Head of Financial Accounting

Join us in this role where you’ll be responsible for the global service delivery of financial accounting products to the Ørsted business. You’ll lead a team structured in regional responsibility teams primarily based in Warsaw and Kuala Lumpur, with additional teams in Ireland and the US.

Welcome to the Accounting Team
You’ll be part of the Financial Accounting function where you, together with your colleagues, will provide financial reporting products for both group and local purposes. We are part of the Ørsted shared services function Ørsted Business Services which delivers a range of high-quality services to the Ørsted business through scalable, standardised, automated, and global processes. As a team, we foster an inclusive and supportive environment that motivates and drives our team members, empowering them in daily decision-making and providing challenges and guidance for their continual development.

You’ll play an important role in:

• fostering an inclusive and supportive environment that motivates and drives both your managers, and your team members, empowers them in daily decision-making, providing challenges and guidance
• overseeing delivery of the department’s products, maintaining a high level of performance, and accountability by determining and ensuring the necessary resourcing requirements linking to the tasks
• collaborating effectively with relevant senior stakeholders, especially your main counterparts within the Financial Accounting & Controlling organisation
• challenging existing structures and financial accounting processes constructively and regularly, with the purpose of improving delivery, quality, and ultimately efficiency
• communicating and enacting the vision of your department in its journey towards further centralisation of service in financial hubs, standardisation, and automation of products and consistent global ways of working.

To succeed in the role, you:

• have considerable experience in the leadership of an accounting, reporting or controlling department, both in leading others and leading leaders, in the context of a multinational company
• have a technical accounting, controlling or audit background with practical experience of working local financial statements and in/with audit and managing the end-to-end audit cycle
• demonstrate resource planning, setting performance expectations and creating and optimising relevant KPIs to ensure a high quality of services and timely product delivery to the business and ultimately value creation
• have extensive experience and confidence in stakeholder management, understanding the short/mid/long-term needs of both internal and external stakeholders and translate these into tangible actions and results
• are an experienced communicator and presenter, speaking and writing English fluently.

Maybe you’ve read the above and can see you have some transferable skills, even though they don’t quite match all the points. If you think you can bring something to the team, we still encourage you to apply.

Join a global leader in renewable energy
Ørsted is a growing green energy major and global leader in climate action. With us you’ll play a part in driving change towards a green energy future. You’ll grow your talent in a fast-paced and high-growth industry where you have plenty of opportunities to learn and develop through challenging assignments and industry-leading experts. Here, you can perform in a friendly work environment based on trust, respect, and collaboration.

Shape the future with us
Send your application to us as soon as possible. We’ll be conducting interviews on a continuous basis and reserve the right to take down the advert when we’ve found the right candidate.

As an applicant or employee, you may request reasonable work and position accommodation or adjustments via [email protected].

Please note that for your application to be taken into consideration, you must submit your application via our online career pages and answer the screening questions relevant for your country. We don't take applications or inquiries from external recruiters or agencies into account for this position.

About the job
Application deadline:
4 January 2025

Location:
Warsaw, PL

Field of work:
Finance and controlling

Employment type:
Permanent

Work hours:
Full-time

Workplace:
Hybrid (office and home-working)

Imagine a future with Ørsted

About Ørsted
- We develop, construct, and operate offshore and onshore wind farms, solar energy farms, storage facilities, and bioenergy plants in Europe, Asia, and North America.

- Our vision is to create a world that runs entirely on green energy.

- We’ve been ranked as one of the world’s most sustainable energy companies for the past six years.

- We’re headquartered in Denmark.

- We have over 8,600 employees, working in 15 countries and growing.

An inclusive team
Ørsted wants all employees to have the same opportunities for impact and growth, regardless of age, nationality, disability, ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation or beliefs. We’re committed to secure an inclusive work environment characterised by a respect for all people so everyone feels free to openly share their input and ideas.