Senior Auditor

Vattenfall is one of the largest energy companies in Europe. We make electricity and heat and supply energy to millions of customers. We do this in Sweden, Germany, the United Kingdom, France, Denmark, Finland and the Netherlands.

With around 21,000 employees, we are enabling a future in which we are less dependent on the use of fossil fuels for our energy. We are at the forefront of the transition to a sustainable energy system. To achieve this ambitious goal, we are looking for talented individuals who, in addition to their passion for their own role, also have a strong team spirit and want to contribute to supporting a meaningful company mission.

Do you want to help in shaping the future? Interested in a position that really makes a difference? Good! Group Internal Audit is now recruiting a senior auditor to the team based in the Netherlands.

Our organisation
Group Internal Audit is an independent, objective assurance and consulting activity designed to add value and improve Vattenfall’s' operations. It helps Vattenfall accomplish its objectives by bringing a systematic, disciplined approach to evaluate and improve the effectiveness of risk management, control and governance processes. Both Investigation of potential fraud or inappropriate business conduct are an integral part of the audit process. The Head of Group Internal Audit reports independently to the CEO and to the Board of Directors (Audit Committee).

Group Internal Audit
Our main objective is to give assurance and guidance to the Board of Directors and EGM on the effectiveness of Vattenfall’s governance, risk management and internal control. Group Internal Audit is a business- as well as a speaking-partner to the Board, the CEO and the EGM. Group Internal Audit  is a “one stop shop” for best practice advice. We also act as an excellent training ground for a continued career in Vattenfall, by exposing fast track members of the department to a variety of situations, activities, management teams and functions within the organisation. Our mix of different competencies valued for our critical and analytical thinking paired with communication skills and broad organisational knowledge allows us to provide valuable insight.

What are you going to do?
Your main tasks will be to conduct internal audit engagements and investigations. The audit engagements are performed in teams and as a leader and/or member of such teams you will be involved in all phases of the engagement from planning to the reporting of the results to management. In the audit engagements you will challenge the existing ways of working in the processes subject to review. You will thereby help identify improvements to the efficiency and effectiveness of internal processes and the robustness of internal controls to help enhance the overall governance environment.

As the scope for Group Internal Audit covers the entire Vattenfall Group, you will have the opportunity to gain insights into different business areas and opportunities to further learning and development.

In addition to the audit engagements, you will also be involved in investigations in response to events reported to the whistle-blower function, which we operate in cooperation with Corporate Legal & Integrity. You will report directly to the Director Internal Audit Netherlands.

Location  
Amsterdam. Audit engagements and investigations may require travel to other Vattenfall locations.

Who are you? 
As a senior auditor you will have at least 5 years experience and an university degree in business administration, IT or other relevant subjects.

Next to this you bring: 

• Strong analytical skills, data and reporting 
• Preferably good understanding of financial accounting
• Preferably experience of structured interviews
• Fluent in oral English and Dutch
• Advanced skills in written communication, both in English and Dutch
• Preferably experience from process reviews and reviews of compliance to internal or external requirements.

Personal skills
To be successful in this position your interpersonal skills and your ability to persistently find your way, meet and interview people on all levels within the Vattenfall Group will be key. Others probably describe you as trustworthy, self-going, a good listener and a person with high level of integrity.

Our offer 
The height of your salary is based on your education and relevant work experience. The salary for this position ranges from €6.750 to € 7.750,- based 38 hours. In addition to your salary, we offer a comprehensive secondary benefits package, the most important components of which are:

• End of year bonus of 4.5% of your annual salary and a profit sharing of up to 3.5% of your annual salary based on the results of Vattenfall Netherlands.
• NS Business card for commuting or a travel allowance of €0.23 per km up to a maximum of 50 km one way.
• 25 vacation days, 3.5 vitality days, and when you have a 38-hour contract, you will be working 40 hours and build up13 ADV (reduction of working hours) days.
• Choice budget, which allows you to purchase or sell extra vacation days, buy a e-bicycle, or simply receive it as addition pay.
• Education budget, because we believe it is important that you can continue to develop yourself.

At Vattenfall, there is a close team culture while also providing ample room for individual initiative.

At our company, hybrid working is the norm, meaning you will work at the office at least 50% of the time. Most of your colleagues prefer to work the remaining 50% of their time from home, but the choice is entirely yours. At Vattenfall, we highly value a good work-life balance and continuously seek ways in which we can contribute to this as an employer.

More Information 
We welcome your application in English, no later than, 14th of September 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 recruitment process you are welcome to contact our senior recruiter Joany van Megen via email: [email protected].  

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, DISA Global Solutions AB.
 
We look forward to receiving your application!