Senior Manager, Commercial Controlling

Ready for a great tasting job? Join us as aSenior Manager, Commercial Controllingat Fazer Bakery FinlandIn this position you are working as a business partner for our commercial organisation consisting of Sales and Marketing leadership in our Fresh Bakery business. You are responsible for providing insightful financial, customer and brand performance analysis, formulating an outlook of performance within’ a shorter and longer planning horizon and guiding the performance towards the strategic targets. Through solid forecasting, performance tracking and turning data into insights, that you elaborate with the team, you will help shaping good data-driven business decisions.

Monthly closing activities, support in customer relations e. g. negotiations, developing of modern BI tools and participating in development projects are also vital parts of the role. This position is located in Vaarala, Vantaa, and we mainly work onsite. As our Senior Manager, Commercial controlling you will work within the finance organisation supporting and collaborating with our Fresh Bakery business unit in Finland. You will be part of a team of four controllers and report to Director, Finance and Business Control, Bakery Finland. Why choose Fazer Bakery?It starts with the people.

You’ll be working in a supportive and welcoming environment, surrounded by colleagues who will inspire you to perform your best. Fazer Bakery finance & control team is an active business partner for its stakeholders and is continuously developing the surrounding organisation and its tools, processes and ways of working. You will have a unique opportunity to work with our iconic brands (e. g. Puikula, Reissumies, Jälkiuuni, Lemppari) and support our growth strategy. Colleagues at Fazer Bakery Finland will give you full support to be successful in your role.

We’re passionate about what we do and passionate about finding the right fit to join us!What you will bring to the team?To succeed in this role, you should have at least three years of experience in commercial controlling position, preferable in FMCG company with proven track-record, and hold Master’s degree in Business Economics or similar. You have a strong commercial, business and financial understanding, analytical approach and you are able to handle large data sets. You are comfortable with the modern technologies and eager to utilize and further develop these digital tools.

Full proficiency in Excel, PowerPoint and PowerBI is a requirement, proficiency in ERP system (preferably SAP) and demand forecasting system (preferably SAP IBP) is a merit. You communicate fluently in Finnish and are also able to communicate in English in all organizational levels. As a person you have an ability to create well-working relationships across the organisation and a genuine interest for business and people. You enjoy having a good time at work with colleagues, while also performing well under pressure and meeting tight deadlines.

Other important qualities for success in the role are proactiveness, can do attitude and ambition to leave your own impact on business and people. Apply now and join our tasty mission. To apply send your CV and application with your salary request no later than 13th of August. For more information, please contact Annika Auvinen, Director, Finance & Business Control +358 50 404 5690, preferably 4th of August between 15-16 (EET) or 12th of August between 9-10 (EET). Fazer, The Food Experience Company, enables people to enjoy the best moments of their day.

Our mission, Food with a purpose, builds on our strong more than 130-year heritage, consumer first approach and innovations to create the sustainable food solutions of the future. With our dedicated team of approximately 5,000 professionals, we focus on fast-moving consumer goods and our direct-to-consumer business in Northern Europe, and beyond with exports to more than 40 countries. Fazer’s operations comply with its Code of Conduct that is based on the Group’s values and the UN Global Compact. In 2024, Fazer Group had net sales of 1,200 million euros. Northern Magic. Made Real.