Business Controller, Kesko-IT
- Application Deadline: Oct. 9, 2026
- Helsinki
- Hybrid
Would you like to help build the IT steering of the future together with Finland’s leading trade sector operator? We are looking for an experienced Business Controller to join K-IT to build the future of IT financial steering, cost transparency and support for management decision-making.
Your role
As a Business Controller, you will act as K-IT’s finance partner and help ensure that decision-making is based on high-quality data and a solid business understanding. You will take an active part in budgeting, forecasting and reporting processes and support IT management’s decision-making as a member of the K-IT management team. You will work with a broad network of stakeholders across K-IT and the business divisions, fostering a shared understanding of IT service costs, cost allocations, and the business value generated through technology investments
Your key responsibilities include:
- Analysing and reporting on Kesko Group IT costs
- Coordinating budgeting and forecasting processes
- Acting as a sparring partner for business and IT management on financial matters
- Developing reporting, forecasting and analytics processes and tools
- Driving the development of IT cost transparency through a TBM-based cost management model
To succeed in this role, we believe that you…
Are an experienced Business Controller with the ability to grasp both the details and the bigger picture. You can challenge constructively and bring insights to support decision-making, but you also have the patience and accuracy to handle the necessary routines to a high standard.
We are looking for:
- several years of experience in Controller/Business Controller roles
- experience in IT controlling or in monitoring IT costs
- an understanding of cost allocations, service pricing or IT cost transparency solutions (experience of TBM-type models is considered an advantage)
- the ability to combine data, business understanding and impactful communication
- excellent collaboration and interpersonal skills
- a development-oriented and proactive approach to work
In addition, we value:
- Anaplan skills
- advanced Excel and reporting skills
- knowledge of ServiceNow and related tools will be an advantage
- fluency in Finnish and English
- experience of financial steering in large organizations
- a track record of using GenAI to develop both individual ways of working and/or finance processes
Why join us?
We offer you the opportunity to work in a front-row seat in one of Finland’s largest IT organizations. You will be able to influence significant development initiatives, build new operating models and make use of modern technologies and GenAI as part of financial management.
At Kesko are working in a hybrid workplace model where we combine office days and remote work to best suit both the role and the team. The role is based at our headquarters in Helsinki. We offer extensive employee benefits unique to the K group. These include, among others: Culture & sport benefit (ePassi), shopping benefits that apply in K-Group stores and staff shops, own occupational health care services and leisure time accident insurance. You are also entitled to a car benefit according to our company policy. Several of our partners and customers also offer discounts for their services (e.g. optician, accommodation, sports and wellness). Come join our professional team and start building your own kind of career in K group!
Interested?
The application period ends on 9.10.2026.For more information about the task, please contact your future supervisor Terhi Haajanen, VP, Business services & Controlling. The best way to reach her is by phone on October 6 and October 8 between 14:00 and 15:00 (+358 10 532 2582). Please submit your application via the apply -link. We'd love to hear your salary expectations as well.
The selected candidate will be subject to a credit check and drug testing in accordance with Kesko's recruitment and employment practices.
We at K Group value diversity and believe that different backgrounds and perspectives are key to success. We strive to create a work environment where everyone has the opportunity to grow. Equality, non-discrimination, and fairness are our core principles in recruitment, compensation, and career development.
Work with great people
Great Place to Work
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39 000 K:laisen yhteisö
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5000 tietotyöläistä Suomessa
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1800 asiantuntijaa K-Kampuksella
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400 asiantuntijaa Tampereen toimipisteessä
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1100 K-ruoka-, K-rauta- ja Intersport-kauppiasta
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Lähes 2 miljoonaa asiakaskohtaamista joka päivä
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Toimintaa 8 maassa
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Suomen suurin vähittäiskauppa
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Vähittäismyynti 14 mrd. euroa
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3 toimialaa: Ruokaa, rakentamista ja autoja
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22 000 työntekijää kaupoissa Suomessa
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Yksi maailman vastuullisimmista kaupoista
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A community of 39 000 employees
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5000 knowledge workers in Finland
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1800 experts at the K Kampus
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400 experts at the Tampere office
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1100 K-ruoka-, K-rauta- and Intersport retailers
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Almost 2 million customer encounters every day
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Operations in 8 countries
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Finland's largest retailer
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Retails sales 14 Billion €
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3 trades: Grocery, Building & technical and Car
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22 000 store employees around Finland
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One of the world's most responsible stores
About the company
We are more than 1,000 entrepreneurs and 39,000 K-team members with an endless belief in building better commerce, over and over again. We believe in commerce and the strong spirit of entrepreneurship as the cornerstone of a thriving and prosperous society.
