Controller – Controls and Business Process Specialist

Are you a Finance professional who is motivated by improving and optimising? Then this is your opportunity to join a rapidly growing company and make an impact by digitalising and standardising our existing workflow and processes while securing internal controls. You will work from our office in Søborg, Copenhagen.

European Energy is a green company in exponential growth. We develop, construct, and operate projects within solar- (PV) and wind farms globally, as well as Power-to-X. Our core values are the foundation of everything we do: In it together, Trust and courage, Ambition, Excitement, Inclusion, and Agility.

Your new team
You will join the Financial Controlling team with 23 colleagues based in Denmark and a larger global Finance department who just exceeded 100 colleagues in total, divided into six sub-departments and located across eight offices; Denmark, Germany, Poland, Lithuania, Italy, US, Brazil, and Australia.

The team’s primary tasks are financial reporting to the group and local authorities for the ~800 legal entities in our group. Moreover, we participate in the process of buying, selling, and creating new companies. We work closely together with Accounting and Group Controlling, and we also have many stakeholders across the organization, including Project Development, Project Economy, and Asset Management.

Your new role
As our new colleague, your primary task will be to work with securing internal controls and business processes when expanding and automating. You will work with a variety of improvement projects related to digitalising and standardising our current workflows in coordination with colleagues from the other finance teams and IT. You will also offer business support to finance colleagues and other internal stakeholders in e.g. Procurement.

A typical day

• You drive and project manage improvement projects in Finance independently and in collaboration with other stakeholders.
• You improve period end tasks as well as internal and external reporting processes.
• You review existing workflows and processes and take the lead in optimising them.

Prerequisites to thrive in the job
To thrive in this position, we imagine that you have a solid toolbox and great technical understanding of systems and digital solutions. You have good communication and interpersonal skills, and enjoy using your project management competencies in the collaboration with many stakeholders.

Moreover, we expect that:

• You have +5 years of experience working in a Finance department with business controlling or finance support to the business.
• You have ideally worked in a manufacturing company and been involved with inventory, production, and quality management systems.
• You have experience with writing business procedures and driving improvement projects.
• You have good analytical skills and an understanding of how to use Power BI.
• You are fully proficient in English.

With us you get

• You will be part of an exponential growth adventure in an international company. We welcomed over 200 new colleagues per year since 2022 and with more than 40 nationalities represented in our HQ office you will hear a lot of different languages when you walk down the hallways.
• You will have ample opportunity to engage socially across the departments. We have a monthly Friday event, free gym in the basement, squash court, as well as sport events such as running club, football club, and mountain bike.
• We have an annual company trip where all colleagues globally meet for teambuilding and to create lasting memories together.

European Energy at a glance – The Power of Tomorrow, Today
European Energy is a Danish privately owned company founded in 2004 with headquarter in Copenhagen. We operate all the way from development, design, financing, construction, operation and selling of wind- and solar farms on land as well as off shore globally. As part of this, we are also very active in M&A activities across the full value chain. Further, we work with development of future energy solutions, e.g. Power-to-X. We have a solid collaboration with local stakeholders and want to involve all parts in the process.

We are now more than 780 employees with 41 nationalities represented in 23 countries, and we are growing rapidly in both Copenhagen and across our global offices. We all work for our common goal to be the most innovative partner within the green transition and to create The Power of Tomorrow, Today.

Our working environment is built on mutual respect for the varied strengths and talents of our employees, with a flat hierarchy and entrepreneurial thinking at its foundation. Our employees value our flexible working culture, permitting better reconciliation of work and personal life. We are a team, whether it is in the workplace, on our company trips or during our weekly company training sessions. At European Energy, you will not only gain great colleagues, but also new friends from every corner of the globe.

Apply now!
Workplace: Søborg, Copenhagen

Reference: Jan Paulsen – VP, Finance

Apply for the position: Please submit your application including a CV and optionally a motivational letter by using the “apply for position” button to the right.

