Senior Manager, Business Controlling

Ruukki; Helsinki; Hybrid; EUR 100,000 - 140,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work flexibility

International exposure

Career development within Ruukki/SSAB

Job summary

Ruukki Construction seeks a Business Unit Controller in Helsinki with hybrid work options. You will partner with the Head of Building Envelopes and management to drive profitability through planning, reporting and insightful financial analysis.

The role requires strong leadership, experience in industrial finance and the ability to influence senior stakeholders across Europe. You will lead budgeting, forecasting, and long-term planning, while ensuring compliance with accounting standards and

Qualifications

• Have a Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, Business Administration or a related field.
• Bring solid experience in business control, financial accounting and management reporting, preferably from an industrial or manufacturing environment.
• Demonstrate strong leadership and influencing skills, with the confidence to challenge constructively, create clarity and guide stakeholders towards well‑informed decisions.
• Have proven experience working with senior management and building trusted relationships across functions, business areas and organisational levels.
• Combine strong analytical and financial-modelling skills with sound commercial and operational understanding.
• Can translate complex financial information into clear insights, recommendations and actions for different audiences.
• Take ownership, make sound decisions and manage several priorities in a changing business environment.
• Communicate and collaborate fluently in English. Other relevant languages are considered an advantage.
• Ability to do regular business travelling to other Ruukki locations across Europe.

Responsibilities

• Act as the key financial business partner to the Head of Building Envelopes and the business unit management team, bringing a financial perspective to strategic and operational decisions.
• Turn financial and commercial data into actionable insights by analysing performance against targets, budgets and forecasts, including sales, pricing, product mix, customer profitability, margins and key cost drivers.
• Identify risks and opportunities and work with business leaders to define actions that improve profitability and business performance.
• Lead budgeting, forecasting and long-term financial planning across Building Envelopes, including scenario analysis and the continuous improvement of forecast accuracy.
• Manage the business unit’s investment portfolio, evaluating major investments and business cases and following up on their financial outcomes.
• Ensure accurate and timely management reporting and compliance with group requirements, financial policies, internal controls and applicable accounting standards.
• Provide financial leadership across the organisation by contributing actively to the Ruukki Financial Leadership Team and Building Envelopes management team, strengthening financial ownership and advancing data-driven decision-making, standardisation, digitalisation and continuous improvement.

Education

Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, Business Administration or a related field

Job description

Job Description

Do you enjoy turning financial information into clear business decisions, constructively challenging performance, and working closely with senior leaders? At Ruukki, we deliver high-quality, steel-based building products designed to perform, and we expect the same from our people. We are ambitious and work hard, but just as importantly, our culture is built on trust, fairness and collaboration.

We are now looking for a Business Unit Controller to join Ruukki Construction’s Finance function. The preferred location for the role is Helsinki, Finland with a possibility to hybrid work. Also, other Ruukki office locations may be considered. The role reports to the CFO of Ruukki Construction.

About The Role

Building Envelopes is Ruukki Construction’s largest business unit, delivering building-component products for construction projects across the Nordic, Baltic and Central European markets. The business unit comprises five business areas, with factories in Finland, Sweden, Estonia and Poland.

As Business Unit Controller, you will be the key financial business partner to the Head of Building Envelopes and the wider business unit management team. You will help drive financial performance and profitable growth while ensuring high-quality planning, forecasting, reporting and business analysis.

By combining financial expertise with commercial and operational understanding, you will provide forward-looking insights, constructively challenge business performance, and support informed strategic and operational decisions. You will also help align the business unit’s priorities with the financial objectives, governance requirements and policies of Ruukki Construction and the wider SSAB Group.

Responsibilities

• Act as the key financial business partner to the Head of Building Envelopes and the business unit management team, bringing a financial perspective to strategic and operational decisions.
• Turn financial and commercial data into actionable insights by analysing performance against targets, budgets and forecasts, including sales, pricing, product mix, customer profitability, margins and key cost drivers.
• Identify risks and opportunities and work with business leaders to define actions that improve profitability and business performance.
• Lead budgeting, forecasting and long-term financial planning across Building Envelopes, including scenario analysis and the continuous improvement of forecast accuracy.
• Manage the business unit’s investment portfolio, evaluating major investments and business cases and following up on their financial outcomes.
• Ensure accurate and timely management reporting and compliance with group requirements, financial policies, internal controls and applicable accounting standards.
• Provide financial leadership across the organisation by contributing actively to the Ruukki Financial Leadership Team and Building Envelopes management team, strengthening financial ownership and advancing data-driven decision-making, standardisation, digitalisation and continuous improvement.

Role Requirements

If you enjoy combining hands‑on financial analysis with commercial business partnering and influencing decisions across an international organisation, you could be the person we are looking for.

We believe you will succeed in this role if you have:

• Have a Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, Business Administration or a related field.
• Bring solid experience in business control, financial accounting and management reporting, preferably from an industrial or manufacturing environment.
• Demonstrate strong leadership and influencing skills, with the confidence to challenge constructively, create clarity and guide stakeholders towards well‑informed decisions.
• Have proven experience working with senior management and building trusted relationships across functions, business areas and organisational levels.
• Combine strong analytical and financial-modelling skills with sound commercial and operational understanding.
• Can translate complex financial information into clear insights, recommendations and actions for different audiences.
• Take ownership, make sound decisions and manage several priorities in a changing business environment.
• Communicate and collaborate fluently in English. Other relevant languages are considered an advantage.
• Ability to do regular business travelling to other Ruukki locations across Europe.

What We Offer

At Ruukki Construction, you will be part of a team that takes pride in delivering high-quality work and supports one another in doing so.

One Of Our Employees Described Our Culture Like This

“The company doesn’t focus only on results, it also focuses on people. And people are the real strength of this company.”

We Offer You

• A highly influential finance role with exposure to senior management and the opportunity to shape strategic and operational decisions.
• The opportunity to contribute directly to the performance and profitable growth of Ruukki Construction’s largest business unit.
• An international and collaborative working environment where your financial expertise can make a visible impact, with opportunities to develop within Ruukki and the SSAB Group.
• A workplace with a strong focus on safety, well‑being, accountability and continuous improvement.

For More Information About The Role, Please Contact

Viktor Strömberg, CFO Ruukki Construction, Head of Finance, IT & Strategy. Tel. [phone].

About Us

Ruukki Construction is a supplier of steel‑based building products and services for roofs and walls for sustainable buildings. We employ around 1,350 people and have 14 specialised manufacturing sites. Our strong presence in 10 European countries enables us to serve customers locally with our main brands Ruukki and Plannja. Our comparable net sales in 2025 were around EUR 489 million. We are of Nordic origin, part of SSAB, sharing values, and long experience in steel and construction industry. www.ruukki.com

SSAB is a Nordic and US‑based steel company with employees in over 50 countries. SSAB is listed on Nasdaq Stockholm and has a secondary listing on Nasdaq Helsinki. www.ssab.com