Business Controller

Vattenfall GmbH; Amsterdam; Hybrid; EUR 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Vattenfall seeks a highly motivated Business Controller to join BA Wind on a 15-month fixed-term contract. You will strengthen reporting and planning, delivering high-quality financial data and insights across Wind to support decisions. Close collaboration with business units and group functions is essential.

You will drive improvements in controlling processes and systems, ensure data quality, and provide financial input for strategic decisions in a fast-evolving European energy landscape.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in controlling, economics, accounting or finance.
• 5+ year experience with financial reporting, planning, forecasting, budgeting, or performance management.
• Comfortable working with financial systems (S4HANA, IBM TM1, Cognos Controller), Power BI, Excel, and structured datasets.
• Wind/energy sector experience is an advantage.

Responsibilities

• Support monthly reporting, forecasting, budgeting, and business planning activities, with a primary focus on Power BI reporting and analytics.
• Review and validate financial data, KPIs, calculations, master data and reporting inputs/outputs.
• Identify deviations, inconsistencies, data quality issues, and reporting improvement needs, and agree required actions with the Product Owner where system changes are required.
• Provide business input to the Product Owner on reporting priorities, requirements, business context, key contacts and acceptance criteria.
• Prepare analysis, follow-up reports, and material for controller or business performance discussions.
• Contribute to improvements in reporting processes, templates, tools, and controlling standards.
• Act as the first point of contact for reporting content questions, data validation and business interpretation.

Skills

Power BI

Forecasting

Budgeting

Stakeholder mgmt

English fluency

Education

Bachelor's degree in finance

Tools

S4HANA

IBM TM1

Cognos Controller

Excel

Job description

Temporary, fixed-term contract for 15 months (maternity cover)

Are you an experienced Business Controller with a good foundation in accounting?We’re looking for a passionate individual to help us harness the power of the wind to change the world for the better. Join us to find your element working for fossil freedom.

Be in your element with BA Wind

Our wind, solar and batteries business offers a unique opportunity to be in your element working to help harness the forces which will take us to fossil freedom.

As part of BA Wind you will play a key role in one of the most exciting pipelines in the industry with 24GW of capacity stretching out more than a decade ahead across our key European markets.

You won’t only be involved in developing projects but pioneering cutting-edge innovation, new business models and ways of working with communities and the environment. Working as part of a leading European utility also means you could be helping a growing number of major businesses and brands achieve their own sustainability goals through partnerships.

Overall purpose of the role:

We are seeking a highly motivated and analytically strong professional to join our organisation within Business Area Wind. In this position you will strengthen and further develop the reporting and planning process in BA Wind. The role combines structured financial expertise with a hands-on approach to deliver high-quality financial data and insights that support decision-making. Close collaboration with the business and Vattenfall Group functions is essential, as well as actively contributing to improvements across controlling, processes, and systems.

• Act as interim Business Controller, supporting financial reporting, planning, forecasting, budgeting and performance follow-up for Wind
• Ensure high-quality financial data, reporting consistency, and alignment with controlling processes (month-end closing, year-end closing, business planning)
• Power BI knowledge: Work closely with the Product Owner and development team to understand our digital products and clarify controlling and reporting needs
• Master data management for Power BI reports: Review and maintain master data to ensure Power BI reports accurately reflect the current business structure and agreed controlling logic
• Provide financial data to support business decisions across BA Wind.
• Support the BA Wind community with clear financial analysis, reporting input, and business validation
• Partner closely with the Product Owner to review, analyse, and prioritise bugs, enhancement requests and reporting changes from a business controlling perspective.

The Business Controller is responsible for the following main tasks:

• Support monthly reporting, forecasting, budgeting, and business planning activities, with a primary focus on Power BI reporting and analytics
• Review and validate financial data, KPIs, calculations, master data and reporting inputs/outputs
• Identify deviations, inconsistencies, data quality issues, and reporting improvement needs, and agree required actions with the Product Owner where system changes are required
• Provide business input to the Product Owner on reporting priorities, requirements, business context, key contacts and acceptance criteria.
• Prepare analysis, follow-up reports, and material for controller or business performance discussions
• Contribute to improvements in reporting processes, templates, tools, and controlling standards
• Act as the first point of contact for reporting content questions, data validation and business interpretation.

Qualifications

Our ideal candidate brings a good level of professional finance experience, demonstrates stakeholder management and the ability to communicate financial topics in an approachable way, while remaining eager to learn and excel within an international setting.

As our Business Controller, you will bring:

• Bachelor’s degree (or equivalent experience) in controlling, economics, accounting or finance
• 5+ year experience with financial reporting, planning, forecasting, budgeting, or performance management
• Comfortable working with financial systems (S4HANA, IBM TM1, Cognos Controller), Power BI, Excel, and structured datasets
• Wind/energy sector experience is an advantage

We believe the team will benefit from someone who demonstrates:

• Strong analytical skills with the ability to turn financial data into clear insights and recommendations
• Communication skills across business and technical teams
• Fluent in English (written and spoken)
• Proven project leadership, change management and continuous-improvement mindset, with a strong focus on delivery
• Highly self-motivated, flexible and committed
• Strong stakeholder management and collaboration skills in international, cross-functional environments; able to support and constructively challenge
• Customer- and partner-focused, anticipating needs within your domain
• Role model who lives Vattenfall's values: openness, positivity, proactivity and safety

LocationSolna; Amsterdam; Hamburg; Berlin; or London

Additional Information

Our 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
no later than 27/10/2026

Commitment to Diversity

Vattenfall is committed to promoting a diverse and inclusive community - a place where we can all be ourselves and succeed on merit. We offer a range of family friendly, inclusive employment policies, flexible working arrangements, staff engagement forums and services to support all our employees.

We are convinced that diversity contributes to build a more profitable and attractive company and we strive to be 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.

Company Description

Vattenfall is a European energy company with approximately 21000 employees. For more than 100 years we have electrified industries, supplied energy to people’s homes and modernized our way of living through innovation and cooperation. We now want to make fossil-free living possible within one generation. To be able to reach this ambitious goal we are looking for talented individuals who, in addition to their passion for their own role, also have strong team spirit and want to contribute to supporting a meaningful corporate mission.