Senior Finance Manager – EMEA Manufacturing Finance

LEGO Gruppe; Billund; On-site; DKK 900,000 - 1,500,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Family Care Leave

Insurance coverage

Wellbeing resources

Colleague Discount

Bonus scheme

Hybrid workplace policy

Job summary

LEGO Group is seeking a Senior Finance Manager in Billund to act as a strategic finance partner for BM&Q, delivering insights, planning, and investment evaluations. You will drive performance, collaborate with R&D, Engineering and Manufacturing, and guide leadership on key financial decisions.

The role emphasizes international collaboration, continuous improvement, and a strong finance partner presence within the EMEA Manufacturing Finance team.

Qualifications

• Master's degree or equivalent professional experience in a finance-related field.
• Experience partnering with Manufacturing, Operations, Engineering, or R&D organizations.
• Extensive experience in finance business partnering, controlling, or strategic finance roles within an international environment.
• Ability to translate financial data into meaningful business insights and support decision-making.
• Experience with financial planning, forecasting, performance management, and business case development.
• Strong stakeholder management and influencing skills, with the confidence to challenge senior leaders constructively.
• Experience driving productivity initiatives and continuous improvement programs.

Responsibilities

• Partner closely with BM&Q leadership, providing financial guidance and strategic sparring.
• Drive financial insights into strategic decision-making and act as a trusted partner to business leaders.
• Monitor and challenge financial performance, identify gaps, trade-offs, risks and opportunities.
• Lead strategic planning, financial planning, forecasting and performance management processes.
• Prepare business cases and financial evaluations to support investments and decisions.
• Deliver global Moulding performance reporting and translate complex financial data into actionable recommendations.
• Act as a productivity partner to identify efficiency improvements and value creation.
• Foster collaboration with R&D, Engineering and Manufacturing for investments and capability growth.

Skills

Master's degree in Finance

Manufacturing partnership

Finance business partnering

Translate financial data into insights

Financial planning & forecasting

Stakeholder management

Productivity initiatives

Education

Master's degree in Finance/Accounting/Economics/Business Administration or related field

Job description

Job Description

Are you passionate about turning financial insights into business impact? Join the LEGO Group and become a trusted finance partner, supporting strategic decisions and driving continuous improvement across Manufacturing

Core Responsibilities

As Senior Finance Manager, you will serve as a strategic finance partner to the Billund Moulding & Qualifying (BM&Q) organization, providing insights, constructive challenge, and financial guidance to support sustainable business performance. You will:

• Partner closely with the VP of Billund Moulding & Qualifying (BM&Q) and the BM&Q Leadership Team, providing financial guidance, coaching, and strategic sparring
• Drive financial insights into strategic decision-making and act as a trusted partner to business leaders
• Monitor and challenge financial performance, ensuring key gaps, trade-offs, risks, and opportunities are identified and addressed proactively
• Lead strategic planning, financial planning, forecasting, and performance management processes
• Prepare business cases and financial evaluations, highlighting financial implications and supporting informed investment decisionsDeliver global Moulding performance reporting and translate complex financial data into clear, actionable recommendations
• Act as a productivity partner to the business, identifying opportunities for efficiency improvement and value creation
• Foster strong collaboration across R&D, Engineering, and Manufacturing to support equipment investments and future capabilities

Play your part in our team succeeding

As a Senior Finance Manager, you will help connect financial performance with operational excellence by driving transparency, challenging assumptions, and enabling better decisions across the organization.

You will serve as a key finance partner to the Billund Moulding & Qualifying (BM&Q) leadership team while also being part of the EMEA Manufacturing Finance team, a diverse team of 11 finance professionals supporting manufacturing operations across the region.

You'll work in a collaborative and international environment where curiosity, continuous improvement, and strong partnerships are central to how we operate.

Do you have what it takes?

• Master's degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, Business Administration, or a related field, or equivalent professional experience
• Experience partnering with Manufacturing, Operations, Engineering, or R&D organizations
• Extensive experience in finance business partnering, controlling, or strategic finance roles within an international environment
• Ability to translate financial data into meaningful business insights and support decision-making
• Experience with financial planning, forecasting, performance management, and business case development
• Strong stakeholder management and influencing skills, with the confidence to challenge senior leaders constructively
• Experience driving productivity initiatives, continuous improvement efforts, or transformational change programs

What’s in it for you?

Family Care Leave - We offer enhanced paid leave options for those important times.

Insurances – All colleagues are covered by our life and disability insurance which provides protection and peace of mind.

Wellbeing - We want our people to feel well and thrive. We offer resources and benefits to nurture physical and mental wellbeing along with opportunities to build community and inspire creativity.

Colleague Discount – We know you'll love to build, so from day 1 you will qualify for our generous colleague discount.

Bonus - We do our best work to succeed together. When goals are reached and if eligible, you'll be rewarded through our bonus scheme.

Workplace - When you join the team you'll be assigned a primary workplace location i.e. one of our Offices, stores or factories. Our hybrid work policy means an average of 3 days per week in the office. The hiring team will discuss the policy and role eligibility with you during the recruitment process.

Children are our role models. Their curiosity, creativity and imagination inspire everything we do. We strive to create a diverse, dynamic and inclusive culture of play at the LEGO Group, where everyone feels safe, valued and they belong.

The LEGO Group is highly committed to equal employment opportunity and equal pay and seeksto encourage applicants from all backgrounds (eg. sex, gender identity or expression, race/ethnicity, national origin, sexual orientation, disability, age and religion) to apply for roles in our team.

The LEGO Group is fully committed to Children’s Rights and Child Wellbeing across the globe. Candidates offered positions with high engagement with children are required to take part in Child Safeguarding Background Screening, as a condition of the offer.

Thank you for sharing our global commitment to Children’s Rights.

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