Business Controller Expert

Kuehne+Nagel; Milano; On-site; EUR 50,000 - 85,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Development opportunities

International exposure

Flexible work environment

Healthy work-life balance

Job summary

Kuehne+Nagel is seeking a Finance Business Partner to join our team in Milan. The role focuses on budgeting, strategic planning, and overseeing financial operations, communicating insights to internal and external stakeholders to drive performance.

Responsibilities include monthly closings, KPI monitoring, and forecasts for local and central management. Fluent English and Italian are required; 3+ years in a similar role within logistics is preferred.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Economics or related field.
• Minimum of 3 years of experience in a similar role.
• Experience in logistics or transportation sector preferred.
• Fluent in English and Italian with strong communication.
• Proactive mindset with initiative.

Responsibilities

• Ensure integrity and quality of financial reports with BU Managers.
• Own monthly closing procedures for revenue and costs.
• Monitor KPIs, productivity, volumes, costs, and budget variances.
• Prepare forecasts and financial reports for local and central management.
• Ensure accuracy of client P&L and internal accounting knowledge.
• Contribute to bookkeeping and reporting processes and financial statements.
• Support internal and external audits and adherence to guidelines.

Skills

Budgeting

Strategic planning

Financial operations

Interpersonal skills

Communication

English proficiency

Italian proficiency

Education

Bachelor's degree in Economics or related field

Job description

It's more than a job

As a finance professional at Kuehne+Nagel, your work includes managing budgets, strategic planning, and overseeing financial operations. You also help make ordinary and special moments possible for people around the world. Because your financial diligence allows your colleagues across the company to stay focused on the core of their work, whether it's getting vital healthcare products to those who need them or fresh fruit to children playing in the park. Finance work at Kuehne+Nagel, means more than we imagine.

It's more than a job

As a finance professional at Kuehne+Nagel, your work includes managing budgets, strategic planning, and overseeing financial operations. You also help make ordinary and special moments possible for people around the world. Because your financial diligence allows your colleagues across the company to stay focused on the core of their work, whether it's getting vital healthcare products to those who need them or fresh fruit to children playing in the park. Finance work at Kuehne+Nagel, means more than we imagine.

In this role as a Business Controller you will act as a Finance Business Partner, both at the strategic-tactical level and in day-to-day operations. The challenge lies not only in executing these analyses, concepts and solutions, but it is also important that you know how to communicate these well to both internal and external stakeholders.

Excited about this opportunity? We are too! Join our team that values initiative, collaboration, and professional growth.

How you create impact

• Ensure the integrity and quality of financial reports in order to mitigate risks, by cooperating with Business Unit Managers to develop and improve financial stability while driving continuous improvement of financial reporting.
• Own accountability for the monthly closing procedures to ensure accurate revenue, cost recognition, and result presentation while managing any balance sheet exposures
• Monitor business development according to KPIs and KN standards, focusing on productivity, volumes, costs, and budget to actual variances.
• Prepare accurate forecasts (annual Target and quarterly forecasts) and financial reports for both local and central management, in compliance with internal guidelines in all financial matters.
• Ensure the accuracy of statistical information (i.e. client P&L accuracy etc.), work with sites (DCM/GM and Local Finance) to improve accounting knowledge and knowledge of Kuehne+Nagel specific standards/systems.
• Contribute to the bookkeeping and reporting processes and to the preparation of financial statements, ensuring insightful data from the reports is provided.
• Ensure the internal procedure and financial guideline adherence and give support to internal and external auditor.

What we would like you to bring

• Bachelor’s Degree in Economics or a related field.
• Minimum of 3 years of experience in a similar role.
• Previous experience in the logistics or transportation sector, with a solid understanding of industry.
• Strong interpersonal skills and the ability to communicate effectively with various stakeholders.
• Proactive mindset with the ability to take initiative.
• Fluent in both English and Italian, with excellent written and verbal communication skills.

What's in it for you

By joining the Kuehne+Nagel team, you will have the opportunity to work in a safe and stable environment, with a strong focus on physical and mental well-being. We offer professional growth and development opportunities, including at an international level.

Joining Kuehne+Nagel means being part of a company that genuinely invests in people:

• Development first – real opportunities for learning and growth.
• Teamwork that matters – experienced colleagues ready to support you.
• Innovation encouraged – we welcome new ideas and continuous improvement.
• Healthy balance – a supportive and flexible work environment.

Who we are

Logistics shapes everyday life - from the goods we consume to the healthcare we rely on. At Kuehne+Nagel, your work goes beyond logistics; it enables both ordinary and special moments in the lives of people around the world.

As a global leader with a strong heritage and a vision to move the world forward, we offer a safe, stable environment where your career can make a real difference. Whether we help deliver life-saving medicines, develop sustainable transportation solutions or support our local communities, your career will contribute to more than you can imagine.