Whether your passion lies in cars, construction, customer service, or technology, we constantly have new opportunities for those ready to shape better commerce. Your work leaves a mark on the everyday lives of Finns—how we move, eat, and build. This house never stands still, and you can shape your own career path, moving across industries and companies.
We are the House of Doers, united by an authentic spirit of action. With teamwork and a customer-first mindset, we create better commerce every single day. So let’s roll up our sleeves and get things moving again – LET’S K!
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Nuoret ja opiskelijaK-ryhmässä työskentelee joka vuosi noin 6000 kesätyöntekijää ruoka- ja rautakaupoissa, logistiikassa, tukuissa ja toimistoilla. Kaupoissa on paljon mahdollisuuksia oppimiseen ja tutkinnon suorittamiseen työn ohella.
AsiantuntijatyöSuomessa K-ryhmän toimistoilla uudistuvaa K:ta suunnittelee ja kehittää noin 5000 mm. IT:n, digin, markkinoinnin, hankinnan, valikoimanhallinnan, talouden, myynnin ja liiketoiminnan- ja konseptikehityksen osaajan joukko.
MyymälätyöK-ruoka- ja rautakauppojen, Intersportien ja Budget Sportien, Onninen Expressien, Kespron tukkujen ja K-Auton myymälöiden ammattitaitoiset osaajat tekevät päivittäin töitä sen eteen, että kaupassa olisi kiva käydä.
LogistiikkaK-ryhmän päivittäistavarakaupan Vantaan ja Onnisen Hyvinkään keskusvarastoille tarvitaan jatkuvasti paljon uusia työntekijöitä. Palkka on hyvä ja pääset vaikuttamaan siihen itse: K maksaa varastotyöntekijöille kilpailukykyistä suoritelisää TES-palkan päälle.
Automyyjät ja mekaanikotK-Autolla töitä tehdään Suomen suosituimpien automerkkien kanssa: Audi, Volkswagen henkilöautot- ja hyötyautot, Seat, CUPRA, Porsche, Bentley. Käytettävissäsi on yhden Suomen isoimman autotalon ja maailman suurimman autonvalmistajan kehitys- ja koulutusmahdollisuudet sekä uusimmat työkalut.
StudentsAround 6,000 summer employees work in the K-group every year in grocery and hardware stores, logistics, wholesale and offices. In stores, there are many opportunities for learning and completing a degree alongside work.
Knowledge workIn Finland, a group of approximately 5,000 K Group employees are planning and developing the ever-evolving K, working in different functions, e.g., IT, digital, marketing, purchasing, assortment management, finance, sales and business and concept development.
Store workIn the K Group, you can choose your workplace from a diverse range of chains according to your interests. In the store, you can develop into a specialist from a sommelier to the store's social media specialist and from a K-Merchant to an expert in the field of trade.
LogisticsThe Logistics Centres of the K Group's grocery store in Vantaa and Onninen in Hyvinkää are constantly looking for new employees. The job pays well and you can influence it yourself: K Group pays warehouse workers a competitive performance bonus on top of the TES (Collective bargain) wages.
Car salesmen & mechanicsAt K-Auto, we work with the most popular car brands in Finland: Audi, Volkswagen (both passenger cars and commercial vehicles), Seat, CUPRA, Porsche, Bentley. The development and training opportunities of one of Finland's largest car manufacturers and the world's largest car manufacturer, as well as the latest tools, are at your disposal.
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