑currency environment, you will set high standards for financial excellence, ensuring rigorous governance, sharp insights, and future‑proof decision-making. You will lead critical planning cycles, design robust financial models, and elevate our performance dialogue with strategic, forward‑looking analysis providing transparency across operational functions.

This role is ideal for a finance leader who thrives on turning complex financial insights into strategic actions and enjoys influencing operational excellence at a senior level.

Main responsibilities & tasks:

· Partner with the COO organization to provide financial insights that guide operational strategy and operational efficiency.

· Drive operational profitability and efficiency, supporting long‑term planning, scenario modeling, and capacity planning.

· Act as a trusted advisor to senior operational leaders, improving productivity, cost‑to‑serve, and value creation.

· Lead budgeting, forecasting, and financial planning for COO‑related functions, ensuring alignment with operational priorities.

· Align financial targets with operational goals, including workforce, capacity, and resource planning.

· Own the P&L for assigned operational areas and deliver clear analysis of cost drivers, productivity, and performance.

· Build financial models, business cases, and ROI analyses to support operational investments, automation, and transformation initiatives.

· Maintain structured reporting (P&Ls, cost and margin reporting, operational KPIs) and develop dashboards that enhance visibility into operational performance.

· Identify risks, opportunities, efficiency levers, and cost‑saving actions, providing proactive recommendations to operational leaders.

· Ensure strong financial controls while supporting operational agility and continuous improvement.

· Prepare accurate KPI and data inputs for Board reporting and lead bottom‑up P&L reviews with operational teams.

· Identify and drive process improvements across finance and operations, focusing on productivity, standardization, and scalability.

· Support development of new operational capabilities, services, and delivery models, defining related finance processes.

· Ensure compliance with financial regulations, internal policies, and transfer pricing requirements.

· Assess financial risks related to service delivery, operational performance, and capacity constraints.

Qualifications and experience:

· Relevant degree in finance, accounting, economics or a related field

· 6+ years of experience in finance business partnering, FP&A or a similar role, experience of international matrix organization

· Strong financial and analytical skills with solid understanding and experience of finance processes in multi-national environment

· Proven ability to work with senior stakeholders in an international environment

· Strong communication and presentation skills, with the ability to simplify complex financial concepts

· Commercially minded, with strong business acumen and strategic mindset

· Ability to identify inefficiencies, drive change and continuous improvement

· Independent, proactive, and adaptable; able to manage multiple priorities and meet deadlines in a fast-paced environment

· Fluent communication skills in English, Finnish and/or Swedish language skills are seen as a benefit

· Proficiency in financial systems and advanced Excel skills; experience with BI tools (Qlik Sense) is a plus

· Willingness to travel occasionally

Why should you join us

We want you to able to Be Your Best in your job – and we will support you in this. We’re a community that supports each other and works together to get things done. Collaboration is at the heart of how we operate: people and leaders are easy to approach and engaged, and fresh ideas are always welcomed.

Our culture is friendly, forward-thinking, and focused on helping you grow. Here, you’ll have room to develop, contribute to something bigger, and feel recognized for the impact you make every day.

And what´s in it for you?

· Recognition & Rewards – Bonus programs and excellence awards.

· Continuous Learning – Development programs, coaching, and workshops.

· Wellbeing Focus – Flexible culture, health initiatives, and work-life balance.

· Purpose-Driven Work – Opportunities to contribute to sustainability and community projects.

· Fun & Connection – Team challenges, sports activities, and annual events.

Contact details: For further questions, please contact Group Finance Director Titta Haukkala at Thu 19.3. at 14.00-15.00 EET by phone +358 50 5411733.

Closing date: Please submit your application by Tue 24.3.2026 through our career page. We look forward to hearing from you!