Head of Controlling & Operations, Germany and Italy

Danske Commodities A/S; Aarhus; Hybrid; DKK 1,046,000 - 1,644,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Growth plans

Harvard Learning access

Global career paths

Flexible work life

Home setup covered

On-site wellness

New Aarhus HQ

Job summary

Danske Commodities A/S in Aarhus is seeking a Head of Controlling & Operations for Germany and Italy. You will lead a data-driven team that supports our customer business, drive process improvements and ensure scalable controlling and operations across regions.

We value a finance/IT background, leadership track record, fluency in English, and experience with SQL and Power BI. You will oversee cross-functional projects and help shape the future of our international finance function.

Qualifications

• Educational background in finance, economics, IT or related field.
• Familiar with data and analytical tools such as SQL and Power BI.
• Proven leadership experience as a manager or team lead.
• Proficient in English, written and spoken.

Responsibilities

• Managing and developing a team of curious and skilled employees.
• Ensuring controlling and operations tasks are carried out in a scalable way.
• Optimising and documenting processes.
• Supervising successful implementation of new products.
• Participating in and leading cross-functional projects.

Skills

People leadership

Data-driven

Power BI

English language

Education

Finance/IT background

Tools

SQL

Power BI

Job description

Head of Controlling & Operations, Germany and Italy

Experience with people leadership and fostering a positive team culture? Join us at the intersection of Finance, Data and Technology, where you’ll lead a team that supports our customer business.

The job

Here’s what the job entails

Together with the Customer Business Management team, you will play a vital role in developing the function and continuously improving our collaboration and leadership skills.

More specifically, your responsibilities include:

• managing and developing a team of curious and skilled employees
• ensuring controlling and operations tasks are carried out in an appropriate and scalable way
• optimising and documenting processes
• supervising successful implementation of new products
• participating in and leading cross-functional projects

The team

Meet the team

You will join our team Controlling & Operations, Germany and Italy, where we work with onboarding of assets, asset master data and customer requests, ensuring data consistency as well as stable and efficient business controlling. We continuously strive to improve our controlling and operations processes, where data quality and scalability are key priorities.

The team consists of quality-minded and committed specialists in business controlling and operations, and we make the most out of our diverse and international backgrounds. Our culture is inclusive and supportive, and we always strive to become better as a team.

You will lead askilled and data-driven team operating within the challenging domain of finance anddata.

But enough about us… over to you!

As a leader, we imagine that you are empathetic, supportive and seek understanding of the needs and motivations of your team. We also expect you to be proactive, keen on taking responsibility, and have an eye for optimising processes and managing an operational setup. You will work with various cases that require thorough analyses to contribute to decision‑making, so you should also be interested in having a data‑driven and structured approach to problem-solving.

Furthermore, we imagine that you:

• have an educational background in finance, economics, IT or a related field – but this is not a tipping point to us
• are familiar with data and analytical tools such as SQL and/or Power BI
• have previous experience, and a proven track record, as a leader
• are proficient in English – both written and spoken

Please note that prior knowledge of the energy sector is not required for this role.

We offer

We’ll take good care of you

At Danske Commodities, we take great care of our people. Joining us means you’ll get a lot of great perks – including social events, cultural experiences, tasty food and benefits to better your health, your life and your future.

Here are some of the benefits we offer our employees:

• Shape your developmenttailored growth plans, 100+ DC University courses & Harvard Learning access
• 100+ yearly eventsfrom office parties to DC Sports events, CS:GO team, student network & more
• Global career pathsas part of our parent company, Equinor’s 20,000-strong international network
• Flexible work lifeadjustable hours, part-time options & up to 2 work from home days/week
• Fuel Fridays one paid Friday off every month (July and December excluded)
• Top-tier parental leaveup to 26 weeks paid, pension during leave & post-leave support
• Unlimited paid child's sick days because family comes first
• Extra time off5 additional days on top of your 5 weeks
• Senior days extra time off if you’re 55+
• Share savings the option to join Equinor’s attractive share programme
• Home setup covered paid internet, phone & IT gear
• Free tickets & discountsculture, family fun, hotels, restaurants & more
• Organic meals light breakfast, lunch, snacks, dinner & take-away
• On-site wellnessstate-of-the-art gym, physio, chiro and massage therapy
• New HQ in the heart of Aarhuswith stunning views, inspiring architecture and close to public transport

…. and much more

The process

Recruitment process and relocation

You can read more about our recruitment process here . Please note that if you are an international candidate, we will reimburse travel expenses in connection with potential interviews and support you with the relocation process.

About us

What we’re about

At Danske Commodities, we trade energy across 40+ markets and deliver solutions for energy producers and large-scale consumers.

Our people work together to find valuein everything we doand deliver it. For our partners.And for the energy system as a whole.Together with our parent company Equinor, weoperateon ascalefew trading houses can match.

Ourorganisationis flat with an open-door policy. We expect you to care. About your work. About your colleagues. And about the difference we make.

Aspiring chefs, beekeepers, runners, parents, gamers –we’reproud of our diversity of ideas. What binds us together is that we allfind average genuinely uncomfortable and want to do something about it.

We’rebig on trust and providing the freedom for you to thrive. Together,we’llmake sureyou’llbe the best version of you. Because happy employees perform better andwe’rein this for the long run. No matter the stage in lifeyou’rein,we’vegot you.

A workplace like no other

In 2025, we moved into our new headquarters in the heart of Aarhus – a workplace built for the precision, focus and collaboration that define how we work. Withstate-of-the-artfacilities, our own barista café, a modern fitnesscentreand views worth coming in for.