Financial Controller

Join our winning organization and passionate people!

To strengthen our central finance function, we are now looking for a highly capable Financial Controller with strong expertise in accounting, tax, transfer pricing, and cost management. This is a key role in ensuring robust financial governance and proactive cost control across our newly centralized HQ functions.

Your role

As Financial Controller, you will be a core contributor to the finance team and a trusted partner to leaders in the central organization. You will take ownership of HQ financial follow-up, act as the in-house expert on accounting and tax matters and play an important role in further developing our finance processes and systems.

Key responsibilities

• Own budgeting, forecasting, and cost follow-up for HQ and centralized departments

• Support department leaders with monthly cost updates and proactive cost management

• Coordinate the monthly closing process and annual reporting for the Orkla Snacks holding company

• Act as the main point of contact within the PortCo on accounting, tax, transfer pricing, and IFRS-related matters

• Oversee group consolidation for Orkla Snacks, including consolidated P&L, Balance Sheet, and Cash Flow, as well as intercompany follow-up

• Drive continuous improvement of finance processes, procedures, and ways of working

• Lead dividend planning and support optimization of the capital structure; serve as primary contact towards Treasury

• Support the new International department from an accounting perspective, including interaction with our partner in the US

• Contribute to strong financial governance and the further development of our consolidation system (Tagetik)

Who we are looking for

We are looking for a structured and proactive finance professional who combines strong technical competence with the ability to collaborate closely with stakeholders across the organization.

Education

Bachelor's or Master's degree in Finance, Economics, Business Administration, or a related field

Experience and competence

• 3-5 years of relevant experience from auditing, controlling, group accounting, or similar roles

• Solid knowledge of accounting, tax, group accounting, and IFRS

• Strong system competence, particularly in SAP and Excel, and experience with consolidation systems and other finance tools

• Experience from international companies is an advantage

Personal qualities

• High attention to detail and strong analytical skills

• Structured, systematic, and results-oriented

• Curious, proactive, and able to work independently

• Strong collaboration skills and ability to build trustful relationships

• Credible, reliable, and forward-thinking, with high integrity

Languages

• Fluent in English

• Scandinavian language skills are preferred but not required

Other

Some travel should be expected

Why join Orkla Snacks?

This is a unique opportunity to join Orkla Snacks at an exciting point in our development, where you will have real influence on how the finance function is shaped going forward. You will work closely with experienced colleagues in a professional, collaborative environment, with exposure to senior stakeholders and international interfaces.

Orkla Snacks is a dominant snack company located in the Nordics and Baltics, operating across seven markets with a proud annual turnover of around 9.7 billion NOK. Our company comprises over 3,000 dedicated people, bound by a passion for nurturing our portfolio of cherished brands like KiMs, Nidar, Stratos, Sætre, Göteborgs Kex, OLW, Panda, Laima, Selga, Taffel, Kalev, Nói Síríus, and many more. At our core, we are more than just snacks; in Orkla Snacks we are creating moments of happiness, powered by a network of 13 specialized factories with a commitment to excellence and sustainability.

Orkla Snacks is an Orkla ASA portfolio company.