Finance Business Partner, Manufacturing Performance

Vestas; Aarhus; On-site; DKK 600,000 - 750,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Global exposure

Career development

Renewable energy focus

Job summary

Vestas is seeking a Specialist in Finance for Power Solutions and Business Finance and Planning in Aarhus. You will partner with manufacturing leadership to drive financial insight, performance improvements, and value realization across the global manufacturing footprint.

The role requires 5-8 years in FP&A or related fields, advanced Excel and modeling skills, and fluency in English. Responsibilities include business partnering, forecasting, budgeting, and reporting with a focus on cost control

Qualifications

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Finance, Economics, Business Administration or a related field.
• 5-8 years of experience within FP&A, Business Finance, Manufacturing Finance, Controlling or Management Consulting.
• Extensive experience in performance management, forecasting, budgeting, cost control, and financial analysis.
• Advanced Excel and financial modeling skills; experience with SAP and Power BI.
• Fluent in English, both written and spoken.

Responsibilities

• Act as a trusted finance partner to manufacturing leaders and operational stakeholders
• Facilitate performance conversations by linking operational metrics such as productivity, efficiency, utilization, quality, labor effectiveness, and scrap to financial results
• Challenge performance gaps, assumptions, and underperformance through fact-based analysis and insights
• Support decision-making through clear recommendations and actionable performance improvement opportunities
• Partner with factories to identify, evaluate, and prioritize initiatives that improve operational and financial performance
• Quantify operational improvement opportunities and translate them into financial impact through business cases and value-driver-based models
• Develop and maintain models linking operational KPIs to financial results and value creation
• Track implementation progress and benefit realization of improvement initiatives
• Challenge reported results by validating financial performance against underlying operational performance and initiative delivery
• Ensure improvement initiatives have defined targets, measurable benefits, and clear accountability
• Deliver high-quality reporting, analysis, and decision support to manufacturing leadership
• Provide a consistent view of financial and operational performance, risks, and opportunities
• Translate complex operational and financial information into clear, decision-relevant insights
• Improve standardization, simplification, and automation of reporting, forecasting, and performance management processes

Skills

FP&A

Manufacturing Finance

Forecasting

Budgeting

Financial Modeling

Excel

Power BI

SAP

Fluent English

Education

Bachelor's or Master's in Finance/Economics/Business Administration

Tools

SAP

Power BI

Excel

Job description

Vestas is seeking a Specialist in Finance for Power Solutions and Business Finance and Planning in Aarhus. You will partner with manufacturing leadership to drive financial insight, performance improvements, and value realization across the global manufacturing footprint.

The role requires 5-8 years in FP&A or related fields, advanced Excel and modeling skills, and fluency in English. Responsibilities include business partnering, forecasting, budgeting, and reporting with a focus on cost control