Senior Controller Staff Functions

Vattenfall is one of Europe’s largest producers and retailers of electricity and heat. Our main markets are Sweden, Germany, the Netherlands, Denmark, and the UK. The Vattenfall Group has approximately 21 000 employees. We have been electrifying industries, powering homes and transforming life through innovation for more than 100 years. We now want to make fossil free living possible and we are driving the transition to a sustainable energy system.

As a Controller, our main challenge today is transforming the way we and the business think and act. We are shifting from classifying costs as objects to viewing them as added value, empowering our higher goal of breaking free from fossil fuels. What drivers and KPIs would you define if you look at cost levels from this perspective?

If this innovative vision interests you, we have a great opportunity for you in our Controlling team Staff Functions (SF). You will have the chance to improve business decisions and performance by providing fact-based and timely financial insights and working on end-to-end digitalization and enhancing the effectiveness of our finance processes.

“It is advisable for every Controller to build awareness on a deeper level about the complexity of our business. That you really understand where different costs come from. Only then can you make proposals to reduce or maintain it if the added value is indispensable.” Jimmy Bouterse - Head of Staff Function Controlling

As a Senior Controller Staff Functions, you will be a member of the Staff Function (SF) Controlling unit within Finance Business Support. We support the plan-to-perform process and create reports in cooperation with the finance business partners within SF Controlling. You will ensure quality and relevance in reporting and ensure that the organizational structure is mapped in the financial systems and models. You will also work closely with the Center of Excellence (CoE) Charge Out, supporting them with relevant information about the development of the cost base of the Staff Function and identifying improvements in the allocation process.

In your role you are a pioneer in the use of digital reporting solutions. In close cooperation with CoE Data & Visuals, you actively promote further use in the finance area and the staff functions. You use the “Digital Planning” approach in the staff function areas successfully to contribute to a future-oriented controlling process.

Your tasks and responsibilities:

• Create and deliver SF reports including giving actionable and relevant insights and draw management attention to relevant decision topics. Operate and maintain SF specific reports/KPI’s. Execute services with high quality and timeliness of the delivery following common processes, policies and guidelines
• Use analytical techniques to interpret results, give insights about problems, solutions or assumptions
• Monitoring data quality, reporting to SF and signaling issues to the CoE Data & Visuals. Support root cause analysis, action planning and implementation of solutions;
• Further develop and implement our financial model: advice on improvements / changes in the financial model. Request changes towards masterdata team or BPO provider;
• Change from current static reporting style to dynamic visualization of SF performance and drive adoption and implementation of digital reporting solutions such as Self Service and other leading practices such as leaner planning.

Location: flexible in Stockholm, Berlin or Amsterdam. The majority of the team is located in Solna, Sweden, but we also have team members in Berlin and Amsterdam

“The world changes every day. When you are not open to change, you will fall behind. It brings me to the edge when people say that what we've been doing this for years we will continue doing in that wat. In these cases I tend to ask why they feel like that and what the underlying facts are and that every specific situation preferably asks for a customizable approach.” – Jimmy Bouterse - Head of Staff Function Controlling

As our Senior Controller Staff Functions  you will be comfortable in your role when you bring:

• Relevant University degree (e.g. Business / Controlling) or comparable other education
• Experience in leading projects and change management
• Good understanding of internal and external developments and trends in controlling and the digital transformation of finance
• Experience/knowledge of complex system landscapes and different data sources and the ability to create intelligent queries in different tools, as well as working with multidimensional structures in different data sources and with that using analytical skills to set requirements to reporting and systems
• Fluency in Business English, both written and spoken

To be a perfect match for this specific role you bring besides above mentioned hard skills the following:

• Oversee key processes and understand how business activities impact the financial performance and vice versa to identify performance issues
• Open attitude / interest into Business Intelligence tools and Self Service Reporting, with the ability to create visualisations with relevant and actionable insights in conjunction with storyline about business performance
• Ability to set clear priorities, be decisive and persistent, yet flexible when required
• Ability to deliver under stress and time pressure without losing focus and quality
• Experience in thriving in an international, virtual, multi-cultural environment in which the ability to work independently is essential

What we 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 March 31st. 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 recruiter Manon Stijnen, [email protected]. 

Trade Union representatives in Sweden are Rolf Olsson (Akademikerna), Christer Gustafsson (Ledarna), Juha Siipilehto (SEKO) and Anders Bohlin (Unionen). They can be reached via Vattenfall´s switchboard, +46 8 739 50 00.

At Vattenfall we are convinced that diversity contributes to build a more profitable and attractive company and we strive to be a 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. Click here for further information. 

We look forward to receiving your application!