Head of Controlling & Operations, Germany and Italy

Danske Commodities; Aarhus kommune; On-site; DKK 1,200,000 - 1,700,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

DC University courses

Harvard Learning access

Global career paths

Flexible work life

Up to 2 work from home days/week

Pension during leave

Job summary

Danske Commodities is seeking a Head of Controlling & Operations for Germany and Italy. You will lead a 12‑person team, shaping controlling and operations, ensuring scalable processes and data‑driven improvements in a competitive energy market.

You will collaborate with the Customer Business Management team to develop the function, drive cross‑functional projects, and advance data accuracy and efficiency across onboarding assets and customer requests.

Qualifications

• educational background in finance, economics, IT or a related field, not a tipping point
• familiar with data and analytical tools such as SQL and/or Power BI
• proven track record as a leader
• proficient in English – both written and spoken

Responsibilities

• managing and developing a team of 12 employees
• ensuring controlling and operations tasks are carried out in a scalable way
• optimising and documenting processes
• supervising implementation of new products
• participating in and leading cross-functional projects

Skills

Leadership

Data analysis

English proficiency

Education

Finance or Economics or IT background

Tools

SQL

Power BI

Job description

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

Here’s what the job entails

As our new Head of Controlling & Operations, Germany and Italy you will manage a team of 12 employees, responsible for controlling and supporting our customer business in Germany and Italy. Your main role will be to support and develop the team, set a clear direction and drive continuous improvement – all of which are crucial to ensuring a scalable and efficient controlling and operations setup in a competitive energy market.

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

Meet your 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.

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’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+

Attractive package10% pension, health insurance, bonus scheme & more

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

Barista caféhigh-quality coffee, always on us

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