Jouko Kiuru Email & Phone Number

Helsinki, Uusimaa, Finland

After 3 years as Head of Reporting & Analytics and ~6 in various Business Controller roles, it is again time for something new. The heavy lifting in Analytics is done and we have an excellent platform to build upon. Next I'm focusing in driving the change in our end-to-end business operations together with our Sales Leadership and Business Operations management. Data & Analytics will continue being my core and my responsibilities there remain the same. However, even though I've for years been… Show more After 3 years as Head of Reporting & Analytics and ~6 in various Business Controller roles, it is again time for something new. The heavy lifting in Analytics is done and we have an excellent platform to build upon. Next I'm focusing in driving the change in our end-to-end business operations together with our Sales Leadership and Business Operations management. Data & Analytics will continue being my core and my responsibilities there remain the same. However, even though I've for years been heavily involved in designing and putting into practice much of our existing business operations practices, it is now time to shift gears and focus on that and putting less emphasis on data & analytics.We already are one of the fastest growing and most profitable companies in our sector, but as we've already matured to play with the big global players, the competition is steeper than ever. Time to think big and roll up the sleeves and push for ever greater heights. Together, as always. Excited! Show less

Helsinki, Uusimaa, Finland

Currently responsible for our group wide Internal reporting & analytics development and maintenance.After 6 years in various Business Controller roles within the group, I'm now focusing on our reporting, analytics and planning activities in our Group Operations function. In this role, I'm drawing from my experience from building and administrating our earlier PSA solution and two previous reporting, planning and analytics solutions (Cognos, Jedox). I also held a key role in replacing… Show more Currently responsible for our group wide Internal reporting & analytics development and maintenance.After 6 years in various Business Controller roles within the group, I'm now focusing on our reporting, analytics and planning activities in our Group Operations function. In this role, I'm drawing from my experience from building and administrating our earlier PSA solution and two previous reporting, planning and analytics solutions (Cognos, Jedox). I also held a key role in replacing our earlier operating systems with a fully fledged group wide ERP system Workday (Finance + HR + PSA). In that project, my main responsibilities were in defining how and what data we collect and at what level, how data is migrated from our old systems to our new system and finally in what kind of reports and data we can then leverage for building more accurate and meaningful reports and analysis to improve our business.Currently, my main responsibilities are:-Creating the specifications for Data & Analytics development and building much of it myself-Coordinating the efforts of our internal reporting team, subcontractors and our internal stakeholders-Making sure that the reports get put into practice and that our data and reports actually lead to actions-Collaborating with Management to define new initiatives to utilize our data further and improve our Commercial Excellence Show less

Helsinki

For 6 years, I was working as a Business Controller / Senior Business Controller at Solita. I was initially the first Controller in Solita's history, but during this time the team grew to include three other controllers in Finland and one controller in Sweden. I served as the "team eldest".In this role, I was the person responsible for management accounting and related data & systems in a great Finance team of 11 people. My primary goal was to aid the company with managing its growth… Show more For 6 years, I was working as a Business Controller / Senior Business Controller at Solita. I was initially the first Controller in Solita's history, but during this time the team grew to include three other controllers in Finland and one controller in Sweden. I served as the "team eldest".In this role, I was the person responsible for management accounting and related data & systems in a great Finance team of 11 people. My primary goal was to aid the company with managing its growth and profitability as both the main user and developer of our company business planning and intelligence solutions and administering our PSA/CRM. I was mainly working with our business management, finance department, sales and HR. My role involved everything from monthly revenue, revenue leakage, profitability and growth analysis & reporting to ad hoc analysis of various financial issues.After such a long time in the Business Controller -role and after implementing Workday as our group global platform, I decided to switch to a new role as Head of Internal Reporting & Analytics. My role as a Business Controller had grown to include too much and I wanted to start fresh in a new role and with new focus. Implementing a new ERP also meant that we had to reorganize ourselves, so this was also a very convenient time to start anew. Show less

