VP Finance, Business Unit Western Europe

We are now looking for a VP Finance to lead and evolve our financial steering within the Packaging Solutions Business Unit Western Europe.

This is a pivotal leadership role where you will act as a strategic partner to the business, driving performance, value creation, and controlling excellence in a complex, international environment. As VP Finance, BU Western Europe, you hold end-to-end responsibility for finance business partnering, control, and performance management, while playing a key role in advancing data-driven decision-making and standardized processes.

This role is based at De Lier, Netherlands. The role has a primary reporting line to the SVP Controlling, Business Area Packaging Solutions, with a dotted line to the SVP BU Western Europe and is part of the Business Unit Western Europe Management Team.

Your impact

As VP Finance, you will:

• Act as Statutory Director for the relevant legal entities of Business Unit Western Europe, fulfilling formal governance and regulatory obligations alongside the operational finance role.
• Act as a strategic finance partner to the BU leadership, driving profitability, performance, and value creation
• Lead budgeting, forecasting, and performance management, ensuring strong financial control and data-driven decision-making
• Deliver actionable insights on pricing, profitability, and capital allocation across customers, products, and operations
• Drive working capital efficiency, cash flow, and investment performance across the BU
• Collaborate across a matrix organisation with Business Area and Group Finance, ensuring alignment, governance, and standardisation
• Lead and develop a high-performing finance team, while strengthening capabilities in business partnering and controllership

What you bring

• 10+ years of finance experience, including senior roles (e.g. VP Finance, Head of Controlling, BU/Head of Finance) in manufacturing, packaging or other asset-intensive environments
• Proven experience with BU or site-level P&L ownership and strong business partnering with commercial and operations leaders
• Track record in transformation, integration, or ownership change, with ability to bring structure, transparency, and discipline into evolving organisations
• Strong finance fundamentals: financial control, FP&A, planning, cash flow, working capital, and investment evaluation (IFRS knowledge required)
• Experience working in an international matrix organisation, collaborating with Group Finance and shared services
• Hands-on, analytical, and insight-driven approach — able to translate financial data into clear business actions
• Proven leadership capability with experience building and developing high-performing finance teams
• Relevant degree in Finance, Business, or Economics (professional qualification is a plus)
• Fluent English, Dutch considered an advantage

What we offer

At Stora Enso, you will have the opportunity to play a key role in shaping a leading renewable materials company. You will influence strategic decisions at high level of the organization, work in an international, purpose-driven environment focused on sustainability and lead transformation and build future-ready finance capabilities.

Be part of a company committed to innovation, responsibility, and long-term customer value creation.

Interested?

This recruitment process is supported by our external recruitment partner and  we hope to receive your application directly to via email to our external partner [email protected], including CV and a brief cover letter highlighting your most relevant achievements.

Welcome to the The renewable materials company!

Stora Enso is a global leader in renewable materials with a strong focus on packaging. Our purpose is to replace non-renewable materials with renewable solutions. Together with our customers, we design and deliver competitive, high-quality packaging materials and solutions, made from fresh and recycled fibers, accelerating the transition to a circular bioeconomy.

Stora Enso has approximately 19,000 employees and our sales in 2025 were EUR 9.3 billion. Stora Enso's shares are listed on Nasdaq Helsinki Oy (STEAV, STERV) and Nasdaq Stockholm AB (STE A, STE R). In addition, the shares are traded on OTC Markets (OTCQX) in the USA as ADRs and ordinary shares (SEOAY, SEOFF, SEOJF).

Packaging Solutions business area develops and sells world class fiber-based packaging products and services. We constantly innovate and find new ways to replace fossil-based packaging with renewable, eco-friendly alternatives. Our high-end packaging solutions are used by leading customers and brands across multiple industries.