International Trainee - Strategic Business Controlling

Company Description
Vattenfall is a European energy company with approximately 21.000 employees. For more than 100 years we have electrified industries, supplied energy to people's homes and modernised our way of living through innovation and cooperation. We are working for fossil freedom.


Job Description
About the traineeship
This traineeship offers you a unique opportunity to kickstart your career in sustainable business. Each of the trainee positions is distinct, tied to a department within a specific business area and working location. This means that each position has its own tailored responsibilities, challenges and matching profile.
What you will experience
Personal development: Benefit from a year full of growth opportunities, professional meetups, and comprehensive trainings;
International exposure: Engage with a diverse, international trainee team both virtually and in person. Participate in job rotations and on-site visits;
Collaborative environment: Enjoy a balance of serious work and a fun, supportive atmosphere.



Your role as a Trainee – Strategic Business Controller BA C&S


As Business Controller BA C&S you will be responsible to develop and support BA C&S in relation to all finance and controlling related matters by acting as a financial business partner. Next to driving regular reporting and forecasting as well as business planning, you secure a good consolidation of different business unit related information. Being strong in cooperation between business and staff functions, you contribute to a dynamic and diversified working environment.
Your main responsibilities:
Steer the business planning process including target setting, follow-up through reporting with a focus on the gaps between realization and targets, forecasting and corrective measures to meet plan;
Secure well consolidated financial information on BA level, consider the underlying drivers of the different business and provide high quality on BA level;
Provide departments and managers within the BA with relevant reliable financial information, business analysis and proactively support and challenge your colleagues to reach business objectives;
Support the controlling team in analyzing business performance, identifying improvement opportunities and corrective actions and driving performance;
Drive and support digitalization initiatives as well as further development of finance processes and products;
Participate in the monthly management reporting process.

Qualifications
Your qualifications as a Trainee - Strategic Business Controller:
A master degree in Finance or Business Administration (or equal);
Native-level proficiency in the language of the country you work in (The Netherlands, Germany or Sweden).

You should also recognize yourself in:
Strong financial and analytical skills;
Ability to work in large and complex organizations and to manage internal and external stakeholders effectively;
Strong commitment on continuous personal and business improvement;
Pro-active and transparent;
Excellent communication skills and ability to work across international cultures;
Strong team player.

Whether you aspire to a climate smarter career as an energy specialist, visionary manager, or inspirational project lead, we offer these opportunities within our Trainee Programme.
To be considered for our traineeship, you should:
Be a recent graduate with an academic degree or expected graduation before March 2025;
Have maximum one year of work experience;
Be fluent in English. Skills in other languages can be a merit;
Be willing to relocate for possible assignments throughout the organization;
Identify with our principles: active, open, positive and safety.

Location:
You will be working in the Business Area Customers & Solutions department located in Amsterdam, The Netherlands, Stockholm in Sweden, or Berlin in Germany.
Additional Information
Our offer
The Vattenfall International Trainee Programme is the kickstart of your career within Vattenfall. Over the course of a year, you will develop your professional and personal skills, participate in international workshops and site visits, and have the opportunity to work abroad. Each position comes with a competitive salary and excellent remuneration package. Read more about the elements of the Vattenfall International Trainee Programme here.


Application process
We welcome your application in English via the application button on this page. Please include an updated resume. When applying, you will fill out screening questions, including your motivation. No cover letter or motivation letter is needed. The deadline to apply is October 13th, 2024. Selection will start after the application period with online tests followed by interviews in October/November. We kindly ask you to use the same email address during the whole process (application and online test) otherwise there is a risk that your application is excluded due to system reasons. The final recruitment process will be completed by November/December, with a pre-employment screening. The Vattenfall International Trainee Programme starts on March 3rd, 2025.
Trade union representatives in Sweden:
Since Vattenfall is a part of the Swedish critical infrastructure, many of our services are security classed. If this position is security classed the final candidates might be subjected to a security vetting process, according to the Swedish legislation.
In Sweden, the trade union representatives are Rolf Ohlsson (Akademikerna), Christer Gustafsson (Ledarna), Juha Siipilehto (SEKO), Jens Morell (Unionen). To get in contact with the representatives, please call Vattenfall´s switchboard +46 8 739 50 00.
We look forward to your application!
Visit our FAQ site page for answers to common questions. If your question is not answered there, please contact the responsible recruiter Alisa Roo via alisa.roo@vattenfall.nl
The security of Vattenfall and its employees is essential. For that reason, a pre-employment screening may be part of your recruitment process. The screening will be performed by a third party, called Validata.