Our Finance European team is looking for a Financial Controller in Germany to support our rapid growth in the country and support the country leadership team on all finance matters.

It's a perfect opportunity to be part of a fast-growing company, to take part in the green electricity transition and have a key role in understanding it.

As Financial Controller at Neoen, you will have broad responsibilities and represent finance in the country. If you want to become part of a professional and knowledgeable team of controllers working on the European scope, and, at the same time, actively contribute to developing the production of renewable energy in Germany, this is an opportunity for you!

As Financial Controller, you will conduct various tasks. Among other things, you will:

1/ Be responsible of financial information and local compliance:

• Coordinate financial information between local business team, external accounting team and control the work of the latter;
• Ensure that books are accurate, comply with local GAAPs / internal control and are closed meeting deadlines set in the group calendar;
• Coordinate all stakeholders (Accounting platform, Local accountants, auditors, business team…);
• Control local tax returns prepared by local external accountants.

2/ Prepare budgets and forecasts:

• Perform the preparation of budgets and forecasts;
• Analyze actuals versus forecast and budget;
• Follow-up and update the construction budgets and cash flow forecast on a monthly basis;
• Performance analysis.

3/ Support the business development:

• Early involvement in the projects with Development, Legal and Financing teams: reviewing the business plans with a focus on the tax analysis, participating in the financial close reviewing of the EPC, O&M contracts, supervising the equity proof;
• Follow-up on guarantees;
• Review the Share Purchase Agreements and the Share Holders Agreements during Joint Ventures;
• Support the development teams in due diligences, integration in Neoen during M&As.

4/ Manage financing:

• Take part in projects’ financing and monitoring debt drawdowns during construction;
• Monitor compliance with debt covenants and mandatory operational and financial reports;
• Maintain relationship with the bank agent;
• Lead distributions.

The candidate will need the following skills and experience to succeed in this role: 

• Degree in finance and around 3/5 years' experience in audit (Big Four accounting firm) and/or financial roles, ideally in a multinational environment.
• Familiar with German standards, taxes and reporting/budget.
• Know how to deal and monitor auditors / advisors. Dealing with lenders would be a plus.
• In-depth knowledge of Excel and are used to process a lot of data.
• Fluent in German and English (written and spoken).
• Beyond competences we are looking for someone who is proactive, reliable and eager to learn with an appetite to work in a multicultural environment.

• Great influence and varied tasks in a high skilled and multinational environment.
• A dynamic and wonderful team, with fast decision-making processes.
• An employer keen to contribute to more renewable energy production.
• A new office near Karlsruhe train station.

Founded in 2008, Neoen is one of the world’s leading independent producers of exclusively renewable energy. With expertise in solar power, onshore wind power and storage, the company plays an active role in the energy transition by producing competitive, green, local energy on four continents. After a six-fold increase in the last six years, its capacity in operation or under construction stands at over 8.7 GW. A high-growth company, Neoen is targeting more than 10 GW in operation or under construction by the end of 2025. Neoen’s flagship operations are France’s most powerful solar farm (300 MWp) in Cestas, Finland’s largest wind farm (404 MW) in Mutkalampi, one of the world’s most competitive solar plants in Mexico (El Llano, 375 MWp) and two of the world’s most powerful large-scale storage plants, both in Australia: Hornsdale Power Reserve (150 MW/193.5 MWh storage capacity) and the Victorian Big Battery (300 MW/450 MWh). Audacity, integrity, commitment and esprit de corps: our values guide our actions and our relationships with our business partners, customers and end-users. These shared values underpin our corporate identity and are borne out in the way we conduct our day-to-day business.