Pekka Pohjola
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Experience
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Avaus
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Finland
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Business Consulting and Services
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100 - 200 Employee
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Chief Financial Officer
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Mar 2016 - Present
Helsinki Area, Finland
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KONE
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Finland
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Industrial Machinery Manufacturing
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700 & Above Employee
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Finance Manager, Finnish Financial Services
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Aug 2014 - Feb 2016
Hyvinkää, Finland I'm leading accounting team of 15 persons. My responsibilities are accounting and external reporting for all Finnish KONE companies. Our team is providing financial services such as accounting, purchase to pay process, accounts receivables, account payables and travel claims for Finnish subsidiaries. I'm also a business controller for global functions (finance, marketing, customer experience, legal, etc.).
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Process Expert - SAP Business Planning and Consolidation (BPC)
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Sep 2013 - Jul 2014
Espoo, Finland KONE implemented the new consolidation tool SAP BPC. I was part of developing and implementing this new tool. My responsibility was to desing consolidation process and converting financial figures from the old system into the new one.
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Finance Manager
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Dec 2012 - Aug 2013
Stockholm, Sweden As a finance manager I was a member of management team. I was leading the finance team of 10 persons. My responsibilities were financial and management reporting including forecasting, planning and monthly reporting. My strong focus was in business controlling and supporting the business desicions with high quality analysis and insights. I was able to develop finance organization in a short period.
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Controller, Head of Corporate Reporting team
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Feb 2011 - Dec 2012
Espoo, Finland I was leading Corporate reporting team of 5 persons. My responsibilities were forecasting, planning and reporting processes. One of the responsibilities were monthly management reporting to executive board which taught me what are the key success factors in business. Mostly it is proactive leadership and fast actions when deviations are noticed. Corporate reporting team is producing KONE financial statements (interim and annual reports).
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Financial controller
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Mar 2009 - Jan 2011
Espoo, Finland I was a senior expert in financial reporting. My responsibilities were consolidation of KONE's financial statements, IFRS reporting and calculating KONE group's key figures. I was also supporting and training local finance organizations. Business understanding increased significantly thanks to close collaboration with different stakeholders within the company.
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Assistant controller
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May 2006 - Feb 2009
Espoo, Finland Team member in KONE Corpoarte reporting team. My responsibilities were various tasks in financial reporting (consolidation process) and management reporting (KPI's, reports, analysis). I was constantly supporting KONE regions in reporting related topics.
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Education
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Turku School of Economics at the University of Turku
Master's degree, Finance, General