Parmaco, a Finland based company operating in the Nordic market designs, manufactures and rents high-quality, modular buildings, which are tailored to the changing needs and situations of our customers. The flexible rental concept Parmaco offers is proactive, sustainable, and risk-free alternative for our customers to cater to different space needs flexibly over time. Our offering consists of rental schools, daycare centers, offices, healthcare buildings, apartments, which all fulfil the requirements for permanent buildings, and are modern, comfortable, and pleasing to spend time with the end users.

Parmaco's offices and production sites are in Finland and Sweden. The company employs approximately 250 people across Nordics.

We are now looking for a sharp and motivated

Business Controller

to ensure together with finance department colleagues that the Board of Directors and the management team receive high-class, reliable financial information that supports decision-making. You will analyze and generate versatile information, create ad-hoc reports, and prepare presentation materials for the management. As our Business Controller you are in a central role in group reporting, annual planning, and budgeting. You will also have a key role in development projects concerning financial processes and tools.

You will be responsible for

• Translating strategic goals into measurable key performance indicators.
• Understanding what is happening in the market and proactively act by contributing to updated forecasts.
• Analyzing business processes and reporting them to management.
• Controlling and monitoring business processes, budget, and budgeting.
• Initiating improvement processes in financial and operational management together with internal stakeholders and establishing control and measurement of the implementation.
• Conducting commercial analysis and developing financial scenario analysis.
• Reporting results to management to allow for timely changes to be made and goals to be achieved.
• Communicating with internal and external stakeholders.
• Reviewing financial reports to ensure that they are correct and complete.
• Evaluating together with the CFO the company's financial results by analyzing reports.
• Analyzing financial data to identify trends, improvement opportunities, and risks.
• Forecasting future investment or resource needs.
• Implementing controls to ensure compliance with laws and regulations regarding financial reporting and disclosures.
• Other tasks instructed by the CFO.

To succeed in this role, you need a minimum of 5 years of experience in business controlling, business analysis, or management consulting or auditing role preferably in a listed/ private equity owned company. Your MS Office skills are superb, and you have experience in utilizing business planning and BI tools, such as Power BI. Previous experience with Clausion FPM will be an asset. Relevant master’s degree and excellent spoken and written communication skills both in English and Finnish are requirements for this role, Swedish and/ or German are assets. This role is based in Tampere, Finland, and the role requires travelling in Finland, occasionally also abroad.

We appreciate the following personality traits among our colleagues

• Excellent social skills with ability to interact with all levels of the organization.
• Stamina and level-headedness when facing uncertainty, complexity, and ambiguity.
• Ability to handle pressure and keep your priorities and focus straight even under tight schedules.
• Common sense and high energy level, being fair-minded, savvy and street smart.
• Being a genuine team player with strong work ethics, integrity, and morals – and a real passion for our business.
• Willingness to roll the sleeves and get things done, achieving visible results.

We offer you an opportunity to take our financial reporting to the next level, and make a difference in pioneering, industry-changing, highly attractive growth company. We have an ambitious international growth strategy that builds on our strong financial core and skillful, motivated people. This role is a great fit for someone who wants to take the next career step, and build leadership skills while providing accurate, high-class and reliable information and reports to our management. We will provide feedback and an opportunity to grow as a person and professional with capable, like-minded, hard-working, fun colleagues.

We look forward to hearing from you! Please apply for this role by 12 January 2025. Attach your CV (in English) through Arespartners website. If you have any questions regarding this role, please contact Arespartners’ Senior Consultant Johanna Lipponen, tel. +358 44 738 8988, available on Thu 19 December 2024 at 15-16, Tue 7.1.2025 at 11-12 or Wed 8.1.2025 at 9-10 (Finnish time).