Key activities and responsibilities

• Proactively provide period end reports and analysis. 
• Manage capital and project expenditures/cost control.
• Partner with businesses by contributing to the management team.
• Build strong relationships and network with key stakeholders.
• Continuously monitor performance and provide proactive ad-hoc analysis of current issues.
• Provide recommendations & drive decision making.
• Develop financial perspective on operational issues.
• Support key business decision with fact-based analysis and simulation.  
• Drives performance management - structured way of identifying improvement potential, agree upon activities and follow-up result. Strategic Planning, Budgeting & Forecasting.
• Business planning activities with different time horizons, including contingency planning scenarios.
• Contribute to the networks in Business Control by sharing knowledge & good practices and support competence development.

Competencies

• You possess high integrity and self-motivation, knowledgeable and skilled in finance and profitability management. 
• You have a well-developed business sense and judgement.
• You can work closely with relevant stakeholders across the organization at all levels in order to proactively identify opportunities and threats; based on these, develop and implement fit-for-purpose actionable and anchored actions.
• You can balance between supporting and constructively challenging peers to act.
• You can handle a high-volume of workload and a flexible work and travel schedule. 
• You understand what is needed to build and cultivate cross-functional teams.

Additional competencies but not limited to:

• Excellent presentation skills (oral and written)
• Identification, analysis and responding to gaps & opportunities
• Analytical problem-solving skills
• Self-propelling with the ability to multi-task and prioritize workloads
• Proven leadership qualities aligned with Sandvik’s core values
• Designing and measuring KPI's

Profile

• A Bachelor’s degree in Finance or Business Administration preferred, with 2 to 3 years of Business Controlling experience in a manufacturing environment,
• An excellent understanding of financial processes, reporting, and accounting, and a high level of computer proficiency, especially in Excel and PowerPoint. 
• Highly organized, strongly analytical, and have a keen attention to detail and ability to question the facts.
• Working with continuous improvements is a natural part of your character and you feel comfortable searching for information, identifying small and large solutions, and challenging the norm. 
• As the Business Controller, you are an important part of the organization, and have excellent presentations and communications (verbal and written) skills.
• Well-developed ability to deliver results under pressure and balance multiple priorities with ease. 
• You are flexible, react well to change, and remain calm in the face of challenges.
• You are active and future oriented.
• Fluency in English (verbal and written) is required for this role.