Financial Controller

Placering
Kolding

About the job
Want to be part of a fast growing renewable energy business?
Vattenfalls Accounting-team i Kolding søger efter en regnskabsmedarbejder, der kan håndtere rapporteringen og årsregnskaber for en række af koncernens danske selskaber. Du får et selvstændigt ansvar for en række enheder og du vil understøttes i dit arbejde af en række danske og udenlandske kollegaer. Din baggrund kan være revisor, regnskabsmedarbejder eller lignende.

Vattenfall er Danmarks største operatør af havmøller og driver en lang række landmølleanlæg. Med udgangspunkt I koncernens målsætning om at udvikle et fossil-frit samfund, udvikles teknologier der understøtter den grønne omstilling. I Danmark beskæftiger koncernen ca. 600 medarbejdere, der består af mange forskellige faggrupper, hovedparten har arbejdssted Kolding.

What are you going to do?
Vattenfall is looking for an Accounting Professional with the aim of preparing correct Actuals in reporting a number of business units located in Denmark. You will be part of the Record to Report (R2R) organisation within Vattenfall’s Shared Service organisation for Finance, reporting to the Head of Accounting R2R Other Countries in Vattenfall Group, who is based in Denmark. The team is located in Kolding.

Accounting R2R is the function in Finance Business Support which provides the accounting expertise to the units in Vattenfall with a strong focus on quality and compliance. Accounting R2R is the accounting expert for IFRS and the local GAAPs, preparing postings, managing the closings, external audit, providing financial statements and acting as an interface to the external auditors.

You will become part of a team closely connected to our fast-growing renewable energy business, where the Wind-business is growing strongly in both Offshore and Onshore with several projects in the pipeline. This exciting growth will have to be serviced by you and your colleagues. The position will provide a basis for growing with the task, both in terms of working cross-country and with complex accounting issues.

In return the company is offering a position with flexible approach to working hours and office/homework.

Your tasks and responsibilities:
You will act as Financial Controller, assists selected companies within the Vattenfall group with accounting matters related to the specific subject area. Moreover your duties will include -

• Working hands-on in delivering Actual figures right and on time
• Act as accounting expert for IFRS and (Danish) local GAAP, in this:
  • Take your role in securing the reporting of relevant and correct data
  • Support business in accounting matters
  • Daily support of business in accounting matters
• Contribute to good relationships and good service towards internal customers
• Co-operation with outsourcing partner Capgemini and other external service providers.
• Legal entity responsibility for selected companies including balance sheet reviews
• Co-ordinating audit process for legal entities
• Provide improvement ideas to process experts / process specialists
• Develop, maintain and operate certain internal controls
• Participate in development projects

Location
Kolding

Your profile
Who are you?
We're looking for an experienced Financial Controller, who's living near to area Kolding:

Knowledge, skills and experience

• Good understanding of accounting rules (IFRS and Danish accounting rules (§ÅRL))
• Relevant degree (e.g. Business / Accounting) or comparable other training and in-depth specialisation within relevant subject area
• Could be an audit background with some seniority
• 3 to 5 years’ experience from working with relevant subject area within Finance operations
• Good knowledge of Finance processes and systems
• We use SAP and will provide training if you are not used to it. Excel-skills needed.
• Danish speaking/reading needed and professional in English

Personal skills

• High sense of responsibility and ability to work independently in a changing environment
• Ability to work in a team
• Open attitude towards change
• Ability to work proactively and solution oriented
• Good communication skills, intercultural experience is an advantage
• Ability to work in large and complex organisations and to handle internal and external interfaces effectively

Additional information
Our offer
Good remuneration, a challenging and international work environment, and the possibility to work with some of the best in the field. You will be working in interdisciplinary teams and you can always count on support from committed colleagues. We offer attractive employment conditions and opportunities for personal and professional development.

More Information
We welcome your application in English, no later than, 9th of October 2023. We kindly request that you do not send applications by any means other than via our website as we cannot guarantee that we will be able to process applications that are not made via our website.

For more information about the recruitment process you are welcome to contact our recruiter Joany van Megen via mail: [email protected]

At Vattenfall we are convinced that diversity contributes to build a more profitable and attractive company and we strive to be good role model regarding diversity. Vattenfall works actively for all employees to have the same opportunities and rights regardless of gender, ethnicity, age, transgender identity or expression, religion or other belief, disability or sexual orientation.

The security of Vattenfall and its employees is essential. For that reason, a pre-employment screening will be part of your recruitment process. The screening is based on the role you will fulfill within Vattenfall. The screening will be performed by a third party, Validata.

We look forward to receiving your application!

About the company
Vattenfall is a European energy company with approximately 20 000 employees. For more than 100 years we have electrified industries, supplied energy to people’s homes and modernized our way of living through innovation and cooperation. We now want to make fossil-free living possible within one generation. To be able to reach this ambitious goal we are looking for talented individuals who, in addition to their passion for their own role, also have strong team spirit and want to contribute to supporting a meaningful corporate mission.