Financial Controller, Project and Service Delivery Accounting

Are you a finance professional with strong accounting expertise, a business-oriented mindset, and passion for developing finance processes?

Valmet's Global Financial Operations (GFO) is looking for Financial Controller to join our newly combined Project & Service Delivery Accounting team.

In this role, you will collaborate with business stakeholders, controllers, finance teams, and operational experts globally to ensure accurate accounting, support business needs, and drive continuous improvement across our end-to-end processes. We are looking for proactive professional who enjoys solving complex challenges, developing new solutions, and building strong stakeholder relationships.

About the team

Valmet Global Financial Operations is a centre of excellence with more than 200 finance professionals around the world. We are responsible for Valmet's operative accounting processes and continuously invest in harmonization, automation, and process development.

The Project & Service Delivery Accounting team is responsible for revenue and cost recognition, project accounting, inventory accounting, costing-related master data, financial controls, and process development globally.

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Your Key Responsibilities

• Ensure accurate revenue and cost recognition for project and service delivery business globally
• Monitor project accounting and revenue recognition processes and related controls
• Manage relevant subledgers, reconciliations, interfaces and balance sheet specifications
• Monitor inventory valuation and related accounting processes
• Support month-end closing activities and financial control activities.
• Collaborate closely with Business Finance and other stakeholders globally
• Provide expertise on accounting principles, processes and systems
• Identify process improvement opportunities and participate in development and automation initiatives
• Investigate and resolve accounting and process-related issues

What Will Help You Succeed

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Finance, Accounting, Business Administration, or equivalent
• Several years of relevant experience in accounting, controlling, finance operations, or business finance
• Understanding of revenue recognition, project accounting, cost accounting, and/or inventory accounting
• Good understanding of end-to-end business and finance processes
• Experience with ERP systems and modern reporting tools
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
• Development-oriented mindset and ability to drive improvements
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills
• Fluency in written and spoken English

Join our great team - this is what we can offer

This position provides a unique opportunity to gain broad visibility across Valmet's global businesses and finance operations.

We offer:

• Meaningful work in a global finance organization.
• Opportunities to influence and develop finance processes and systems.
• A collaborative and international working environment.
• Continuous learning and professional development opportunities.
• Modern work tools and technologies.
• Competitive compensation and comprehensive employee benefits.
• Flexible working hours and hybrid working possibilities.

At Valmet, we believe great results are achieved together. Join us and help shape the future of Project & Service Delivery Accounting.

Additional information:

The position can be based in Jyväskylä, Tampere, or Tikkurila, Finland.

Please submit your application through the link provided no later than August 14, 2026. We review applications continuously and encourage you to apply early.

For additional information, please contact Kati Kovanen, Manager, Project & Service Delivery Accounting, at +358 40 538 4928 on August 7th from 12:00 to 14:00 EET or August 11th from 11:00 to 12:30 EET, or by email at [email protected].

We encourage our employees to a healthier lifestyle by being a Smoke-free Workplace.

The collective agreement for senior salaried employees will be applied to this position. 

When everything works together  

Valmet is where the best talent from a wide variety of backgrounds comes together. With over 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, and serve an even wider base of process industries with our automation systems and flow control solutions. Our commitment to moving our customers’ performance forward requires creativity, technological innovations, service know-how – and above all, teamwork.  

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