Cost Controller

Louhintahiekka is Finland’s largest privately owned infrastructure construction company. We are a profitable and growing company that invests strongly in people. We already have more than 170 professionals, and build infrastructure and industrial projects throughout Finland. Our head office is in Helsinki. Our revenue is 181 million euros. We are looking for a Cost Controller for a new, hands-on expert role developing Louhintahiekka’s procurement and cost analytics, reporting, and controls for procurement and tender-calculation processes. You will build operating models and tools for the new role and influence their development with your own ideas. We expect an independent and proactive approach and the ability to put development ideas into practice. You will work closely with finance, procurement, tender calculation, project management and construction sites. The role gives you broad insight into Louhintahiekka’s business and the opportunity to develop procurement and cost management together with different functions. You will report to CFO Mikko Matero. Work is mainly at our Helsinki office, but you will also visit our sites to meet staff and collaborate with them. We offer - A new, independent expert role where you can make a concrete contribution to developing Louhintahiekka’s procurement and cost analytics. - The opportunity to build reporting, analytics and operating models from the ground up and influence the choice of tools. - Close collaboration with finance leadership, procurement, tender calculation and project organisations. - The opportunity to develop Power BI and Excel reporting, master data, processes and systems for a growing company. - The opportunity to take responsibility and develop your expertise with Louhintahiekka. - The opportunity to help build the growing Louhintahiekka towards our strategic goals for 2030. We also offer - Competitive pay based on your expertise and a motivating incentive-pay model. - Extensive occupational healthcare. - An ePass flex benefit of €400 per year. - Employer-supported lunch. Your responsibilities Developing procurement and cost analytics - Analyse procurement, material costs, purchase prices and volumes, and supplier- and product-level cost data. - Build and develop Power BI- and Excel-based reporting and analysis tools for management and construction-site needs. - Monitor price trends and cost deviations. Controlling procurement and tender calculation - Monitor compliance with procurement processes and contracts and investigate procurement deviations at a general level. - Compare tender-calculation cost assumptions with project forecasts and actual costs, and analyse project profitability. - Develop internal controls for procurement and tender-calculation processes and identify operational improvement opportunities. Developing data, systems and ways of working - Improve procurement and cost data quality, the product database, and key supplier, project and other master data. - Develop procurement and purchase-invoice processes and the use of ERP systems and reporting tools. - Identify automation opportunities using new technologies and implement improvements together with the business. What we expect from you - A suitable higher-education degree, for example in business, technology or industrial engineering and management. - At least a few years’ experience in cost monitoring, procurement, analytics, controlling or supply-chain roles. - Practical experience in product-, material- or procurement-level cost analytics. - Strong Power BI and Excel skills and experience independently building reporting and analytics solutions. - Experience monitoring and controlling procurement, costs or financial processes. - The ability to analyse information, identify deviations and make practical improvement proposals based on your findings. We particularly value experience in construction and infrastructure, manufacturing, technology-industry production or process industry. Experience in procurement, logistics and supply-chain roles is also suitable if it includes strong cost and product-level analytics. Experience in project business, tender calculation, master-data development, financial-process controls and reporting automation is an advantage. What kind of person will succeed in the role? Above all, we are looking for a practical, proactive and analytical person who wants to develop operations and can also build the necessary tools and put solutions into practice. On one day you might analyse thousands of procurement rows and investigate material-price trends; on another, build a Power BI report for management or review cost deviations with a construction site. Next, you might develop procurement-process controls or investigate differences between tender calculations and actual costs. As this is a new role, we particularly value your ability to take initiative, see the big picture and make progress even when established ways of working do not yet exist. You have ideas of your own, while also listening to business needs and developing solutions with others. Further information and applying For further information about the role, contact: Mikko Matero CFO 040 517 2070 Mikko is available by phone at the following times: Wednesday 21 October 2026, 12:00–13:00 Monday 26 October 2026, 13:00–14:00 Thursday 29 October 2026, 09:00–10:00 Apply for the role as soon as possible; we will proceed with recruitment during the application period.