KBS Finance Analyst

KBS Finance Consultant APM 

The KBS Finance Consultant works in KONE Business Services (KBS) to ensure measurable business value for KONE through effective stakeholder management of frontlines and area leadership. Supporting the KBS financial strategy, which in turn enables frontline and area finance strategy, the consultant ensures that service delivery not only meets performance expectations but also drives cost efficiency and productivity targets. The role reports to the KBS APM Finance Controller 

The consultant acts as a key link between KBS Accounting Teams and KBS Finance Controller, ensuring performance is aligned with strategic goals, business targets, and financial outcomes. By combining strong service knowledge with financial awareness, the consultant contributes to financial accuracy of KBS APM financial records. This includes analysing expenses & cost drivers, monitoring the financial impact of joint priorities, and prepare management reports, variance analysis, and financial insights.  

KBS Finance Consultant closely cooperates with KBS Process Managers and leads across KBS. 

Role Purpose 

Build a data-driven finance capability by combining process knowledge (S2P/S2C/R2R) with analytics to drive insights, standardization, and efficiency across KBS operations. 

The role transitions the intern from learning-focused execution → value-driven problem solving and decision support. 

Key Responsibilities 

1. Financial Reporting  

• Prepare management reports, variance analysis, and financial insights 

• Validate financial metrics provided by operations & analyze improvement trends 

• Support strategic initiatives, productivity programs, and cost optimization effort 

• Transform data into meaningful business insights and recommendations to improve R80 

2. Financial performance analytics & governance 

• Convert data into actionable insights for operations and finance leaders 

• Support business reviews with dashboards, trend analysis, and performance metrics 

• Provide input for productivity, cost efficiency, and standardization initiatives 

• Ensure compliance with KONE financial controls and governance frameworks 

• Monitor adherence to policies, procedures, and reporting standards 

3. Dashboarding & Data Products 

• Design and implement Power BI dashboards and financial reporting solutions  

• Create scalable reporting frameworks across units 

• Ensure data accuracy, consistency, and usability 

4. Process Improvement & Transformation 

• Identify automation and AI opportunities (e.g., Copilot, Bots, process mining insights) 

• Support implementation of transformation initiatives across KBS 

• Contribute to continuous improvement projects and business cases 

5. Knowledge & Capability Building 

• Develop training material, SOP enhancements, and process documentation https://outlook.office365.com/owa/?ItemID=AAMkADZjM2EzMGNiLTA0MjAtNDI2Yy05NTI4LWU4NGM0ZjJiYWViYgBGAAAAAACJBl9HVEkBR5GgOffaO2lFBwCUF2F%2b7UOCSIYeK4oD%2fKACAAAAAAEJAACUF2F%2b7UOCSIYeK4oD%2fKACAABk3ZLKAAA%3d&exvsurl=1&viewmodel=ReadMessageItem  

• Support onboarding and knowledge transfer initiatives 

• Contribute to digital enablers like process assistants  

6. Stakeholder Collaboration 

• Work with accounting and finance teams to bring data driven insights into actionable recommendations  

• Communicate insights clearly to both technical and business audiences 

• Support governance calls with data-backed input 

Expected Outcomes / Success Measures 

• Improved process KPIs (Improvement R80, Selling & Admin expenses) 

• High-quality, actionable dashboards used by leadership 

• Measurable impact on efficiency, compliance, and standardization 

• Contribution to at least 1–2 transformation or automation initiatives 

• Faster onboarding and knowledge enablement through structured content 

Skills & Competencies 

Functional 

• Strong understanding of finance processes (S2P / S2C / R2R) 

• Data analysis & visualization (Power BI, Excel; SQL/Celonis is a plus)  

Behavioral 

• Analytical thinking & problem solving 

• Outcome orientation and bias for action  

• Strong communication & storytelling with data 

• Ability to work independently and collaboratively