Business Controller Solar & Batteries

Business Area Wind is responsible for Vattenfalls Onshore and Offshore Wind as well as other non-hydro Renewable activities like PV/Solar. Today we develop construct and operate wind generation in Sweden Denmark Germany the Netherlands and the addition we have a clear strategy to develop our Solar operations further.

The purpose of Business Unit (BU) Controlling is to provide the Director of Controlling and Commercials Solar & Batteries (SoBa) and the BU SoBa Management Team with insights in BU SoBa performance to drive excellent business decisions for BU SoBa product lines and legal entities.

We are now looking for a Business Controller to strengthen our controlling team on a temporary full-time basis - please note that this position is limited until 30.06.2028.

In this role you will act as a finance business partner for project developers and asset managers ensuring transparency financial control and quality decisionmaking across the project lifecycle. You will also be responsible for supporting the business with financial insights and analysis in a range of areas: from reporting actuals and forecasting long-term spend to analysing cost and performance drivers.

Your responsibilities:

• Act as financial business partner for a dedicated solar development subsidiary facilitate close alignment between the subsidiary and Vattenfall internal stakeholders
• Facilitate and coordinate the financial handover process of projects from the development entity to Vattenfall internal teams
• Provide controlling support for projects in the Operations & Maintenance (O&M) phase
• Prepare and analyse budgets forecasts and actuals including variance and risk analysis
• Ensure financial governance and compliance with internal standards and IFRS requirements
• Contribute to management reporting including dashboards insights and adhoc analyses
• Drive process improvements and automation in controlling and reporting 

Location: Hamburg or Berlin Germany

Qualifications :

Your profile:

• University degree in Business Administration Finance Economics or comparable
• Several years of experience in business / project controlling ideally within energy infrastructure or projectbased environments
• Confident working with SAP (S/4 HANA) and Microsoft tools (Excel Power BI; automation skills are a plus)
• Analytical mindset with high attention to detail and a structured working style
• Strong communication skills and the ability to explain financial topics to nonfinancial stakeholders
• Fluency in German and English

Additional Information :

Our offer 
Good remuneration a challenging and international work environment and the possibility to work with some of the best in the field. You will be working in interdisciplinary teams and you can always count on support from committed colleagues. We offer attractive employment conditions and opportunities for personal and professional development. 

More Information 
We welcome your application in English no later than May 17 2026. We kindly request that you do not send applications by any means other than via our website as we cannot guarantee that we will be able to process applications that are not made via our website. 

For more information about the position you are welcome to contact our Head of Business Control Jing Shen via email:
 
For more information about the recruitment process you are welcome to contact our recruiter Sandra Domschke via email:

At Vattenfall we are convinced that diversity contributes to build a more profitable and attractive company and we strive to be good role model regarding diversity. Vattenfall works actively for all employees to have the same opportunities and rights regardless of gender ethnicity age transgender identity or expression religion or other belief disability or sexual orientation. 

The security of Vattenfall and its employees is essential. For that reason a pre-employment screening will be part of your recruitment process. The screening is based on the role you will fulfill within Vattenfall. The screening will be performed by a third party Validata.
 
We look forward to receiving your application! 

Remote Work :

No

Employment Type :

Full-time