Project Controller / Arctial

Arctial is developing Europe’s most advanced, low-carbon primary aluminium smelter on the border of Kokkola and Kruunupyy. Arctial is a joint venture backed by leading industrial partners, including Rio Tinto, Mitsubishi Corporation, Fortum, ABB, Siemens Financial Services, Tesi and Vargas.

After more than three decades without new primary aluminium production in continental Europe, Project Arctial represents a major industrial breakthrough. Powered by low-carbon electricity and proven technology, the facility will produce aluminium with a carbon footprint far below today’s standards. If realized, the project is expected to create around 1,200 direct jobs and several thousand indirect jobs in the region.

Arctial is strengthening its financial management - and we’re now looking for an energetic and forward-looking

Project Controller

Arctial’s CFO Office plays a pivotal role in securing funding, managing financing, and overseeing investment control across the development of a world-class low-carbon smelter. We are building a finance function that will serve as a strong and reliable partner to the business.

In this role, you will report to the Group Finance Director with a dotted line to the Site Manager. Your daily responsibilities include controlling accounts payable and verifying contract compliance. You will support a variety of reporting needs such as monthly reporting, budgeting, and lender reporting.

You will also play a key role in developing processes, implementing new technologies and training users, while serving as a trusted partner to the Owners Engineering team by supporting their diverse data and analysis needs.

The team we bring together now will define how the facility is designed, how quality standards are set, and how operational excellence is delivered for decades to come.

We expect you to have a few years of relevant experience, for example in Assisting Controlling in industrial or construction projects and a suitable education in finance or ind