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.

Please share your CV in English when submitting your application.

Créée en 2008, Neoen est l’un des principaux producteurs indépendants d’énergie exclusivement renouvelable. Son savoir-faire dans les domaines du solaire, de l’éolien terrestre et du stockage lui permet d’accélérer la transition énergétique des pays dans lesquels Neoen produit une énergie verte, locale et compétitive. Société en forte croissance, Neoen a quadruplé ses capacités en opération ou en construction en six ans : celles-ci s’élèvent désormais à 8,9 GW, Neoen ayant pour ambition d’atteindre 10 GW courant 2025. Neoen opère près de 200 actifs répartis sur trois continents. Parmi ses réalisations les plus emblématiques, elle compte : Western Downs Green Power Hub en Australie, qui comprend la plus grande centrale solaire du pays (460 MWc) ainsi que Western Downs Battery (212 MW / 424 MWh) ; Collie Battery (219 MW / 877 MWh), l’une des plus grandes centrales de stockage au monde ; Cestas, le plus puissant parc solaire de France (300 MWc) ; et Mutkalampi, le plus grand parc éolien de Finlande (404 MW). Neoen est cotée sur le compartiment A d’Euronext Paris (code ISIN : FR0011675362, mnémonique : NEOEN). Depuis le 27 décembre 2024, Neoen est majoritairement détenue par Brookfield Renewable Holdings SAS, qui a déposé en janvier 2025 une offre publique d'achat simplifiée en numéraire sur les actions et OCEANEs restantes de Neoen. Pour en savoir plus : www.neoen.com