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Manager Business Control

Posted on Dec. 1, 2025

  • Full Time

Manager Business Control

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Would you like to join a global, growing company that innovates for a more sustainable tomorrow? UPM could be the team for you. We are frontrunners in developing renewable alternatives to fossil-based materials. Besides enabling both businesses and consumers make more sustainable choices, we strive to create a positive UPM experience for all our employees around the world. We live by our values – trust and be trusted, achieve together, renew with courage. Together we can renew the everyday, for a future beyond fossils!

Learn more about us as a workplace upm.com/caree r s

We are now lo o king for M anager , Business Control , Finland Communication Papers Operations to join our team . The position is primarily located in Helsinki, Finland, with other possible locations in Tampere, Kouvola , Jämsänkoski, or Rauma , Finland.

Greetings from your future m anager

Our sites in Rauma, Kuusankoski and Jämsänkoski are combining a broad variety of products, processes and assets. You will become part of a very professional team and give our local organization a strong Finance presence and contribution . At the same time you will be the link to our Finance service h ub and our head office team. We will support you with a thorough on-boarding process . You will gain deep insights into our operations from multiple perspectives and build connections across the organization . “ - Walter Machatsch, Director, Business Control Operations

What you will do

  • Drive the business as member of the Finland Mill Management Team , bringing an ent repreneurial mindset

  • Participate in strategy work and target setting

  • Follow-up the financial results of the strategy implementation and target setting

  • Deliver performance analyses & benchmarking

  • Proactively monitor and be active in cost and profitability development

  • Support and lead commercial projects, take responsibility in business planning, support investment s and organizational development

  • Lead Finland Operations forecasting and budgeting processes

  • Create transparency and identify improvement potentials

  • Act as link between b usiness organization and f inancial s ervice organization , close collaboration within f inancial k ey p ersons n etwork

  • Participate in UPM cross -divisional business control activities and support the development of business processes and finance related IT tools

Who you are

  • You have a university degree in finance or operations or relevant field with relevant work experience in Finance or Controlling of 3 years at a minimum

  • You are familiar with Management accounting IFRS basic accounting standards

  • You have good analytical skills and the ability to understand and conceptualize complex processes and data flows

  • You bring with you the ability and drive to understand non-financial contexts , basic commercial, legal and technical related matters

  • You have strong collaboration and team working skills with flexible, positive, and proactive attitude towards changing and global work environment

  • You have very good IT skills. In addition to normal MS Office tools, experience of SAP and visualization tools such as PowerBI user skills are considered an asset

  • You are fluent in English and Finnish

  • You are based in either a mill location or in our office in Helsinki or Tampere and generally willing to travel between our Finland mill locations. We apply flexible working from office and remotely

This is what we offer to you

  • A meaningful job : We have an inspiring purpose " We renew the everyday for a future beyond fossils ” . Our work is impactful and transformative .

  • A caring community : Our community is built on great team spirit and shared commitment . We care about each other and the well-being of our colleagues . We support the work -life balance of all our employees .

  • Development opportunities : We offer you great opportunities to learn and grow throughout your career . We are an international , multi-business organization offering plenty of avenues for personal growth .

  • Responsible employer : Sustainability is at the core of everything we do . We are committed to ambitious , science- based sustainability targets in all areas , from climate change mitigation to enhancing biodiversity . We foster diversity and inclusivity , offering a work environment in which everyone can be themselves .

Learn about our Rewarding and our Ways of working .


Additional information

For further information please contact Walter Machatsch, Director Business Control Operations at walter.machatsch @upm.com or via tel. + 49 1 60 96934421 .

Please apply and attach your CV and cover letter by December 14 , 202 5 . Please note that we accept only applications submitted through our online application system. We begin reviewing applications as they are received, and you may be contacted before the application deadline.

For support with submitting your application , please contact the HR Service Center at careers@upm.com or tel. +358204146600.

A security background check may be performed for those selected to UPM positions , in accordance with the company recruitment guidelines and the Security Clearance Act 726/2014.

As a leading company in the paper industry, we drive the value of paper as a sustainable medium of trust, impact, learning and inspiration. UPM Communication Papers offers the industry’s widest portfolio for newspaper, magazine, marketing and book printing as well as for home and office applications. Our high performing papers and service concepts add value to our customers' businesses, while actively fulfilling demanding environmental and social responsibility criteria. With headquarters in Germany, UPM Communication Papers employs approximately 5,000 people and has 10 modern paper mills globally. Our annual production capacity is 4.3 million tonnes of graphical paper. More about us and our products at https://www.upmpaper.com/

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Follow the link to learn more about our Kymi , Rauma and Jämsänskoski mill s:

https://www.upmpaper.com/about-us/our-locations/our-paper-mills/upm-kymi/

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