Head of Finance IT

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At ISS Tech Team, we create smarter workplace experiences through technology. Our Global Technology Solutions team builds digital solutions, from sensors and Internet of Things devices to data, analytics and artificial intelligence-driven capabilities, that support our ISS operations across Cleaning, Workplace, Food and Technical Services.

With tech hubs in Copenhagen, Warsaw, and Porto, and teams collaborating across more than 30 countries, our ISS Tech team develops our digital solutions that have a real impact on both our customers and our people.

 

Location: Copenhagen, Denmark

Work regime: Hybrid

 

The Role as Head of Finance IT:

The Head of Finance IT leads the technology landscape enabling Group, Regional, and Local Finance across ISS. The role provides senior leadership across Finance and Global Technology Solutions, partnering with executive stakeholders to set direction and ensure stable, secure, and compliant finance systems, integrations, and data. You will own the Finance IT strategy and roadmap, govern the application and integration portfolio, and drive delivery of finance programmes and changes while protecting critical close and reporting processes. The role works closely with Group Finance leadership, Enterprise Architecture, enterprise resource planning teams, regional finance, IT teams, and strategic vendors.

 

What you’ll do:

• Define and own the Finance IT strategy, roadmap, and target architecture aligned to Finance priorities and technology and enterprise resource planning standards.
• Own the Finance application and integration portfolio (value, cost, risk, and technical health), including lifecycle management and standardisation.
• Lead delivery and run excellence: ensure audit-ready controls (internal control system, access governance, segregation of duties), drive change through governance, and be accountable for service performance, major incident escalation, and cutovers that protect close and reporting.

 

Key qualifications:

Must have:

• Master’s degree in Finance, IT, Business Information Systems, or similar.
• 10+ years’ experience, including several years in senior leadership roles within Finance IT, enterprise resource planning, governance, or finance transformation.
• Strong understanding of finance processes and enterprise resource planning environments, including controls (internal control system, audits, access governance, segregation of duties) and delivery governance with senior and executive stakeholders.
• Experience with enterprise resource planning and integration and data platforms (for example SAP, Oracle, or Dynamics) and modern reporting and business intelligence tooling. 
• English proficiency, both written and spoken. 

 

Nice have:

• Experience working in multi-country operating models and managing vendors/partners within commercial frameworks. 
• Relevant certifications (e.g., ITIL, PRINCE2, PMP).

 

Personal skills:

• Collaborative leadership – naturally bringing people together and building strong partnerships across teams.
• Big-picture thinking – seeing the broader direction and turning priorities into clear, meaningful actions.
• Strong executive presence – communicating with confidence and building trust with senior stakeholders globally.
• Results-driven with sound judgement – delivering outcomes while staying mindful of risks and doing things the right way.

 

 

Why ISS

At ISS, we are more than just a service provider of cleaning, food, workplace and technical services, we are a partner in our customers’ success. By creating exceptional service moments and transforming workplaces into spaces where employees feel valued, engaged and productive, we enhance productivity and help our customers to attract talent and grow their businesses. This begins with our own people through training, career development, and a supportive culture – empowering them to deliver outstanding service. We know that when our people thrive, they create spaces where our customers’ employees and businesses thrive too.

 

ISS is a Place to Be You.

Be who you are. Become what you want. Be part of something bigger.

Become more. Become ISS.

 

ISS seeks to BE a place of belonging and CREATE places where every person is welcomed, embraced, and valued for exactly who they are. Places where people feel safe, respected, represented, and supported as their authentic selves.

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