Business Controller, Sales, Consumer Packaging

Metsä Group; Espoo; On-site; EUR 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health care benefits

Extensive training and development

Culture and sports benefits

Job summary

Metsä Board is seeking a Business Controller to support and steer its Consumer Packaging business from the head office in Espoo. You will ensure high-quality financial transparency and drive performance management, partnering with SVP, Sales and SVP, Commercial Operations.

The role focuses on pricing, margins, volumes and profitability with a development angle to align with Metsä Board’s strategic targets. Requires a Master’s degree and at least five years in business controlling, located in

Qualifications

• Master’s degree in accounting, finance, industrial economics or similar field.
• At least 5 years of relevant work experience in business controlling or financial analysis.
• Experience from a sales-driven, commercial, or P&L-responsible environment is advantageous.
• Strong analytical skills and experience in management reporting.
• Experience building Power BI reports; knowledge of other BI tools is a plus.
• Advanced Excel skills.
• Fluent Finnish and English communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Business controlling support for the Consumer packaging business.
• Ensuring high-level data consistency and reliability in financial and profitability reporting.
• Analysis of sales, pricing, volumes, margins, and profitability drivers.
• Support of business planning processes including annual planning, rolling forecasts, and long-term planning.
• Scenario analyses supporting commercial and business decision-making.
• Monthly KPI and performance reporting with clear business-oriented insights.
• Ad hoc analyses and financial support to business management.
• Support of internal controls related to business processes.
• Development of reporting, tools, and processes supporting business steering.
• Participation in finance, data, and system development initiatives where relevant.

Skills

Strong analytical skills

Management reporting

Power BI

Finnish language

English language

Education

Master's degree in accounting/finance or industrial economics

Tools

Power BI

Excel

SAP

SAP BW

SAP Analytics Cloud

Job description

Metsä Board

Metsä Group is a successful forest industry group with roots in the Finnish forest - Our parent company is a cooperative of over 90,000 forest owners. Metsä Group’s paperboard business Metsä Board produces lightweight high-quality folding boxboard and food service paperboards, as well as white kraftliners. The pure fresh fibre used in our products is a renewable, safe and recyclable raw material from northern forests. Metsä Board’s shares are listed on the Nasdaq Helsinki.

We welcome people from diverse backgrounds and different stages of life. Metsä has space and opportunities for many kinds of talent, regardless of age, gender, ethnic background, sexual orientation, disability or other characteristics - Metsä is for all. Read more: metsagroup.com/metsaforall.

This recruitment is carried out anonymously.

Metsä Board is looking for a

BUSINESS CONTROLLER

to support and steer Metsä Board’s Consumer Packaging business.

What will you get to do?

Your primary responsibility is to ensure high-quality financial transparency and performance management for the Consumer Packaging business. You work as a close finance partner to SVP, Sales and SVP, Commercial Operations.

The role is largely sales analysis driven, with a strong focus on pricing, margins, volumes, and profitability. At the same time, there is a strong development focus to support Metsä Board’s strategic targets.

You report to the CFO of Metsä Board and are located at Metsä Board’s head office in Espoo.

Key responsibilities

• Business controlling support for the Consumer packaging business
• Ensuring high level data consistency and reliability in financial and profitability reporting
• Analysis of sales, pricing, volumes, margins, and profitability drivers
• Support of business planning processes including annual planning, rolling forecasts, and long-term planning
• Scenario analyses supporting commercial and business decision-making
• Monthly KPI and performance reporting with clear business-oriented insights
• Ad hoc analyses and financial support to business management
• Support of internal controls related to business processes
• Development of reporting, tools, and processes supporting business steering
• Participation in finance, data, and system development initiatives where relevant

What are we expecting of you?

You have a Master’s degree in accounting, finance, industrial economics or a similar field, and at least 5 years of relevant work experience in business controlling or financial analysis. Experience from a sales-driven, commercial, or P&L-responsible business environment is considered as an advantage.

These technical skills will be needed in your daily work:

• Strong analytical skills and experience in management reporting
• Ability to take full advantage of AI in your work
• Experience in building Power BI reports; knowledge of other BI tools is considered an advantage
• Advanced Excel skills
• Experience with SAP, SAP BW and/or SAP Analytics Cloud
• Fluent Finnish and English communication skills

To succeed in the role, you work in a systematic and accurate manner, have strong attention to detail, are development-oriented and comfortable working independently while collaborating closely with business stakeholders.

Career in the new era at Metsä Group

An international growth business - build a successful career At Metsä Group. The forest industry is a prime example of the bioeconomy and circular economy, and shows the way to the future. Megatrends such as urbanisation and rising living standards are driving Metsä Group’s business and the shift to renewable fossil free raw materials. With us, you’ll get to develop future skills, business and products with a long-term perspective, together with our top professionals. Our big company offers a wide range of career opportunities and many interesting challenges.

Metsä Group has a responsible corporate culture that creates a safe working environment for all of us. We value good leadership and support for personal career development. We encourage you to display your competence and will provide you with opportunities to use it.

• We offer our employees a wide range of fringe benefits, including comprehensive occupational health care, and extensive training and development opportunities.
• To support wellbeing at work, we encourage our employees to take advantage of culture and sports benefits.

Enter a new era in your career, welcome to Metsä Group!

Anonymous recruitment - this is how it works

This is an anonymous recruitment process. The gender and date of birth of the applicant are not asked for on the application form. Personal details such as name, mother tongue, time of studies, name of educational institution and contact details are hidden until the interview stage. Attachments (such as CVs) are also hidden.

Recruiters have access to the contact details of those invited for interview once the applicant has been selected for interview.

Our system will guide you through the application process. The questions on the application form will help you present your skills and experience anonymously. Answer all questions carefully. If you’re invited for interview, your CV will be displayed to the recruiters to support the interview.

Read more and watch the video on anonymous recruitment.

https://www.metsagroup.com/careers/work-with-us/anonymous-recruitment/

Would you like to know more? Contact us!

Because the application process is anonymous, we don’t record any information about people who contact us. So don’t hesitate to call us if you have any questions about the position or the recruitment process itself. For more information about the position, please contact HR Director Tiia Kuivalainen. You can reach Tiia by phone [phone] on 3.11. at 10-11, 9.11. at 14-15 or 13.11. at 9-10 or by email at [e-mail]

The application will be open until 15.11.2026. We wish you the best of luck!