Between September 2013 and November 2014, I worked as a Business intelligence specialist for Solita Oy. In this role I was mainly involved in creating planning, forecasting, analyzing and reporting solutions for our customers with both IBM Cognos TM1 and IBM Cognos BI, with a heavy emphasis on TM1. I was also the main administrator and developer of our own Cognos planning and reporting solution.My main task was to work in between our customers and our own development teams, defining and… Show more Between September 2013 and November 2014, I worked as a Business intelligence specialist for Solita Oy. In this role I was mainly involved in creating planning, forecasting, analyzing and reporting solutions for our customers with both IBM Cognos TM1 and IBM Cognos BI, with a heavy emphasis on TM1. I was also the main administrator and developer of our own Cognos planning and reporting solution.My main task was to work in between our customers and our own development teams, defining and designing what kind of planning, forecasting, analyzing and reporting solutions might best serve our customers' needs and how we could go about fulfilling those needs. Further, I was also a member of the actual development team, pulling my own weight and helping others in actually meeting our customers' demands.During my spell in this role, I had the pleasure of being involved in several projects. The most notable of my projects include a KPI forecasting and reporting solution for a leading telecoms company and a sales and profitability planning & reporting solution for one of Europe's biggest manufacturing industry subcontractors. Show less

Huittinen

Member of the board

Huittinen, Finland

Seloy Oy is an insulating glass manufacturing company and our family business. While studying at Turku School of Economics, I worked on and off in the company as part of the management team. During the summers I was present in the company doing mainly cost accounting and other management accounting roles. During school terms I worked with the company management by doing remote work - otherwise my role remained the same. During the last stages of my studies and now after graduation, I have been… Show more Seloy Oy is an insulating glass manufacturing company and our family business. While studying at Turku School of Economics, I worked on and off in the company as part of the management team. During the summers I was present in the company doing mainly cost accounting and other management accounting roles. During school terms I worked with the company management by doing remote work - otherwise my role remained the same. During the last stages of my studies and now after graduation, I have been involved in remaking our company's cost accounting system. Most recently this work was evident in our ERP system design, implementation and development project, where I was responsible for managing the project, but also for creating the business logic behind the system. Now although I've stopped working for Seloy on ongoing basis, I am still occasionally involved in various projects related to finance and strategic decision making. Show less

Huittinen

In this role I was responsible for a team of 33 tutors and 15 international tutors, who in turn were responsible for about 400-450 new students at Turku School of Economics. My job was to coordinate their actions, train them, provide relevant information for them and keep them on track of things. I was also co-head of the association's Division of Student Wellfare, which was responsible for looking after our school's student's social and educational interests. In this role I had the… Show more In this role I was responsible for a team of 33 tutors and 15 international tutors, who in turn were responsible for about 400-450 new students at Turku School of Economics. My job was to coordinate their actions, train them, provide relevant information for them and keep them on track of things. I was also co-head of the association's Division of Student Wellfare, which was responsible for looking after our school's student's social and educational interests. In this role I had the pleasure to work with staff members from our school, developing negotiation and lobbying skills.The role also involved key membership in the association's board of directors. In this capacity, we were responsible for the coordination, development and day-to-day -running of the whole association. This also allowed us to create close relationships with other student associations in Finland and also with SEFE - The Finnish Association of Business School Graduates.I was also voted as Vuoden järjestöjyrä (person known for his dedication and activeness in various student associations) by our whole class of ca. 250-300 people in 2012. I was also given several official awards and other accolades for my work in different student activities by both the Student Association of Economics Students in Turku (Turun KY) and the Student Union of the University of Turku (TYY). Show less

Master Of Science (M.Sc.) In Economics, International Business And Management Accounting

Activities and Societies: Head of the Sports Division (2009), Founding member and communications officer at KY-Hansa (2011), International.

Education record

I spent the summer 2011 at University of California, Berkeley, Haas School of Business. I attended several courses during my time there.

Australia: Work/Travel

After completing my military service and before starting my studies at Turku School of Economics, I spent roughly 5 months in Australia.