Cost Controller

Job Summary

Vestas is seeking a highly skilled Cost Controller to join our team. As a Cost Controller, you will be responsible for optimizing the use of financial resources to maximize profitability and ensure long-term financial sustainability of the Service Organization.

Key Responsibilities

• Manage and monitor the hourly rate composition to ensure accuracy and compliance with financial guidelines.
• Review and approve costs impacting the hourly rate account to ensure transparency and accountability.
• Monitor site expenses and ensure adherence to budget guidelines to minimize risks and optimize financial performance.
• Own the analysis and challenge allocations charged to contracts from support departments to ensure accurate and fair allocation of costs.
• Lead trainings for the cost center, projects, and PR control to ensure general knowledge of parameters and compliance with financial guidelines.
• Control PRs in the subregion cost center and projects to ensure reporting on demand of status, R&O, tendencies, and seasonality.

Requirements

• Minimum of 2 years experience in Finance, Control & Accounting roles with a solid understanding of long-term projects or PM experience with performance management concepts.
• Bachelor's degree or equivalent in Corporate Finance, Economics, Business Administration, or a related analytical field.
• English proficiency, written and spoken.
• Combined with a significant experience in operations, finance department, or performance management.
• Strategical mindset with solid stakeholder management skills.
• Strong skills in business understanding and information/data analysis.
• Good understanding of the wind industry or similar industries.
• Experience with PPI, data analysis, and insights delivery.
• Good knowledge on Power BI tool and desirable programming (any language).
• Proficient in Microsoft Office programs (specially Excel).
• Systematic and Inquisitive skills.
• Ability to work accordingly to procedures, deadlines, and timelines.
• Goal-oriented, highly committed way of working and self-planning skills.
• A convincing cross-functional communicator who knows how to mobilize people in a global and matrix organization.
• Ability to work in a team, flexibility, and ability to work under pressure.
• A high degree of customer orientation and pronounced service awareness.
• Leadership skills that will enable you to communicate efficiently with other teams and your own, especially in case of remote team management.
• Flexibility, availability, good organization skills.
• Ability to engage and influence multiple stakeholders including senior executives from various functions.
• Ability to handle multiple short and long-term priorities.
• Organizational skills and experience working in a high volume of workload environment with a capacity to prioritize, multi-task, achieve business goals, perform, and always work with a customer-focused approach.
• Good investigative skills including the ability to evaluate and interpret complex information from numerous sources, prepare and present analysis and reports, deal with issues creatively and achieve business-focused solutions.
• Proactiveness, resilience, and adaptability to changes in work procedures and new projects.

What We Offer

Vestas offers an exciting job opportunity in a highly motivating and international context. Our teams are in constant growth and work at the forefront of the wind energy industry. We offer a competitive salary, a motivated benefit package, and opportunities for personal and professional growth.

DEIB Statement

Vestas recognizes the value of diversity, equity, and inclusion in driving innovation and success. We strongly encourage individuals from all backgrounds to apply, particularly those who may hesitate due to their identity or feel they do not meet every criterion. Your unique perspective is what will help us power the solution for a sustainable, green energy future.