Group Reporting Specialist

Do you want to be a part of a healthy and solid group finance organization with aspirations? Can you bridge between accounting theory and how to apply in practice? Are you a bit of a wizard when it comes to numbers and telling the story behind? Then, this is the place to create the solutions the world needs today to enable a better tomorrow.

Create solutions to enable a better tomorrow.

We are seeking a Senior Group Reporting Specialist to join our team at our headquarters in Lyngby. In this role, you will be part of the Group Reporting team, a group function responsible for consolidating monthly financials from 50 reporting entities within the global COWI Group. As part of the team, you will provide financial reporting and insight to COWI's top management as well as to external stakeholders. You will work closely with your colleagues in the Group Reporting team and finance colleagues globally, reporting directly to the VP of Group Reporting.

Your key responsibilities will include:

• Translating the Danish Financial Statements Act (ÅRL) and IFRS interpretations into COWI accounting policies, as well as continuously maintaining and developing these policies and training material.
• Actively engaged in the monthly, quarterly and annual closing process and collaborating with external auditors.
• Acting as subject-matter expert on technical accounting questions and collaborating with your colleagues globally to apply the accounting theory in addressing COWI specific accounting issues.
• Preparing financial presentations and reports to top management, telling the story behind the COWI group’s financials.
• Representing the Group Reporting team and participating in cross-functional projects and initiatives across COWI.
  
  

Your skills. Our team. Together we design the future.

The key to success in this role is that you are eager to collaborate with the people around you, whether they are colleagues, partners or customers. Developing ties with others is something you do by acting respectfully and delivering on your promises. And you never get set in your ways, but keep exploring new insights and ways to improve.

On top of that, you will have:

• Master's degree in finance, accounting or other relevant education,
• 5 years of relevant experience,
• Solid financial management and accounting toolbox,
• A keen interest to understand and tell the story behind the financials
• Ability to communicate effortlessly in English.
  
  

A place to work and so much more

At COWI, we work together with our customers to shape a sustainable and liveable world. We do it by applying our knowledge and curiosity - and sometimes even our courage - to create the solutions the world needs today to enable a better tomorrow. We support our customers’ transition towards increased sustainability. We strive to lead by example by embedding environmental management, social responsibility and good governance into our business practices and the options we provide to our customers.

We value differences and development and cultivate an environment of belonging and having fun. Because that is what brings out the best in you, at work and at home.

With offices primarily located in Scandinavia, the UK, North America and India, we are currently more than 7,500 people who bring their expertise in engineering, architecture, energy and environment into play.

What we also offer:

• An engaging work environment with opportunities for professional growth
• The opportunity to contribute significantly to sustainability and business development efforts
• Flexible working arrangements to support work-life balance
  
  

Got more questions?

If you have any unanswered questions about the role or what we have to offer, please reach out to out to Talent Acquisition Specialist, Mette Gutte, at mtgt@cowi.com, or Vice President Group Reporting, Malene Nyborg Kristensen, at mnks@cowi.com.

Get to know us even better at our website, www.cowi.com, where you can learn more about our projects, our strategy, what we want to achieve and what life is like at COWI.

Diversity is fundamental to COWI, inclusion is key

We are committed to creating a respectful and fair work environment where all employees have a sense of belonging and equitable opportunities to thrive and grow. We ensure that our leaders are role models for inclusive leadership by cultivating a culture where diverse perspectives and thoughts are seen as strengths. And we take diversity and inclusion into account in all relevant decisions and processes and when setting teams and fora. We do it because it is part of our values and because it is simply the right thing to do.