Only secondments (no freelance), Max rate € 120, Resume and motivation in English

Senior Business Controller Operations in BU & Generation Controlling in Offshore Wind

Overall purpose of the role:

The BU Offshore in BA Wind is responsible for developing, constructing and operating Offshore wind farms. BU Offshore currently consist of 12 operating windfarms with a total capacity of 2.1GW spread across Europe. We are currently working on the commissioning of two other wind farms for 2.1GW and have a healthy pipeline of future opportunities.

The team of BU & Generation Controlling focusing on finance and business partnering support to the spinning assets we have in Offshore and all the supporting functions enabling the successful operation: from technicians to product development, from warehouses to end of life strategies – the team is there for the business..

We are now looking for a Sennior Business Controller to work within the Generation Controlling team focusing on the supporting our Operations fleet across Europe. While reporting to Head of BU & Generation Controlling the role will be primarily working with the Operations MT and other controllers acting as a business partner, facilitating performance management, supporting decision making and guiding the work of others. You will be part of the Operations Management Team and will be working with colleagues from the relevant Generation Business – including commercial, asset management, operational excellence and others. There is broad scope of and you will have plenty of opportunity to learn and explore different capabilities.

As part of the Offshore controlling team you will have your direct team colleagues in Amsterdam (NL), Berlin (GE), Kolding (DK) and London (UK).

Responsibilities & Tasks

The following main tasks are in the responsibility of the Senior Business Controller:

•    Support the operations MT and regional heads with shared topics

•    Deliver FP&A for Operations, including running the BP process and continuous improvement of performance management

•    Engage in relevant topics and governance processes as input provider, validator and signee (Projects Steerco)

•    Facilitate cross-functional collaboration, and act as finance representative for relevant Strategic projects

•    Guide the work and shared topics of Site/regional controllers

•    Collaborate with asset management on Full Lifecycle Value and asset management system

•    Collaborate with concepts and costing on the process and input for business cases

•    Act as a representative for operational assets towards shared finance support teams

Your Essential Qualifications

Our ideal candidate is on the first stage of their professional career in finance. You are pro-active and structured. You are eager to learn and are good at communicating in an international environment.

Education/Qualification

•    Bachelor degree (or similar experience based level) in a relevant field (i.e. controlling, economics, accounting or finance)

•    Good knowledge of all Microsoft suite

Experience

•    You have experience of 7+ years in a finance role including business partnering;

•    You have been preciously responsible for organizing and delivering planning and control cycles and performance management for entire business segments

•    You have been a true business partner, steering the business and actively advising in key decisions

•    You are able to problem-solve, find root causes and create stories out of financial data

•    Previous SAP and PBI experience is beneficial;

•    Previous experience in Wind or Energy is beneficial

Skills, knowledge, strengths

•    Excellent understanding of financials and KPIs

•    Excellent communication skills both verbally and in writing (fluency in English is a must)

•    Pro-active mindset, showing the ability to problem solve and charter new ways of working

•    Strong team player with an ability to both support and challenge stakeholders

•    Ability to deliver through others and act as a role model

•    Lives up to VF values of open, positive, active and safety

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