Are you ready to take the next step in your finance career?

At Valmet, we are shaping the future of sustainable solutions through innovation, collaboration, and a seamless lifecycle approach. Join us as we move forward with our renewed strategy to Lead the Way. This means pioneering smarter technologies, expanding our service capabilities, and delivering customer value across the entire lifecycle—from raw material to finished product. If you're ready to make a real impact in a dynamic, future-focused environment, we invite you to grow with us.

We are looking for a Controller, Production to join our business and play a key role in driving financial performance and efficiency. In this position, you will ensure accurate cost monitoring, reporting, and support decision-making that strengthens our operations and profitability.

Contract: 1 year fixed-term contract.

In this role you will:

• Member of Jelenia Gora Operations management team, provides expertise of Finance and other policy guidance to support operations.

• Support business decisions through operational analysis, including business performance measures & KPIs.

• Coach business with finance related topics

• Lead forecasting & budgeting process in Jelenia Gora Production. Manage the finance development and reporting of production operation unit.

• Prepare monthly reporting according to recently created Global Supply organization’s management system.

• Driving cost competitiveness in production

• Driving global management reporting structures and accuracy of financials at Jelenia Gora operations.

• In charge of operation cost elements: capacity cost, capacity utilization, hourly rates, absorption.

• In charge of controlling inventory, investments, work in progress, fix assets, Net Working Capital.

• Ensure compliance with applicable accounting practices, rules, and regulations (SOX, CAPEX, IAS / IFRS, PLGaap, etc.) and corporate governance practices.

• Adhering to company’s Health, Safety and Environmental (HSE) procedures.

• Adhering to company’s Values, Business principles and Code of conduct.

To be successful in this position, you will need:

• Bachelors or Master’s Degree in Finance or Economy.

• Experience:  3-10 years experience of financial management, business controlling, and cost accounting; Experience in manufacturing and in international/global environment

• Knowledge of  Microsoft 365 applications and excellent proficiency in Excel.

• Solid experience in PowerBI is advantage.

• Fluent spoken and written English.

• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with attention to detail and accuracy.

• Excellent communication and presentation skills with the ability to convey complex financial concepts.

If you enjoy working in a versatile role containing development of new demands and ways of working, but you also take responsibility for routines, your collaboration skills are great, work style is proactive, you are result-oriented, and you have an ability to organize and prioritize your tasks in a fast-paced environment this is something for you.

We offer:
In return, we offer you an interesting work environment, demanding position working within a global industry leader and the support of Valmet's global network. With us you are working in a team that contributes to the success of the organization as well as find opportunities for personal development.

Additional information:

To be included in the recruiting process, please complete our on-line application form and send your CV in English as soon as possible but no later than January 31th, 2026. Note that we will proceed with interviews as soon as suitable candidates are identified, already before the end of the application period.

Do you want to know more?

For further information about the position, please contact Kalle Salko Director, Finance, Global Production [email protected] +358 505739907 on 22nd Jan 9AM-10AM and 27th Jan 2PM-5PM (Finnish time).

For further information regarding the recruitment process, please contact Wiktoria Miedzińska, Recruiter

[email protected]

Next Steps:

Your profile will be reviewed during January.
If shortlisted, you will be invited to a preliminary online video interview.
This will be followed by an initial interview with the hiring manager and possible online assessment.
Finalists will be invited for a concluding interview.

Valmet is where the best talent from a wide variety of backgrounds comes together. With 19,000 professionals around the world, we are the leading global developer and supplier of technologies, automation and services for the pulp, paper and energy industries. Our commitment to moving our customers’ performance forward requires creativity, technological innovations, service know-how – and above all, teamwork.

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