KONE is seeking an experienced finance professional to support its operations across Romania and Bulgaria. This role is responsible for ensuring high-quality legal entity financial reporting, compliance with applicable accounting standards and regulatory requirements, and delivering accurate financial information to support effective business decision-making.
Key responsibilities:
Ensure accurate and timely financial and statutory reporting
Oversee month-end close with finance operations and shared services
Review reconciliations, journal entries, and IFRS vs. statutory reporting
Ensure balance sheet integrity and compliance with internal policies
Collaborate with business controllers on results, forecasting, and analysis
Lead financial reviews and provide insights to support decision-making
Ensure compliance with internal controls, audits, and local regulations
Act as main contact for auditors, authorities, and key finance stakeholders
Support treasury, liquidity, and payment approvals
Drive process improvements and support M&A financial integration
Requirements:
Proven experience in a Controller role and/or within a Big 4 audit environment
Working knowledge of SAP and CPM Beacon (SAP BPC) or similar financial systems is an advantage
Solid understanding of IFRS, local GAAP, and relevant tax and legal regulations
Strong analytical mindset with a deep understanding of how financial statements are constructed, including both system-driven transactions and manual journal entries
Ability to effectively manage and collaborate with internal and external service providers to achieve agreed objectives
Relevant professional finance qualification (e.g., ACCA, CPA, or equivalent) is preferred
What do we offer?
Career progression opportunities in global organization
Full-time role enabling you manage a function and make it your own
Comprehensive learning and development programs covering a wide range of professional skills
Total reward elements that engage and motivate our employees and help us make KONE a great place to work
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.
Read more on https://careers.kone.com/en/
Skills Required
- Proven experience in a Controller role
- Working knowledge of SAP and CPM Beacon or similar
- Solid understanding of IFRS and local GAAP
- Ability to manage collaboration with service providers
- Relevant professional finance qualification (e.g., ACCA, CPA)
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.
