Controlling Specialist

  • Category: Finance
  • Location: Esposende, Portugal

Optimize financial performance through analytical excellence

Are you motivated by financial analysis, operational support, and contributing to continuous improvement? As a Controlling Specialist, you will play a key role in ensuring precise cost control, accurate stock management, and reliable financial insights that support informed decision-making. This is an exciting opportunity to join a company committed to quality, sustainability, and operational efficiency while working in a collaborative environment for innovation and growth. You will be part of a structure that values technical accuracy, responsible data management, and continuous learning across all teams. Do you want to contribute to a growing organization improving operational excellence every day?


Ensure financial accuracy and promote operational excellence

In this role, you will manage product cost calculations, support financial and operational processes, and ensure accurate stock control across the organization. You will also maintain and update SAP master data, prepare annual inventory analyses, and conduct various financial and operational studies to support decision-making. Your work will directly improve process reliability, reporting quality, and continuous improvement.

Your responsibility will be to:

  • Support financial and operational management activities ensuring accuracy and compliance
  • Perform product costing and conduct detailed analyses
  • Manage stock control, including CYCLE COUNT processes and intra-group monthly flows
  • Create and update SAP technical lists, routings, and material master data
  • Prepare annual inventory analysis and respond to internal and external surveys

You will be based in Esposende, collaborating with cross-functional teams. Occasional travel may be required depending on operational needs.

Detail-focused and collaborative professional committed to delivering high-quality results

You pay close attention to details and thrive in situations that require careful evaluation and clear decision-making. You bring a collaborative mindset, communicate clearly with diverse teams, and enjoy contributing to efficient and streamlined processes. You appreciate structured work, continuous learning, and delivering high-quality results aligned with organizational standards.

You also have:

  • A degree or master’s degree in Economics or equivalent
  • Solid Excel knowledge
  • Fluency in English
  • Minimum 3 year of experience in similar functions
  • Solid SAP knowledge


Empower operational excellence for sustainable progress

NKT is committed to developing a diverse organization and culture where people of diverse backgrounds can grow and are inspired to do their best. We are committed to establishing gender diversity at NKT and encouraging all interested candidates to apply – even if you don’t tick all the boxes described. We believe that a diverse organization enables long-term performance, and that an inclusive and welcoming culture creates a better work environment.
Joining us means becoming part of a supportive and international environment where you can grow professionally, develop new skills, and contribute to meaningful initiatives. You will work alongside experienced colleagues, learn about varied operational processes, and be supported in shaping your own development within a global organization focused on continuous improvement and sustainability.

Read more about our offer and listen to some voices of NKT Connectors here!

We will review applications continuously, but we recommend you apply no later than 22 of March. Be aware that personality and cognitive tests might be included in the recruitment process. If you have any questions about the recruitment process, please reach out to Sofia Miranda at sofia.miranda@nkt.com. Please note that due to the GDPR regulations we cannot accept any applications via e-mail.

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About NKT
Offers a broad range of building wires, low- and medium-voltage power cable solutions supporting both safety in the building sector and the European energy transition. NKT markets high-quality products exceeding high customer expectations and has developed ergonomic solutions that are easy to install. Here, you will join a diverse and international organization operating from five main production sites with strong market positions across Europe driven by customer centricity and a growth focus.

At NKT, we are all Connectors. We connect to develop leading power cable technologies that enable the world’s transition to renewable energy - and we stay connected to grow as people and professionals. As a company, NKT connects a greener world with high-quality power cable technology and plays a key role as the world moves towards clean energy. NKT designs, manufactures and installs low-, medium- and high-voltage power cable solutions enabling reliable energy transmission. Since 1891, NKT has innovated the power cable technology, building the infrastructure from the first light bulbs to the megawatts created by renewable energy today.
NKT is headquartered in Denmark, operates from more than 30 locations worldwide, and employs 6,000 people globally. NKT is listed on Nasdaq Copenhagen and realised a revenue of EUR 3.3 billion in 2024. NKT - We connect a greener world. www.nkt.com

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