Business Controller

About Hero Nordics

You’ll be part of a flexible and innovative culture that values autonomy and accountability. You’ll work with some of Sweden’s most beloved brands—Semper in Baby Food, Goodies for pres-schoolers, and Corny, the fastest-growing brand in the bar category. This is a unique opportunity to make a visible impact in a market-leading company that prioritizes sustainability, integrity, and natural goodness.

About Hero Group

Hero is a global food company, founded in 1886 in Switzerland, specializing in branded nutritional products across the Growing Up and Adult categories. With a portfolio of trusted brands like Corny, Semper, Goodies, Beech-Nut, Organix, and Deliciously Ella, Hero delivers high-quality, great-tasting food rooted in natural goodness. Guided by its mission to “To delight Consumers through honest Goodness in every Bite”. Hero prioritizes sustainability, integrity, and nutritional balance in everything it does. With 4,000 team members worldwide, the company is driven by strong values, high performance, and a commitment to doing the right thing—always, without

compromise.

About the role

As a Commercial Business Controller, you will act as key business partner to the Finish Country Manager (including Finland, Iceland & Baltics as commercial regions) and supporting the Nordic S&OP process, owning financial analysis, business cases, and performance follow-up. You will ensure fact-based decision-making and support commercial decisions to accelerate profitable growth.

You will be joining a small and dedicated finance team with a lot of energy and a genuine interest in understanding and developing the business. We work closely with colleagues across the organisation and enjoy turning numbers into insights that actually make a difference in day-to-day decisions. We’re on a journey to become even stronger business partners, and we’re looking for someone who wants to help grow the business and shape how we work. With us, you’ll have the space to bring ideas, try new approaches and contribute to building a finance function that’s always aiming to get a little better.

Key Responsibilities

• Full responsibility for performance tracking: monthly, quarterly, and annual reporting, budgeting, and rolling forecasts.
• Ensure strong financial control and adherence to internal processes
• Support strategic initiatives, category strategies, and customer plans with robust financial analysis from sales to profit margin
• Support the Financial Controller in ensuring accurate data uploads in BI and budgeting systems.
• Proactively identify improvement areas and lead projects to enhance profitability.
• Identify and drive opportunities to simplify, automate, and improve financial processes and reporting.
• Occasional business travel to Nordic offices with higher frequency to the Nordic regional office in Stockholm.

About you:

• 5 years of experience as a Business Controller with full P&L responsibility.
• Ability to translate financial data into clear insights and recommendations.
• Excellent ability to build strong relationships
• Business minded with a strong commitment to driving the continued growth and development of the business.
• Work confidently with large data volumes
• Advanced Excel skills (frequent user of Pivot Tables; Power Query) and proficiency in PowerPoint. Experience with Microsoft Co-Pilot is an advantage.
• Experience with BI tools.
• Fluent in Swedish & English, both spoken and written. Understanding of spoken Finish is an advantage.
• Degree in Business Administration or equivalent
• Experience in FMCG or other fast-moving industries is an advantage.
• Experience with SAP, SQL, and Power BI.

Why Join Us?

Our culture

At Hero, we believe great companies are built by people who are empowered to make a real impact. We have an open, flexible, and informal way of working, where everyone has a voice in shaping what we do and how we do it. We collaborate with colleagues across our international organisation.

With short decision-making lines and a flat structure, ideas move quickly and contributions are recognised. We don’t hire people to follow instructions—we hire people who want to take ownership and make their mark. If you spot an opportunity, you’re encouraged to act on it, and if you’re ambitious, you’ll find the freedom to grow.

Creativity, curiosity, and an entrepreneurial mindset are part of everyday life at Hero. We trust our people to drive their own development, support one another, and push boundaries together. Just as importantly, we genuinely enjoy working together and looking out for each other.

We are based in modern offices in Sundbyberg, Stockholm and offer a flexible hybrid working model that supports a healthy work–life balance.

Our Values

Our values are at the heart of everything we do. Developed through an inclusive process involving colleagues from across the business, they guide how we work, collaborate, and succeed together. They reflect who we are today and the future we are building:

Create Wow – We go beyond expectations and strive to make a meaningful im-pact.

Everyone Hero – Every individual matters and every contribution counts.

Nourish Others – We support, inspire, and help each other grow.

Take Responsibility – We own our actions and outcomes, individually and as a team.

If you’re looking for a place where your ideas are valued, your growth is supported, and your work truly matters, you’ll feel at home with us.

We encourage you to submit your application by Monday 20th April 2026 and we will be reviewing applications on a rolling basis

We look forward to receiving your application