Finance Team Lead: Drive Clean Energy Projects

Aet Biomass; Aalborg; On-site; DKK 900,000 - 1,200,000; Full time

Job summary

Aalborg Energie Technik A/S in Aalborg seeks an experienced Finance Team Lead to head the local Finance Department. As the highest-ranking finance professional on-site, you will take full ownership of accounting, month-end closings, and controlling, banking, and corporate funding.

You will manage bookkeeping, VAT returns, statutory reports, payroll accounting support, and liaise with auditors and banks, driving improvements and cost tracking across projects.

Qualifications

• Several years of experience in a senior finance role (Financial Controller, Chief Accountant, or Finance Manager).
• Proven leadership skills with ability to mentor a team.
• Strong knowledge of accounting principles, financial controlling and reporting standards.
• Fluent in English and Danish.
• Ownership mindset with proactive, solution-oriented approach.

Responsibilities

• Manage day-to-day bookkeeping, journal entries, and month-end close in line with Danish statutory requirements and Group accounting policies.
• Handle accounts payable/receivable, invoice processing, payment runs, and vendor/customer reconciliations.
• Prepare VAT returns, Intrastat filings, and other statutory reports, and support monthly, quarterly, and annual financial statements in alignment with Danish GAAP and Group reporting standards.
• Assist with payroll accounting, budgeting, forecasting, and ad hoc financial analysis, and liaise with auditors, banks, tax advisors, and statutory bodies as needed.
• Drive process improvements and internal controls, and collaborate with project execution, procurement, and sales teams on cost tracking.
• Monitor project financials- tracking costs, budgets, and milestones against plan, and provide regular status updates, invoicing support, and profitability tracking to project managers and management.

Skills

Leadership

Accounting principles

Financial reporting

ERP systems

Microsoft Excel

Fluent English

Fluent Danish

Cost tracking

Project collaboration

Tools

Microsoft Excel

ERP systems

Job description

Aalborg Energie Technik A/S in Aalborg seeks an experienced Finance Team Lead to head the local Finance Department. As the highest-ranking finance professional on-site, you will take full ownership of accounting, month-end closings, and controlling, banking, and corporate funding.

You will manage bookkeeping, VAT returns, statutory reports, payroll accounting support, and liaise with auditors and banks, driving improvements and cost tracking across projects.