Financial Controller - Germany (M/W/D)

OurFinance European team is looking for aFinancial Controller in Germany to support our rapid growth in the country and support the country leadership team on all finance matters.

It’s a perfect opportunity to be part of a fast-growing company, to take part in the green electricity transition and have a key role in understanding it.

As Financial Controller at Neoen, you will have broad responsibilities and represent finance in the country. If you want to become part of a professional and knowledgeable team of controllers working on the European scope, and, at the same time, actively contribute to developing the production of renewable energy in Germany, this is an opportunity for you!

Mission

As Financial Controller, you will conduct various tasks. Among other things, you will:

1/ Be responsible of financial information and local compliance:

• Coordinate financial information between local business team, external accounting team and control the work of the latter;
• Ensure that books are accurate, comply with local GAAPs / internal control and are closed meeting deadlines set in the group calendar;
• Coordinate all stakeholders (Accounting platform, Local accountants, auditors, business team…);
• Control local tax returns prepared by local external accountants.

2/ Prepare budgets and forecasts:

• Perform the preparation of budgets and forecasts;
• Analyze actuals versus forecast and budget;
• Follow-up and update the construction budgets and cash flow forecast on a monthly basis;
• Performance analysis.

3/ Support the business development:

• Early involvement in the projects with Development, Legal and Financing teams: reviewing the business plans with a focus on the tax analysis, participating in the financial close reviewing of the EPC, O&M contracts, supervising the equity proof;
• Follow-up on guarantees;
• Review the Share Purchase Agreements and the Share Holders Agreements during Joint Ventures;
• Support the development teams in due diligences, integration in Neoen during M&As.

4/ Manage financing:

• Take part in projects’ financing and monitoring debt drawdowns during construction;
• Monitor compliance with debt covenants and mandatory operational and financial reports;
• Maintain relationship with the bank agent;
• Lead distributions.

The candidate will need the following skills and experience to succeed in this role:

• Degree in finance and around 3/5 years’ experience in audit (Big Four accounting firm) and/or financial roles, ideally in a multinational environment.
• Familiar with German standards, taxes and reporting/budget.
• Know how to deal and monitor auditors / advisors. Dealing with lenders would be a plus.
• In-depth knowledge of Excel and are used to process a lot of data.
• Fluent in German and English (written and spoken).
• Beyond competences we are looking for someone who is proactive, reliable and eager to learn with an appetite to work in a multicultural environment.

What Neoen can offer you

• Great influence and varied tasks in a high skilled and multinational environment.
• A dynamic and wonderful team, with fast decision-making processes.
• An employer keen to contribute to more renewable energy production.
• A new office near Karlsruhe train station.

Créée en 2008, Neoen est l’un des principaux producteurs indépendants d’énergie exclusivement renouvelable. Son savoir-faire dans le solaire, l’éolien terrestre et le stockage lui permet de participer activement à la transition énergétique des pays dans lesquels Neoen produit une énergie verte, locale et compétitive. Multipliées par six au cours des six dernières années, ses capacités en opération ou en construction atteignent aujourd’hui 8,7 GW. Société en forte croissance, Neoen a pour ambition d’atteindre 10 GW en opération ou construction courant 2025. Présente sur 4 continents, Neoen compte parmi ses principaux actifs le plus puissant parc solaire de France (Cestas, 300 MWc), le plus grand parc éolien de Finlande (Mutkalampi, 404 MW), l’une des centrales solaires les plus compétitives au monde au Mexique (El Llano, 375 MWc), ainsi que deux des plus grandes centrales de stockage à grande échelle au monde, toutes deux basées en Australie (Hornsdale Power Reserve, 150 MW / 193,5 MWh et Victorian Big Battery 300 MW / 450 MWh). Audace, intégrité, engagement et esprit de corps : nos valeurs guident nos actions et nos relations avec nos partenaires, clients et populations locales. Ces valeurs sont le socle de notre identité d’entreprise et les repères intangibles de notre comportement au quotidien.

Nos projets sont complexes et bénéficient donc vivement de la pluralité des origines, des points de vue et des compétences. Nous sommes heureux de recevoir les candidatures de tous ceux qui partagent nos valeurs et qui souhaitent, à nos côtés, accélérer la transition énergétique.