Senior Manager, Finance and Business Control

We are looking for a Senior Manager, Finance and Business Control to join our Finance team in Espoo to support our Enabling Functions.

About the role
Fortum's Enabling Functions are centralized support units—such as Finance, IT, Legal, People and Sustainability & Corporate Relations (SCR)—that provide strategic and operational services to the business. We have currently ~1100 persons ensuring efficient service delivery, governance, and transformation across the company.

In this position, you will lead Business Control processes in People, SCR and selected IT sub-units ensuring achievement of performance targets and enhancing business performance by acting as a trusted finance business partner to the respective Leadership Teams.

Main responsibilities:

• Lead the Finance function for People, SCR and selected IT sub-units and being an active member of their Leadership Teams
• Act as a strategic Finance business partner, providing financial insights, analysis, and guidance to support business objectives
• Drive long-term forecasting, performance management and forecasting processes in close collaboration with stakeholders and the wider Finance organization
• Prepare and present comprehensive financial reports and dashboards to senior management, highlighting trends, risks, and opportunities
• Contribute to Fortum’s Finance digitalization project, by creating future-ready, modern, efficient and agile processes and tools

 
About you
You combine strong financial expertise with the ability to influence, communicate, and build trust with senior stakeholders. You thrive in dynamic environments and are able to translate financial insights into clear narratives and actions that drive decisions and performance. You work with a sense of pace and purpose, ensuring progress even in changing circumstances. You are self-driven yet a strong team player, comfortable operating in an international environment.

You also have:

• 5–10 years of experience in business control within an international, demanding finance environment—preferably in a listed company
• Experience from management consulting or similar roles is considered an asset
• A proactive and goal-oriented way of working, with sound analytical and problem-solving abilities
• Interest and experience in modern finance technologies (e.g., SAP, HFM, Microsoft 365) and process improvement
• A Master’s degree in Finance or a related field
• Confident and fluent English skills
• Finnish and/or Swedish skills are not required, but considered an advantage for collaborating effectively with local stakeholders
  
  

We offer you
At Fortum, we believe in a better future and want to be involved in shaping it. Our workplace is a safe place, both physically and mentally. You will grow with professional colleagues, being trusted and free to challenge yourself. We offer comprehensive benefits, flexible working hours, and hybrid work model to support your productivity, development and wellbeing. We are committed to build diverse teams where everyone feels included and is treated equally.

More information about our culture and benefits can be found here.

Espoo office is a smoke-free workplace.

Interested? 

Submit your application (CV) in English by 19.11.25 at the latest. If you have any questions and would like to hear more about the position, please contact Jarkko Toroska via email jarkko.toroska@fortum.com or +358 50 453 2732.

If you have questions about the recruitment process please contact Keren Shoch at keren.shoch@fortum.com

What to expect from the recruitment process?
We start contacting suitable candidates already during the application period. The recruitment process will include two rounds of interviews with different participants. We will utilize a short digital assessment in the process and reference checks.

If you need any reasonable adjustments during the recruitment process due to a disability or other circumstances, please let us know when applying. We will do our best to accommodate your needs. 

To be selected for the position, the applicant may go through background clearance and a health examination including drug testing.

We are Fortum
Fortum is a Nordic energy company. We generate and deliver reliable energy to our customers and the Nordic energy system while at the same time helping industries decarbonise their processes and grow. Our core operations comprise efficient and best-in-class low-carbon power generation, customer services, and heating and cooling. Fortum’s power generation is already 99% from renewable or nuclear sources with one of the lowest specific CO2-emissions in Europe. We are guided by our ambitious SBTi-validated emission reduction targets on our way towards net-zero by 2040. For our ~4,500 employees, we commit to be a safe and inspiring workplace. Fortum's share is listed on Nasdaq Helsinki. fortum.com