Vice President Controlling & Finance

VICE PRESIDENT CONTROLLING & FINANCE – Parts & Services EMEA

Are you a driven leader who sets ambitious targets and thrives on transforming a business? Do you combine strong financial acumen with a close-to-the-business approach? Are you passionate about developing a healthy, high-performing culture focused on operational excellence, continuous improvement, and collaboration?

Our Parts and Service Division in EMEA is looking for an experienced Vice President of Controlling and Finance to support business management and deliver focused, accurate reporting that strengthens commercial competence and financial control across the region.

About the role

As Vice President of Controlling and Finance, you will ensure the delivery of quality-assured and timely financial and non-financial data. This will enable the division to understand its performance against agreed targets, analyze deviations, and proactively implement corrective actions.

In this role, you will be a pivotal member of the divisional management team, participate in business development activities, drive efficiency, and actively contribute to the development of the business in line with our strategy for growth. You will also foster an organization where innovative and efficient people thrive and flourish.

You will be a member of several legal and operational boards within the division’s administrative entities, as well as the Epiroc Financial Council. In this capacity, you will actively contribute to the development of finance and business control practices across the Group.

This is a key position reporting directly to the President of the Parts and Service EMEA Division, with a strong connection to the Business Area Controller.

Key responsibilities

• Ensure control over the division’s consolidated financial performance and verify that financial reporting and accounting practices comply with company policies and local regulations.
• Gather and present high-quality financial and business data to support strategic decision-making at all levels of the division.
• Take ownership of working capital management, proactively reduce overdue payments with Regional Business Managers and global functions such as Supply Chian, and establish inventory targets for Customer Centers and regional teams.
• Develop a deep understanding of the Parts and Service and supply chain businesses, and advise managers on business cases, investment alternatives, and company valuations.
• Lead regional budgeting, forecasting, and financial planning, ensuring alignment between financial targets, business assumptions, and strategic priorities.
• Actively challenge and support PSD Global Capabilities on financial planning, return on investment, and capability development.
• Continuously monitor and analyze business performance, including active participation in review meetings for Customer Centers, Global Hubs, Supply Chain, and Business Areas.
• Identify and interpret business trends, highlight potential risks, and ensure that appropriate action plans are developed and implemented.
• Design and deliver tools that provide early warnings of deviations and enable accurate forecasting, helping management avoid unexpected outcomes.
• Promote consistent adherence to The Epiroc Way and lead internal and external audit activities, ensuring corrective action is taken when required.
• Support strategic acquisitions by coordinating due diligence, developing valuation models, and overseeing financial integration and post-acquisition follow-up.
• Build and lead a professional, high-performing finance organization, while strengthening collaboration, team spirit, and financial capabilities across the region.
• Actively work with the other regional VP Controlling & Finance in PSD NASA and APAC and jointly speak on behalf of the full PSD in forums and in cooperation with Global teams.

Experience and requirements

• Strong background as a customer center and product company Business Controller with proven track of delivering results, and of developing a successful, well-motivated organization.
• Capability in business process management, and a solid business understanding and interest.
• Solid knowledge of financial consolidation/reporting systems.
• Experience working in a global organization with multiple factories, distribution centers, and customer markets, including experience from being a manager in a complex international matrix organization and being exposed to corporate risk management.
• University degree in finance and/or business administration or similar, relevant field.
• Fluency in English is required, both written and verbally. Additional languages are a plus.

Location and travel

Location in an Epiroc office in EMEA:

Örebro, Sweden
Stockholm, Sweden
Johannesburg, South Africa
Accra, Ghana
DRC, Congo
Chingola, Zambia

Up to 25% of international travel expected

Recruitment Process