KONE is a global leader in the elevator and escalator industry: our job is to make the world’s cities better places to live. At KONE, our mission is to improve the flow of urban life. 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, which add value to the life cycle of any building.
KONE Finance professionals are responsible for corporate controlling and reporting, treasury, taxes, investor relations, as well as finance development and alliances and acquisitions. We support our business colleagues by driving a financially sound business direction and providing relevant intelligence for decision-making. With dedicated roles and global communities for support, our Finance function is a community with a high level of professionalism and ample opportunities for learning and growth.
We are seeking a highly motivated
Summer Trainee, Nordics Business Control team
The candidate will join the Nordics Business Control team. She/he supports regional and Nordics level controllers in driving and monitoring the regional business performance by providing financial insight. She/he supports with ensuring KONE business activities are conducted in accordance with the KONE Financial Control Model (FCM), and that financial impacts are measured and reported following the KONE accounting standards and instructions. The purpose of the traineeship is also to provide an opportunity to see and learn the KONE Business models and build capability for extended responsibilities in the future.
This is a summer trainee position, with possible opportunity to continue with hourly based contract after the summer period.
Responsibilities and Key Activities:
- Support in performing or organizing the execution of the business controlling tasks as defined in KONE Financial Control Model to ensure that key reporting principles have been implemented and followed
- Support in ensuring the correctness of managerial reporting including volume reporting (orders received and sales), financial reporting (margin and profit), performance KPI’s and contract profitability
- Support in analyzing and understanding the weekly/monthly actual performance of the business, as well as the deviations compared to planned (budget/forecast) performance
- Supporting the Regional Business Controller in providing general analysis tasks that support the Regional leaders e.g. analyzing the opportunity funnel and producing scenario analyses for versatile purpose
- Responsibility of development projects related to more efficient ways of working and/or harmonization within the Nordics organization
Requirements for the role:
- 1-2 years of Masters studies left (B. Sc in Finance or Business Administration)
- Advanced Microsoft Excel knowledge
- Genuine interest towards BI-tools and development, SQL and interest to understand the SAP ERP work flows
- Interest towards understanding the end-to-end business dynamics behind the numbers
- Professional experience in an industrial environment, including cost planning, profitability analysis, financial modelling and business partnering is considered as an asset
- Strengths in analytical and communication skills, as well as good organizational and process planning skills
- Fluent in Finnish and English
The position is located in Helsinki and the preferred start would be in May 2025
Want to #joinourflow?
If you think this could be your next inspiring challenge, please tell more about yourself and why you are interested in this role and submit your CV and application letter together with copy of transcript of studies via our Careers-site www.kone.com/jobs latest on 23th of February 2025.
For additional information, please contact regional controller Noora Räsänen (+358 504738 324, [email protected])
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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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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.
