Finance Specialist

At Konecranes, we believe that great customer experience is built on the people behind the Konecranes name. Everything we do, we do with passion and drive. We believe diversity drives business success and is the foundation for our growth. We welcome different backgrounds and skills that enrich our community and we promote a place where we can ALL be ourselves. This is what makes Konecranes a unique place to work.

The Finance Specialist acts as a key member of the Finance Center of Excellence, serving as a point of contact for finance process support and continuously improving finance processes and tools in collaboration with the Finance Transformation team.

Key Tasks :

EndUser Process Support

Acts as the first point of contact for end users, answering questions and resolving issues related to finance processes in a timely and professional manner.

Central Process Administration

Manages centralized administrative activities for defined finance processes, such as maintaining user access and system authorizations.

Training & Documentation

Provides training to end users and creates, maintains, and updates clear and accurate process instructions and guidance materials.

First point of contact

Investigates process or system issues and, when required, escalates and coordinates with relevant departments such as IT or Treasury following defined procedures.

Solution Testing & Documentation

Tests proposed solutions and process improvements and documents successful outcomes for knowledge sharing and future reference.

Processes improvement

• Participates in new country or company implementations by supporting process.

• Contributes to the continuous improvement of finance processes and tools in close collaboration with the Finance Transformation team.

Other duties

• Demonstrates safe working practices in line with company procedures
• Performs work related duties as assigned by management
• Follows GDPR requirements in daily tasks
• Substitutes other team members in case of absence

Customers and / or Interest Groups Cooperation Partners and Networks 

• IT team
• Treasury team
• Finance Transformation team

Education:

Academic degree in economics or other relevant major.

Experience and competences

• Previous experience in accounting as well as familiarity with one or several of the listed financial processes: payments, leasing, assets, journal entries, account reconciliation, travel.
• Good understanding and experience in working with some ERP software (SAP, Navision, Axapta etc).
• Skills in TIS, SAP CLM, CoProcess, Emburse Enterprise, Aico or Pagero are considered beneficial.
• Accurate; detail- and deadline-oriented.
• Flexible and able to multitask.
• Self-driven and autonomous work attitude.
• Ability for problem solving in systematic approach.
• Well-developed communication and interpersonal skills.
• Business and customer oriented.
• Good command of written and spoken English language

Employee benefits include activity compensation, eye glass compensation, team events, Employee Share Saving Plan (ESSP). Hybrid work is part of our working method, so you can work partially remotely if you wish. Our office locates in Tallinn, Ülemiste City.

Konecranes moves what matters. We are a global leader in material handling solutions, serving a broad range of customers across multiple industries. We consistently set the industry benchmark, from everyday improvements to the breakthroughs at moments that matter most, because we know we can always find a safer, more productive and sustainable way. That's why, with 16 000+ professionals in over 50 countries, we are trusted every day to lift, handle and move what the world needs.

Konecranes is committed to ensuring that all employees and job applicants are treated fairly in an environment which is free from any form of discrimination.