Business Controller - Finance & Operations
The Royal NNZ Group is an international packaging company with a history dating back to 1922. We provide a wide range of packaging solutions to customers in the industrial and fresh produce sectors, supported by a global presence spanning 24 sites in 18 countries, almost 270 employees and a commitment to innovation and excellence,. NNZ Nordic ApS covers the Nordic region, with its headquarters in Denmark and sales subsidiaries in Finland and Norway, supported by central Group functions such as Sourcing, Finance, IT and Marketing. Cf. https://www.nnz.dk
The Role
As Business Controller - Finance & Operations, you combine responsibility for the day-to-day financial operations with business controlling, analyses and continuous development of the Finance function. You ensure accurate and efficient accounting processes while supporting the CFO and the wider organization with financial analyses, performance insights, cash flow management and decision support. An important part of the role is to continuously improve, digitalize and automate financial processes across the Nordic organization.
Your profile
- Relevant degree in finance accounting, business administration or a related field.
- Experience from accounting combined with financial or business controlling.
- Strong understanding of accounting processes and the relationship between P&L, balance sheet and cash flow.
- Strong analytical skills and the ability to work with financial and operational data.
- Advanced Excel skills and an interest in data analysis, reporting and business intelligence.
- Experience with ERP systems; experience with Jeeves is an advantage.
- Strong interest in process optimization, digitalization and automation of Finance processes.
- Experience with month-end closing, reconciliations, budgeting and financial reporting.
- Fluent in Danish and a good command of English, spoken and written.
We value someone who is:
- Analytical and commercially minded, able to translate financial data into business insights.
- Structured and detail-oriented while maintaining an understanding of the bigger picture.
- Hands-on and comfortable combining daily bookkeeping and accounting activities with controlling and analytical tasks.
- Curious about systems, digitalization and new ways of improving Finance processes.
- Proactive and able to identify issues and improvement opportunities independently.
- Comfortable working across functions and communicating financial matters clearly to non-finance colleagues.
Success criteria – within the first 12 months, you are expected to have:
- Automated and streamlined a significant part of the manual Finance processes, particularly within bookkeeping, invoice and receipt processing, payments, reconciliations and customer reminders.
- Established a structured overview and financial control of customer and supplier complaints, ensuring that financial exposure, provisions, credits and recoveries are identified, quantified and followed up.
- Reduced the operational dependency on the CFO in the monthly closing and reporting process, by taking ownership of key reconciliations, consolidation files and supporting analyses.
- Taken ownership of recurring financial and operational analysis, providing relevant insights and decision support to the CFO and the wider organization and thereby freeing up CFO capacity for more strategic and commercial activities.
Working conditions
- Based at NNZ Nordic ApS, C.F. Tietgens Blvd. 20, 5220 Odense.
- Close cooperation with the CFO and colleagues across Denmark, Finland and Norway
- Cooperation with the Royal NNZ Group Finance and other central functions.
- Occasional travel within the Nordic region and to other NNZ Group locations.
Salary: Matching competences, attractive fixed salary, supplemtary pension after trial period
Insurance: Health insurance and travel insurance
If this has caught your interest, please send your application and CV to ajoelck@nnz.dk by Oct. 29th .
