Vice President Controlling & Finance RGD

Epiroc; Gauteng; Hybrid; ZAR 1 800 000 - 2 500 000; Full time

Job summary

A global mining and construction partner is seeking a Vice President of Controlling and Finance in South Africa. This leader will oversee financial reporting, manage working capital, and ensure compliance with regulations. The ideal candidate has a strong background in business controlling in a global setting, excellent financial skills, and a proven track record of leading high-performing teams. The role also involves significant travel and strategic participation in business development initiatives.

Qualifications

• Strong background as a Business Controller with proven results.
• Experience in global organizations with distribution and customer centers.
• Solid knowledge in financial systems and processes.

Responsibilities

• Ensure control over the division’s financial performance.
• Gather and present financial and business data.
• Identify and interpret business trends to mitigate risks.

Skills

Business process management

Financial consolidation/reporting

Customer center management

Team leadership

Risk management

Education

University degree in finance or business administration

Job description

VICE PRESIDENT CONTROLLING & FINANCE – Tools Division

Are you a visionary leader who thrives on driving transformation and delivering on bold goals? Do you combine sharp financial acumen with a deep understanding of the business? Are you passionate about building a high‑performing culture rooted in operational excellence, continuous improvement, and energetic collaboration?

Our Tools Division is seeking an experienced and strategic Vice President of Controlling and Finance to play a critical role in steering the business forward. In this global leadership position, you will be a strategic partner to management—delivering insightful, focused, and accurate reporting that strengthens commercial competence and financial control across the organization.

About The Role

As Vice President of Controlling and Finance, you will ensure that there is quality‑assured and timely financial and non‑financial data that are used to understand where the division is in relation to targets set, that deviations are analysed and corrective actions proactively put in place.

In this role, you will be an integral member of the divisional management team, participate in business development activities, execute on efficiency, and actively contribute to the development of our business in line with our strategy for growth. You will hold the responsibility of fostering an organization where innovative and efficient people thrive and flourish.

You will be a member of several legal and operational boards in the Tools Division’s administrative entities, as well as part of the Epiroc Financial Council and Supply Chain Board. In this capacity, you will collaborate and contribute actively to the development of finance and business control practices in the Group.

A unique opportunity comes with the responsibility the Tools Division has in hosting Epiroc’s global Supply Chain organization for the aftermarket. In this role, you will manage directly the Regional Supply Chain Controllers and keep a very close control over the performance of all Distribution Centers (Global and Regional) in Epiroc Group. This role is a key position with a direct reporting line to the President Tools Division, and strong connection to the VP Business Area Controlling – Tools & Attachments and the Group CFO.

Key Responsibilities

• Ensure control over the division’s consolidated financial performance and verify that all financial reporting and accounting practices comply with company policies and local regulations.
• Gather and present high‑quality financial and business data to support strategic decision‑making at all levels of the division.
• Take ownership of working capital management, proactively reduce overdue payments in collaboration with VPs of Marketing and Supply Chain, and establish inventory targets for customer centers, product companies and distribution centers.
• Continuously monitor and analyse business performance, including active participation in review meetings for Product Companies, Customer Centers and Distribution Centers.
• Identify and interpret business trends, highlight potential risks, and ensure that appropriate action plans are developed and implemented.
• Design and deliver tools that provide early warnings of deviations from plans and enable accurate forecasting, helping the management team avoid unexpected outcomes.
• Promote and ensure consistent adherence to The Epiroc Way across all financial and operational activities.
• Lead and contribute to internal audit processes, ensure clean external audits, and take corrective actions when audit remarks are identified in administrative companies.
• Participate in strategic acquisitions by coordinating due diligence, performing valuation models, and managing financial integration and post‑acquisition follow‑up.
• Build and lead a professional, high‑performing team that operates with strong collaboration and team spirit.

Experience And Requirements

• Strong background as a customer center, distribution center and/or product company Business Controller with proven track of delivering results, and of developing a successful, well‑motivated organization.
• Capability in business process management, and a solid business understanding and interest in not only Finance & Controlling but also other operational business processes.
• Solid knowledge of financial consolidation/reporting systems.
• Experience working in a global organization with multiple factories, distribution centers, and customer markets, including experience from being a manager in a complex international matrix organization and being exposed to corporate risk management.
• University degree in finance and/or business administration or similar, relevant field.

Location

Location flexible but preferably within EMEA time zone and in an Epiroc office location. Ideally:

• Örebro, Sweden
• Stockholm, Sweden
• Fargesta, Sweden
• Johannesburg, South Africa

Up to 30% international travel expected.

Recruitment Process

Please send your application through our recruitment system as soon as possible but no later than 2025.11.21. Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis. Please note that, due to the current regulations, we will only consider applications received through our system and not via email or social media.

For questions about the recruitment process or application please contact Senior Talent Acquisition Specialist Catharine Moreno at [e-mail].

Epiroc provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, marital status, pregnancy, parental status, national origin, ethnic background, age, disability, political opinion, social status, veteran status, union membership or genetics.

Epiroc complies with applicable country, state, and all local laws governing nondiscrimination in employment in every location across the world in which the company has facilities. In addition, Epiroc supports the UN Guiding Principles for Business and Human Rights and the United Nations Global Compact.

Epiroc is a global productivity partner for mining and construction customers, and accelerates the transformation toward a sustainable society. With ground‑breaking technology, Epiroc develops and provides innovative and safe equipment, such as drill rigs, rock excavation and construction equipment and tools for surface and underground applications. The company also offers world‑class service and other aftermarket support as well as solutions for automation, digitalisation and electrification. Epiroc is based in Stockholm, Sweden, had revenues of more than SEK 60 billion in 2023, and has around 18 200 passionate employees supporting and collaborating with customers in around 150 countries. Learn more at www.epiroc.com.