Lead Financial Controller

Join us in this role where you’ll be responsible for the financial controlling of highly complex legal entities in Denmark, Norway, and Sweden, incl. controlling the monthly figures based on International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS), annual reports based on local Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP), and ensuring that processes and internal control descriptions are in place and well executed. In this role, you’ll work with complex accounting issues. You’ll play a significant role in process optimisation, aided by your significant experience in the field. In this role you’ll use your experience to ensure that our finances are handled in a professional and effective way.

Welcome to Financial Accounting & Controlling
You’ll be part of the Financial Controlling Nordics team where you, together with your colleagues, will ensure compliance and deliver high-quality and timely financial reporting to our internal and external stakeholders. You’ll also work closely with our auditors to ensure that documentation is delivered according to an agreed quality and in a timely manner. As a team, we support each other in solving complex accounting tasks. We make use of the individual skillsets in the team and ensure that all team members have challenging tasks.

You’ll play an important role in:

• ensuring efficient and compliant processes by driving continuous improvement in close collaboration with colleagues and management
• providing timely deliverables while delivering high-quality results to internal and external stakeholders
• driving and ensuring the implementation of our standard processes
• planning audits and maintaining a close dialogue with external auditors
• technical accounting controlling, incl. implementing and monitoring compliance, primarily with IFRS but also local GAAP accounting
• being a trusted collaborator for internal and external stakeholders and striving to leave the stakeholder with a good experience.

To succeed in the role, you:

• have a master’s degree in accounting, cand.merc.aud. or similar, and have started or completed your qualification as a state authorised public accountant
• have solid experience as an auditor, combined with some background in working in a controlling department in a large international company, and thrive in a changing environment
• have an analytical and logical approach to issues, as well as the ability to respond positively to feedback
• have excellent communication, collaboration, and stakeholder management skills, are results-oriented, set visible and relevant goals for your tasks, and are a problem-solver with a positive can-do attitude
• have deep knowledge of financial and accounting (IFRS and Danish GAAP)
• are detail-oriented and have the ability to handle the information you receive with a critical eye.

Maybe you’ve read the above and can see you have some transferable skills, even though they don’t quite match all the points. If you think you can bring something to the team, we still encourage you to apply.

Join a global leader in renewable energy
Ørsted is a growing green energy major and global leader in climate action. With us you’ll play a part in driving change towards a green energy future. You’ll grow your talent in a fast-paced and high-growth industry where you have plenty of opportunities to learn and develop through challenging assignments and industry-leading experts. Here, you can perform in a friendly work environment based on trust, respect, and collaboration.

Shape the future with us
Send your application to us as soon as possible. We’ll be conducting interviews on a continuous basis and reserve the right to take down the advert when we’ve found the right candidate.

As an applicant or employee, you may request reasonable work and position accommodation or adjustments via accomodation@orsted.com.

Please note that for your application to be taken into consideration, you must submit your application via our online career pages and answer the screening questions relevant for your country.

About the job
Application deadline:
11 May 2025

Location:
Gentofte, DK Skærbæk, DK

Field of work:
Finance and controlling

Employment type:
Permanent

Work hours:
Full-time

Workplace:
Hybrid (office and home-working)

Imagine a future with Ørsted

About Ørsted
- We develop, construct, and operate offshore and onshore wind farms, solar energy farms, storage facilities, and bioenergy plants in Europe, Asia, and North America.

- Our vision is to create a world that runs entirely on green energy.

- We’ve been ranked as one of the world’s most sustainable energy companies for the past six years.

- We’re headquartered in Denmark.

- We have over 8,600 employees, working in 15 countries and growing.

An inclusive team
Ørsted wants all employees to have the same opportunities for impact and growth, regardless of age, nationality, disability, ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation or beliefs. We’re committed to secure an inclusive work environment characterised by a respect for all people so everyone feels free to openly share their input and ideas.