Contact person: For more information about the position, please reach out to Talent Acquisition Partner, Caroline Greve Grønhøj, [email protected]

European Energy is a green company in exponential growth. We develop, construct, and operate projects within solar- (PV) and wind farms globally, as well as Power-to-X. Our core values are the foundation of everything we do: In it together, Trust and courage, Ambition, Excitement, Inclusion, and Agility.

Your new team
You will join the Financial Controlling team with 23 colleagues based in Denmark and a larger global Finance department who just exceeded 100 colleagues in total, divided into six sub-departments and located across eight offices; Denmark, Germany, Poland, Lithuania, Italy, US, Brazil, and Australia.

The team’s primary tasks are financial reporting to the group and local authorities for the ~800 legal entities in our group. Moreover, we participate in the process of buying, selling, and creating new companies. We work closely together with Accounting and Group Controlling, and we also have many stakeholders across the organization, including Project Development, Project Economy, and Asset Management.

Your new role
As our new colleague, your primary task will be to work with securing internal controls and business processes when expanding and automating. You will work with a variety of improvement projects related to digitalising and standardising our current workflows in coordination with colleagues from the other finance teams and IT. You will also offer business support to finance colleagues and other internal stakeholders in e.g. Procurement.

A typical day

• You drive and project manage improvement projects in Finance independently and in collaboration with other stakeholders.
• You improve period end tasks as well as internal and external reporting processes.
• You review existing workflows and processes and take the lead in optimising them.

Prerequisites to thrive in the job
To thrive in this position, we imagine that you have a solid toolbox and great technical understanding of systems and digital solutions. You have good communication and interpersonal skills, and enjoy using your project management competencies in the collaboration with many stakeholders.

Moreover, we expect that:

• You have +5 years of experience working in a Finance department with business controlling or finance support to the business.
• You have ideally worked in a manufacturing company and been involved with inventory, production, and quality management systems.
• You have experience with writing business procedures and driving improvement projects.
• You have good analytical skills and an understanding of how to use Power BI.
• You are fully proficient in English.

With us you get

• You will be part of an exponential growth adventure in an international company. We welcomed over 200 new colleagues per year since 2022 and with more than 40 nationalities represented in our HQ office you will hear a lot of different languages when you walk down the hallways.
• You will have ample opportunity to engage socially across the departments. We have a monthly Friday event, free gym in the basement, squash court, as well as sport events such as running club, football club, and mountain bike.
• We have an annual company trip where all colleagues globally meet for teambuilding and to create lasting memories together.

European Energy at a glance – The Power of Tomorrow, Today
European Energy is a Danish privately owned company founded in 2004 with headquarter in Copenhagen. We operate all the way from development, design, financing, construction, operation and selling of wind- and solar farms on land as well as off shore globally. As part of this, we are also very active in M&A activities across the full value chain. Further, we work with development of future energy solutions, e.g. Power-to-X. We have a solid collaboration with local stakeholders and want to involve all parts in the process.

We are now more than 780 employees with 41 nationalities represented in 23 countries, and we are growing rapidly in both Copenhagen and across our global offices. We all work for our common goal to be the most innovative partner within the green transition and to create The Power of Tomorrow, Today.

Our working environment is built on mutual respect for the varied strengths and talents of our employees, with a flat hierarchy and entrepreneurial thinking at its foundation. Our employees value our flexible working culture, permitting better reconciliation of work and personal life. We are a team, whether it is in the workplace, on our company trips or during our weekly company training sessions. At European Energy, you will not only gain great colleagues, but also new friends from every corner of the globe.

Apply now!
Workplace: Søborg, Copenhagen

Reference: Jan Paulsen – VP, Finance

Apply for the position: Please submit your application including a CV and optionally a motivational letter by using the “apply for position” button to the right.

Contact person: For more information about the position, please reach out to Talent Acquisition Partner, Caroline Greve Grønhøj, [email protected]

Department: Gyngemose Parkvej 50, Søborg

Lokation: Søborg, Denmark