Finance Business Partner - Central Europe \| Commercial Impact and International Exposure

Ekornes is one of the world's leading furniture manufacturers and home to the Stressless®, IMG and Svane® brands.

With operations across multiple international markets, we combine strong heritage with ambitious growth plans.

We are looking for a Finance Business Partner with dedicated focus on the Central European markets (mainly Germany, Switzerland, Austria, Netherlands).

In this role, you will work closely with commercial management and our markets, combining financial analysis with a strong understanding of the business to support better decision-making.

The ideal candidate is curious about what drives business performance, comfortable challenging assumptions, and able to translate complex financial and commercial information into clear, actionable recommendations. You combine analytical rigour with a pragmatic, can-do approach and are motivated by finding solutions that create value for the business.

You will be a key business partner for commercial leadership and Country Managers, with exposure to decisions related to pricing, profitability, sales performance, investments and growth initiatives.

As Finance Business Partner, you will:

• Act as a trusted financial advisor to commercial management and Country Managers

• Challenge commercial decisions, assumptions, forecasts and investment proposals to ensure resources are allocated to the highest-value opportunities

• Develop analyses and insights that improve our understanding of commercial performance and support fact-based decision-making

• Support and challenge pricing decisions, with a focus on long-term value creation and profitability

• Monitor sales, profitability, key accounts and commercial initiatives, identifying risks and opportunities for improved performance

• Assist in management reporting within the Commercial function, including business reviews and customer profitability reporting

• Be a key partner in budgeting and forecasting, helping ensure high-quality assumptions and forecasts across our markets

• Evaluate and support business cases and commercial initiatives aimed at driving profitable growth

• Contribute to the continued development of financial tools, systems and processes within Commercial Finance

The position involves close collaboration across both the commercial and finance organisations, centrally and in our local markets.

We believe you have a strong analytical foundation combined with commercial curiosity.

You enjoy getting into the numbers, but your real contribution comes from understanding what the numbers mean for the business and what we should do about them.

You are comfortable working independently, challenging established views and communicating recommendations to stakeholders with different backgrounds.

We are looking for someone with:

• Higher education in finance, accounting, economics or a related field, preferably at Master's degree level

• Approximately 3+ years of relevant experience, for example from FP&A, business controlling, commercial finance, consulting, analytics or data science

• Strong analytical and quantitative capabilities

• A commercial mindset and an interest in understanding the underlying drivers of sales and profitability

• The ability to structure complex problems and turn analysis into practical recommendations

• Strong communication skills and an ability to explain complex issues clearly and simply

• Confidence in constructively challenging assumptions and stakeholders

• Professional proficiency in English

• Scandinavian and/or German languages are an advantage

• Experience from an international organisation, consumer products, manufacturing or working across multiple markets would be valuable, but is not a requirement.

You will join a role with substantial exposure to both commercial and financial decision-making and the opportunity to influence how we develop our business.

Supporting our Central European markets, you will work closely with Country Managers and commercial leadership on decisions related to pricing, profitability, investments and growth initiatives.

The role offers broad exposure across markets, customers, products and commercial performance, providing valuable insight into how key business decisions are made.

You will collaborate with colleagues across both Finance and Commercial functions and have the opportunity to combine analytical expertise with genuine commercial influence.

For the right person, this is an opportunity to move beyond explaining historical performance and instead help shape what we should do next.

Location: Oslo or Sykkylven.

Some business travel within Europe should be expected.

Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis, and the position may be filled before the application deadline. We therefore encourage interested candidates to apply as soon as possible.