Financial Accounting & Reporting Controller

Would you like to work in a work environment that is most certainly unique? With us, you get to do meaningful work and enable a more environmentally friendly way to travel and transport.

We are looking for a Financial Accounting & Reporting Controller to join our Financial Services in Helsinki.

In this role you will part of a team responsible for implementing a new finance system for centralized VR accounting, IFRS and local GAAP reporting and tax reporting covering all VR business units and common functions. The role is part of our Financial Services organisation. You will focus on our new finance system implementation in close cooperation with our Financial controllers responsible for financial services for our legal entities covering financial reporting, support in management reporting, and tax matters in Finland and Sweden.

We offer a great opportunity to have a first-row seat to be part of a rapidly changing market and possibility to influence the VR Group success. VR Group is a versatile, environment friendly and sustainable operator of logistics and passenger transport in Finland and Sweden. VR Group Finance and Treasury function provides full-service set-up for all VR legal entities with high emphasis on supporting VR Group business capabilities.

We are looking for a team player, with experience on financial reporting and finance system implementation project(s), preferably some experience also in asset accounting. You are not afraid of process development, automation nor harmonization of processes, and you feel at home in a fast changing environment. You are familiar with system implementations and change management is your second nature.

Our businesses appreciate our skills and experience in financial, accounting, and tax matters, great service mindset and efficient processes.

Main responsibilities include:

taking one of the key roles in finance system implementation project, ensuring the new system provides timely, high-quality and efficient plat