Financial Controller to Nestlé Nordics in Copenhagen

Are you an analytical and business-oriented finance professional looking for your next challenge? Do you thrive in an international environment where you can take ownership, collaborate across borders and contribute to continuous improvement initiatives?

Nestlé is now looking for a Financial Controller to join the Nordic Financial Services team. In this role, you will be responsible for the financial control and reporting activities for two legal entities in the Nordic while working closely with local stakeholders, shared service centers and global finance teams.

You will become part of a diverse and collaborative team of finance professionals who share a common goal: creating value for the business. The Nordic Financial Services team consists of four Financial Controllers and one AR/AP Specialist. While we operate in a fast-paced and professional environment, we pride ourselves on maintaining an open, supportive and informal culture.

The position reports to the Nordic Financial Services Manager Aida Kadribegovic, an experienced and modest leader, based at Nestlé's Nordic headquarters in Copenhagen.

About the role

As Financial Controller, you will play a key role in ensuring the accuracy, compliance and quality of financial reporting across your assigned markets.

Your responsibilities will include:

• Primary responsibility for overseeing and ensuring the reconciliation and accuracy of the financial statements for Norway and Finland

• Acting as the Single Point of Contact (SPOC) for selected accounting processes, connecting the local business with Nestlé’s shared service centers and ensuring efficient communication and high-quality financial processes across the Nordics

• Supporting daily finance and accounting operations, including review and approval of journal entries and payment vouchers

• Ensuring timely and accurate quarterly reporting to Nestlé Headquarters in Switzerland

• Maintaining compliance with local accounting standards, legal requirements, and tax regulations

• Ensuring adherence to Nestlé Group accounting policies, internal controls and financial guidelines

• Acting as the primary contact for external auditors and supporting audit processes

• Driving finance transformation, business excellence and continuous process improvement across the Nordic Finance organization

Who are you?

We believe you are a structured and detail-oriented professional with a proactive mindset and a genuine interest in understanding the business behind the numbers. You enjoy collaborating with stakeholders across different functions and countries and are comfortable working in an international matrix organization.

To succeed in this role, we see that you have:

• A university degree in Finance, Economics, Business Administration, or a related field

• At least 3 years of experience within accounting

• Strong knowledge of financial reporting, accounting principles, and internal controls

• Experience working with IFRS and local statutory reporting requirements is an advantage

• Advanced skills in Microsoft Excel and good knowledge of the Microsoft Office suite

• Experience working with SAP and/or within an FMCG environment is considered an advantage

• Fluent English skills, both written and spoken. Knowledge of Danish is considered a plus but is not required

Interested?

In this recruitment, Nestlé cooperates with Mpya Finance. Selection is ongoing, so we encourage you to apply as soon as possible.

For questions about the role or the process, please contact:
Johanna Andersson – Se e-mailadresse på ansokan.mpyafinance.se
Lærke Almefors- Se e-mailadresse på ansokan.mpyafinance.se

Warm welcome with your application via – we look forward to hearing from you.