Financial Controller, Accounting, Controlling and Compliance, EMEA

Copenhagen Infrastructure Service Company (CISC) – a service provider working exclusively for the global fund management company Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners (CIP), is currently looking for a Financial Controller to join the Finance team in Copenhagen.

The role

Reporting to the Vice President of Accounting, Controlling and Compliance for EMEA, you will become part of a growing and developing team consisting of 7 financial professionals. You will drive and develop our finance setup for the investment vehicles, while having oversight and controlling of the day-to day accounting performed by third party service providers. In so doing, you will be responsible for establishing, implementing and delivering best-in-class finance processes for our investment vehicles.

Responsibilities will further consist of, but not limited to:

• Responsibility for P2P process, ensuring timely approval of invoices, payments and dealing with vendor queries.
• Controlling of accounts including balance sheet reconciliations, IC loans, etc.
• Ensuring timely submission of all tax filing, incl. VAT, CIT, WHT etc
• Oversee the audit process and ensure timely delivery of the required audit deliverables.
• Overseeing setup of new investment structures for the EMEA region
• Other Ad hoc queries

Main Stakeholders

• The Investment Team.
• Local service providers responsible for finance and corporate matters.
• Project CFO’s

You

The ideal candidate comes with 5+ years of experience in financial controlling or financial management, preferably in a project controlling environment.

Moreover, you are a highly responsible and motivated individual who is thriving in a highly effective and innovative environment.

We look for the following in a candidate:

• Good collaborative skills with great stakeholder management skills
• High ability to prioritize assignments and ensure short deadlines
• Thrives with responsibility and displays high attention to detail
• Motivated by building best practises and growing the finance function
• Knowledge of operational finance
• Solid experience with Excel and PowerPoint

The process

Please apply online as soon as possible as applications will be processed on an ongoing basis. For questions related to the role, please reach out to our Talent Acquisition team at [email protected]. We do not include CV's and Cover Letters sent by email.

As we continue to improve our candidate experience, diversity and avoid unconscious bias, please avoid having a photo in your CV. We commit to an inclusive recruitment process and equality for all applicants.

Please be aware that we will not accept speculative CV submissions for any of our roles from recruitment agencies, and any unsolicited candidate submissions will be exempt from any payment expectations and ownership.

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Building value that matters

Founded in 2012, Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners P/S (CIP) today is the world’s largest dedicated fund manager within greenfield renewable energy investments and a global leader in offshore wind. To date, CIP has developed and constructed more than +50 greenfield renewable projects around the world. CIP is developing a greenfield project portfolio of ~160GW totally, and ~16 GW is in operation or under construction. CIP manages 12 funds and has to date raised approximately EUR ~32 billion for investments in energy and associated infrastructure from more than 180 international institutional investors.
CIP has a multinational team of ~500 full time employees with extensive experience and knowledge within the fields of renewable energy project development and regulated infrastructure. In addition, CIP has a broad range of competencies within corporate finance, mergers & acquisitions, engineering, construction, project development, and project management. CIP has built a prominent investment team capable of originating proprietary investment opportunities and executing projects and investments based on the team’s industrial background, large industrial network, and extensive experience in structuring, executing, and managing investments within energy infrastructure. Headquartered in Copenhagen, CIP also operates from key locations across the globe, including offices in Hamburg, Munich, London, Utrecht, New York, Tokyo, Melbourne, Luxembourg, Kuala Lumpur, Seoul and Singapore. In addition, CIP has 17 local project offices globally.

For more information, visit www.cip.com.