Finance Business Controller Nordics

Posted 10 Days Ago
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Lisbon, PRT
In-Office
Senior level
Logistics • Automation
The Role
Owns Nordic finance processes including accounts payable, accounting, month-end closing, budgeting, forecasting, reporting, tax compliance, and financial analysis. Partners with managers across Nordic countries to provide insights and improve business performance. The role also drives finance process standardization, automation, ERP improvements, and continuous improvement initiatives. Requires strong accounting and controlling expertise, Nordic finance experience, Swedish or Danish fluency, English proficiency, and regular travel within the Nordic region.
Summary Generated by Built In
Kardex Remstar is a leading Swiss company and global market leader in warehouse automation and intralogistics systems, with over 3,000 employees worldwide. Our excellent reputation is built on the high quality of our products and services.
At Kardex, you get the freedom to truly shape your ideas and vision in an inspiring and motivating work environment, based on trust and innovation. Join a team that plans for tomorrow and makes a meaningful impact!
For our Finance department, we are looking for an enthusiastic new colleague to strengthen our driven Nordics team - located in Lisbon!
With your expertise and commitment, you ensure sustainable relationships and satisfied customers, who can always count on you for the best advice!

The candidate will be responsible for managing the accounts payable cycle and general accounting activities, contributing to the periodic closing processes, tax compliance, and reporting to the parent company as well as performing all Controlling activities including reporting and month's end closing according to the local GAAP of the Nordics (Sweden, Denmark, Norway, Finland).
You will be located to our Kardex Business Service office newly established office near Parque das Nações / Oriente in Lisbon.

Your tasks

Financial Management & Controlling

  • Take ownership of Finance processes, from accounting activities and month-end closing to reporting, analysis and forecasting.
  • Ensure accurate financial reporting, compliance and effective financial controls. 
  • Drive budgeting, forecasting and financial planning activities. 
  • Analyze financial performance, identify deviations and recommend actions to improve results. 

Business Partnering 

  • Act as a trusted Finance partner to managers across the Nordic organization. 
  • Provide financial insights and support business decisions. 
  • Challenge assumptions, identify opportunities and help translate financial data into business actions. 
  • Build strong relationships with stakeholders across countries and functions. 

Transformation & Continuous Improvement 

  • Identify opportunities to simplify, standardize and automate Finance processes. 
  • Contribute to ERP implementations and Finance system improvements. 
  • Explore digital solutions, including automation and AI-based tools, to improve efficiency and quality. 
  • Help shape the future Nordic Finance operating model with a focus on continuous improvement and value creation. 

Your profile

  • A university degree in finance, accounting, business administration or a related field. 
  • Profund experience within finance, controlling, accounting or financial business partnering within a Nordic country.  
  • Strong experience in budgeting, forecasting, financial analysis and performance management. 
  • Solid accounting knowledge, including financial closing, reconciliations and reporting. 
  • Experience working in a broad Finance role with end-to-end process responsibility. 
  • Experience working with ERP systems (S4Hana would be a plus) and modern Finance tools. 
  • Fluency in Swedish or Danish and English, both written and spoken. 
  • Willingness to travel regularly within the Nordic region. 

We offer: 

  • Long-term prospects: A secure job in a fast-growing, international company with exciting development opportunities and interesting and varied tasks in a future-oriented environment  
  • Valuable support: Great team spirit, elaborate onboarding and a wide range of training opportunities in our own academy at the Bellheim site as well as an Employee Assistance Program (Lyra)
  • Tangible added value: Flexible working hours, annual vacation on behalf of the respective country regulations
  • Visible benefits: Attractive salary, company pension plan and other benefits  
  • Attractive extras: Corporate benefits, company and team events,


Ready to join? Apply now and start your journey with us!

If you’re a visionary leader who thrives on building, leading, and delivering results at scale — we’d love to hear from you.


Please send us your application with a possible start date via our career page. If you have any questions, please contact Veronika Wieland-Kolumban by phone +49 (8283) 999216 .


Please send your application in English.

Skills Required

  • University degree in finance, accounting, business administration, or a related field
  • Profound experience in finance, controlling, accounting, or financial business partnering within a Nordic country
  • Strong experience in budgeting, forecasting, financial analysis, and performance management
  • Solid accounting knowledge, including financial closing, reconciliations, and reporting
  • Experience in a broad finance role with end-to-end process responsibility
  • Experience working with ERP systems and modern finance tools
  • Experience with SAP S/4HANA
  • Fluency in Swedish or Danish and English, written and spoken
  • Willingness to travel regularly within the Nordic region
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The Company
HQ: Zürich
1,666 Employees

What We Do

Kardex is a global industry partner for intralogistics solutions and a leading provider of automated storage solutions and material handling systems. Kardex consists of two entrepreneurially managed divisions, Kardex Remstar and Kardex Mlog. Kardex Remstar develops, manufactures, and maintains dynamic storage and retrieval systems, while Kardex Mlog offers integrated material handling systems and automated high-bay warehouses. Kardex also acts as a global AutoStore™ partner, offering flexible and modular storage and order fulfillment solutions. Kardex Remstar, Kardex Mlog, and Kardex AutoStore are partners to their customers throughout the entire life cycle of a product or solution, starting with the assessment of customer requirements, through planning, realization, and maintenance of customer-specific systems, to ensuring high availability and low life cycle costs by means of customer-oriented life cycle management. The Group employs around 2,500 people in over 30 countries. Kardex Holding AG has been listed on the SIX Swiss Exchange since 1989.

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