Head of Finance Reporting & Control

dentsu; Helsinki; On-site; EUR 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Dentsu Finland is seeking a Head of Finance Reporting & Control in Helsinki to lead financial reporting, internal controls, and market finance delivery across all Finnish entities. The role reports to the Market CFO and collaborates with Genpact and regional teams in a multinational environment.

You’ll drive control design, audit readiness, and KPI governance while transforming finance processes and ensuring compliance with Finnish standards and group policies.

Qualifications

• 5–7 years of experience in audit or senior in-house finance.
• Strong knowledge of GAAP, Finnish accounting standards, and local compliance.
• Experience with tax, transfer pricing, compliance, statutory reporting, and internal controls.
• Experience in multinational company or group environment with group reporting and short-deadline requests.
• Ability and motivation to drive continuous improvement and development.
• Fluency in English and Finnish preferred; strong English and a Scandinavian language may be considered.
• Master’s degree in finance, economics, auditing, or equivalent.
• Background as Financial Controller, Controller, Country Controller, or Head of Accounting.

Responsibilities

• Own and drive the financial control framework across all Finnish entities.
• Provide day-to-day technical accounting and internal control guidance to market finance.
• Design, implement, and maintain an effective internal financial control environment.
• Oversee timely, accurate financial reporting in line with policies and audits.
• Maintain and review process documentation to support policy compliance.
• Identify and address control gaps; escalate deficiencies as needed.
• Manage external audits and projects related to legal entity structure.
• Serve as primary market contact for cluster, regional and group teams.
• Oversee operational finance activities with strong process controls.
• Govern Master Data management including change controls and mapping rules.
• Develop and monitor KPIs to improve transparency and accountability.
• Drive continuous improvement and transformation across finance functions.
• Partner with Commercial Finance and stakeholders to resolve issues.
• Act as escalation point for operational finance and control matters.
• Work with systems like BlackLine, OPA, Marathon, Excel, and cloud tools.

Skills

GAAP knowledge

Finnish accounting standards

Internal controls

Audit/finance leadership

English and Finnish fluency

Education

Master’s degree in finance/economics/auditing

Tools

BlackLine

OPA

Marathon

Excel

Job description

Job Description:

About the role

Dentsu Finland is looking for a Head of Finance Reporting & Control to join the Helsinki team. The role covers all Finnish legal entities and all dentsu Finland practices, reporting to the Market CFO.

You will provide technical accounting leadership and own the design, implementation, and ongoing effectiveness of the market’s internal control framework. You will ensure accurate and compliant financial reporting, maintain audit readiness, and oversee high-quality operational finance delivery, including Master Data governance and KPI management. In this role, you will act as a trusted advisor on accounting, controls, and compliance matters while driving continuous improvement across finance processes and reporting.

You will act as the market’s primary point of contact for cluster, regional, and group Financial Reporting and Operational Finance teams, including Genpact. The role combines local market responsibility with group-related activity in roughly equal measure, so you should be comfortable balancing recurring financial processes with short-deadline group requests and a sometimes volatile workload.

You will also drive continuous improvement and transformation across financial control and operational finance, bringing an external best-practice perspective, partnering closely with Commercial Finance and other internal and external stakeholders, and acting as a trusted advisor to the Market CFO on financial control matters.

This role offers broad exposure to local, cluster, regional, and group finance stakeholders, together with the opportunity to shape financial control and operational finance in a complex multinational environment.

What you’ll do

• Own and drive the financial control framework across all Finnish legal entities, ensuring a robust control and compliance environment aligned with Group Financial Control strategy.
• Provide day-to-day technical accounting and internal control guidance to the market finance team.
• Design, implement, and maintain an effective internal financial control environment that supports strong governance and sustainable business performance.
• Oversee accurate, timely, and compliant financial reporting in line with global policies, Finnish regulatory requirements, and audit standards.
• Maintain and review process documentation to support policy compliance and audit readiness.
• Proactively manage risk by identifying and addressing control gaps, escalating process deficiencies where needed.
• Manage external audits and projects related to legal entity structure.
• Act as the primary market point of contact for cluster, regional, and group Financial Reporting and Operational Finance teams, including Genpact.
• Oversee operational finance activities within the market, ensuring deliverables are completed accurately and on time with effective process controls embedded.
• Establish and maintain strong governance over Master Data management, including change controls, system impacts, definitions, and mapping rules.
• Develop, monitor, and deliver against key process performance indicators to improve transparency and accountability.
• Drive continuous improvement and transformation initiatives, strengthening tools, capabilities, standardisation, and efficiency across financial control and operational finance.
• Partner closely with Commercial Finance and other internal and external stakeholders across cluster, EMEA, and the business to resolve key process issues.
• Act as the primary escalation and resolution point for operational finance and control matters within the market.
• Work with core systems and tools including BlackLine, OPA, Marathon, Excel, and cloud-based tools where relevant.

What we’re looking for

• Minimum 5–7 years of relevant experience in audit or in a senior in-house finance role.
• Strong experience in financial controlling, accounting, reporting, operational finance, or a similar role with responsibility for external accounting.
• Strong knowledge of GAAP, Finnish accounting standards, and local compliance requirements.
• Experience with tax, transfer pricing, compliance, statutory reporting, and internal controls.
• Experience from a multinational company or group environment, including group reporting and short-deadline requests.
• Ability and motivation to drive continuous improvement, transformation, and development.
• Fluency in English and Finnish is preferred; candidates with strong English and a Scandinavian language may also be considered.
• A master’s degree in finance, economics, auditing, or a similar field, or equivalent practical experience.
• A background as a Financial Controller, Controller, Country Controller, Group Controller, Head of Accounting, Head of Finance, or similar.

Nice to have

• IFRS experience.
• Experience with BlackLine, OPA, Marathon, or similar finance systems.
• Experience from an audit firm or another multinational environment.
• Experience with strategic financial planning.
• Experience building capability, improving ways of working, or supporting the development of finance colleagues and stakeholders.

What will help you succeed

You will do well in this role if you can take ownership of complex finance topics, bring a structured approach to financial analysis, and work effectively with a high degree of autonomy. You should enjoy working in a group environment where priorities can shift quickly, deadlines can be short, and stakeholders may need clear guidance through detailed financial processes.

The ideal candidate has strong accounting expertise and hands‑on experience doing the work in a company environment. A purely business controlling or project controlling background is unlikely to be enough on its own unless it includes substantial responsibility for accounting, reporting, compliance, controls, and operational finance.

You should be able to make sound decisions, prioritise effectively in a demanding and fast‑paced environment, and communicate clearly with a range of stakeholders. Success in this role also requires handling sensitive financial matters responsibly, identifying issues, working collaboratively to resolve them, maintaining high standards of accuracy and quality, and influencing outcomes with senior stakeholders.

About dentsu

Dentsu Group is a global marketing communications company headquartered in Tokyo, Japan, and one of the world’s largest advertising and media organizations. We help clients win, keep, and grow their best customers through best‑in‑class services across media, CXM, and creative. Learn more at www.dentsu.com.

Inclusion and Diversity

At dentsu we believe in the power of diversity. We welcome all applications regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marital or civil partner status, pregnancy or maternity, race, colour, nationality, ethnic or national origin, religion or belief, sex, or sexual orientation.

Location:

Helsinki

Brand:

Dentsu

Time Type:

Full time

Contract Type:

Permanent