At KONE, we are committed to creating better urban experiences by enabling people to move safely, efficiently, and comfortably in an increasingly complex world. We believe great businesses are built by talented people who combine expertise, ambition, and collaboration to make a real impact.
We are looking for an experienced and business-oriented Business Controlling Manager to join our Finance team in Türkiye. In this role, you will act as a trusted advisor to business leaders, providing financial insight, performance analysis, and decision support to drive sustainable business growth and operational excellence.
This is an excellent opportunity for a finance professional who enjoys working closely with business stakeholders, influencing decision-making, and transforming data into actionable insights.
What You Will Be Doing:
Build strong partnerships with business leaders and act as the key finance advisor within the organization.
Develop a deep understanding of business operations, processes, performance drivers, and key metrics.
Evaluate industry, economic, financial, and market trends to assess short-, medium-, and long-term business performance.
Provide actionable insights, recommendations, and conclusions that support strategic and operational decision-making.
Promote financial awareness and understanding across the organization.
Ensure compliance with KONE Financial Control Model (FCM), accounting standards, reporting principles, and costing parameters.
Monitor and validate the accuracy of management reporting, financial reporting, volume reporting, and performance KPIs.
Analyze weekly and monthly business performance and identify variances against budget, forecast, and prior-year results.
Prepare executive-level performance summaries, highlighting opportunities and risks. Work in adhoc project as needed.
Collaborate with business leaders to define and follow up on improvement actions.
Support budgeting and forecasting processes by providing key financial assumptions and parameters.
Validate planning and forecasting outputs to ensure realistic and accurate financial projections.
Ensure timely consolidation and reporting of plans and forecasts in accordance with company guidelines and deadlines.
Execute business controlling activities in accordance with KONE policies and processes.
Perform financial and operational analyses to support business initiatives and decision-making.
Contribute to opportunity pipeline analysis and scenario planning activities.
Collaborate with finance colleagues and stakeholders across KONE to share best practices and drive continuous improvement.
Support the development and effectiveness of the Business Controlling function.
What We Are Looking For
Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, or a related field.
Minimum 8 years of experience in Business Controlling, FP&A, or a similar finance role.
Strong expertise in budgeting, forecasting, financial analysis, and performance management.
Experience with ERP systems, reporting and consolidation tools, and Business Intelligence applications.
Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to translate financial data into actionable business insights.
Fluent in English, both written and spoken.
Proven ability to influence stakeholders and build effective partnerships across the organization.
Strong commercial acumen, sound judgment, and data-driven decision-making skills.
Resilient, adaptable, and able to perform effectively in a fast-paced environment.
High level of integrity, professionalism, and accountability.
Why Join Us?
At KONE, we are committed to creating a collaborative and innovative environment. If you are passionate about delivering results and ready to take on a challenging and rewarding role, we encourage you to apply and be part of our journey!
At KONE, we are focused on creating an innovative and collaborative working culture where we value the contribution of each individual. Employee engagement is a key focus area for us and we encourage participation and the sharing of information and ideas. Sustainability is an integral part of our culture and the daily practice. We follow ethical business practices and we seek to develop a culture of working together where co-workers trust and respect each other and good performance is recognized. In being a great place to work, we are proud to offer a range of experiences and opportunities that will help you to achieve your career and personal goals and enable you to live a healthy and balanced life.
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Skills Required
- Bachelor's or Master's degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, or a related field
- Minimum 8 years of experience in Business Controlling, FP&A, or a similar finance role
- Strong expertise in budgeting, forecasting, financial analysis, and performance management
- Experience with ERP systems, reporting and consolidation tools, and Business Intelligence applications
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to translate financial data into actionable business insights
- Fluent in English, written and spoken
- Ability to influence stakeholders and build effective partnerships across the organization
- Strong commercial acumen, sound judgment, and data-driven decision-making skills
- Resilience, adaptability, and ability to perform effectively in a fast-paced environment
- High level of integrity, professionalism, and accountability
Kone Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Kone and has not been reviewed or approved by Kone.
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Fair & Transparent Compensation — Pay is considered competitive across many roles and markets, with field positions sometimes benefiting from overtime and strong union scales. Feedback suggests base compensation is often a relative positive even when other factors vary.
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Retirement Support — Retirement programs, including 401(k) and in some regions pension or annuity structures, are consistently highlighted as strong. Feedback suggests these elements meaningfully enhance the overall package.
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Healthcare Strength — Core health coverage is viewed as comprehensive, commonly including medical, dental, and vision options. Feedback suggests a global well‑being framework and EAP resources further reinforce health-related support.
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What We Do
At KONE, our mission is to improve the flow of urban life. This means understanding urbanization and, together with our partners and customers, helping cities to become better and more sustainable places to live. As a global leader in the elevator and escalator industry, KONE provides elevators, escalators and automatic building doors, as well as solutions for maintenance and modernization to add value to buildings throughout their life cycle. Through more effective People Flow®, we make people's journeys safe, convenient and reliable, in taller, smarter buildings. Headquartered in Helsinki, Finland, we operate in more than 60 countries around the world, employ over 60,000 people and serve 550,000 customers. In 2022, KONE had annual sales of EUR 10.9 billion. KONE class B shares are listed on the Nasdaq Helsinki Ltd. in Finland.
