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(Senior) Business Controller (w/​m/​d)

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(Senior) Business Controller (w/m/d)

Location: Düsseldorf, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

Bring dich aktiv in unser Business-Controlling-Team in Düsseldorf ein und werde Teil der Transformation der deutschen Energiewirtschaft!

Wir sind Uniper

Wir bei Uniper treiben aktiv die Energiewende voran und sorgen zeitgleich für Versorgungssicherheit. Wir arbeiten als international agierendes Unternehmen in sehr diversen Teams bei größtmöglicher Flexibilität für unsere Mitarbeitenden. Unsere Unternehmenskultur ist geprägt durch Chancengerechtigkeit, Wertschätzung und Respekt. Du hast bei uns die Chance, neue Entwicklungen voranzutreiben, an Lösungen für eine moderne, nachhaltige und zukunftsgerichtete Energieversorgung zu arbeiten und Veränderungsprozesse aktiv mitzugestalten. Interesse? Dann freuen wir uns auf Dich!

Deine Aufgaben

Unterstütze unsere deutsche Flexible Generation Business Line als kompetenter Sparringspartner in Performance-Diskussionen zu den bestehenden Geschäftsfeldern, aber auch im Hinblick auf Wachstums- und Verbesserungsinitiativen und die strategisch angestrebte zukunftsträchtige Transformation unserer Kraftwerksstandorte:

  • Du schaffst Transparenz über die finanzielle Performance des operativen Geschäfts, hinterfragst Entwicklungen und Abweichungen kritisch und identifizierst notwendige Gegenmaßnahmen für eine erfolgreiche Geschäftssteuerung.
  • Du kennst dich in der Tiefe mit Controllingkonzepten, KPI- und wertorientierter Finanzsteuerung sowie mit IFRS-Accounting-Regeln aus und kannst dieses Wissen gebündelt anwenden, um unser Business finanziell ganzheitlich zu unterstützen und anzuleiten.
  • Du steuerst und koordinierst eigenständig Mittelfristplanungen und Hochrechnungen in Zusammenarbeit mit dem gesamten Controlling-Team und den operativen Geschäftseinheiten.
  • Du analysierst und kommentierst Quartals- und Jahresabschlussdaten und verantwortest eigenständig entsprechende Berechnungen im Rahmen der Abschlusserstellung.
  • Du fungierst für das operative Business als zentraler Ansprechpartner und Sparringspartner in allen finanziellen Belangen, um eine integrative Geschäftssteuerung zwischen operativen und finanziellen Zielen sicherzustellen.
  • Du nutzt dein Finanz-Know-how, um den Geschäftseinheiten mit Ad-hoc-Analysen und Finanzbewertungen fundierte Entscheidungsgrundlagen und positive Impulse zu geben.
  • Du unterstützt uns bei der Optimierung von Prozessen, der Weiterentwicklung relevanter BI-Datenberichte und -Tools sowie bei der Digitalisierung unserer innovativen Controlling-Organisation.
  • Du unterstützt bei der Erstellung von Präsentationen für das Senior Management, erstellst eigenständig anspruchsvolle Investitionsbewertungen und trägst so zur kontinuierlichen Verbesserung des Uniper-Portfolios bei.
  • Du übernimmst Verantwortung für bereichsübergreifende Controlling-Themen, arbeitest in internationalen Gruppenprojekten und treibst die Weiterentwicklung unseres Controlling-Bereichs eigeninitiativ voran.
  • Dein Ziel ist es, den nachhaltigen finanziellen Erfolg von Uniper zu fördern und durch fundierte Analysen und Empfehlungen aktiv zur Weiterentwicklung des Geschäfts beizutragen.

Dein Profil

  • Du hast einen Abschluss im Bereich Betriebswirtschaft oder Finanzen.
  • Du bringst mehr als vier Jahre Berufserfahrung im Controlling, vorzugsweise im Energiebereich, mit.
  • Du verfügst über fundiertes Controller-Know-how und Finanzwissen inklusive relevanter KPI-Steuerung (z. B. Gross Margin, OPEX, EBIT, CAPEX, OCF) sowie über ein ausgeprägtes Verständnis von Performance Management und Business-Steuerung.
  • Du bist sicher in der Anwendung von DCF-Bewertungen sowie der Rechnungslegung nach IFRS (und HGB).
  • Du besitzt eine hohe IT-Affinität und beherrschst relevante Controlling-Tools einschließlich SAP (FI/CO; Migration zu S/4HANA in Vorbereitung); Kenntnisse in Tagetik sind ein Plus.
  • Du bringst ausgezeichnetes analytisches Denkvermögen mit und liebst es, komplexe Geschäftsthemen in finanzielle Kennzahlen zu überführen und daraus klare Handlungsempfehlungen abzuleiten.
  • Du bist intrinsisch motiviert, schaust über den Tellerrand hinaus, denkst innovativ und unternehmerisch und bist bereit, deine Komfortzone zu verlassen.
  • Du bist ein Teamplayer und bringst sehr gute Kommunikationsfähigkeiten mit, um sowohl im Team als auch mit dem Business und dem Management finanzielle Aspekte zielorientiert zu erörtern.
  • Du arbeitest eigenständig, strukturiert und effizient und übernimmst Verantwortung für deine Themen und deren Ergebnisse.
  • Du bist stets neugierig und bereit, als Teil einer dynamischen internationalen Abteilung mit anzupacken, um das Geschäft von Uniper noch attraktiver zu gestalten.
  • Growth Mindset mit Offenheit für neue Technologien sowie der Bereitschaft, die dafür erforderlichen Fähigkeiten und Kompetenzen kontinuierlich weiterzuentwickeln
  • Fließende Deutsch- und Englischkenntnisse

Job ID:

89571

Location:

Düsseldorf, Germany

Type of contract:

Unlimited

Working model:

Full-time, Hybrid

Start date:

immediately

Do you have any questions?

If you have any questions, please feel free to contact us by e-mail and we will get back to you:

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What makes Uniper stand out as an employer

  • Training

    Further education

    With a mix of digital and analog learning formats and topic-specific communities, we promote your personal and profossional development and lifelong learning.

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    Coachings and Mentoring

    Experienced specialists and managers are happy to support you in strengthening your skills and advancing your career development.

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    Open feedback culture

    Performance discussions, 360-degree feedback and employee surveys will help you and the company move forward, strengthen our collaboration and give you room to contribute your ideas.

  • Health

    Health care

    Safety and well-being are our top priorities. That's why we offer you regular free preventive medical checkups as well as a variety of learning impulses on occupational safety, health and well-being, and support programs.

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    Sport and Fitness

    With our online exercise courses, sponsorship of your participation costs in central sports events and a large sports community, we offer you a healthy working environment.

  • Canteen

    Healthy nutrition

    You can enjoy a wide range of healthy and balanced meals in our canteen. In addition, you can participate in nutrition programs.

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    Insurance and coverage

    We take care of you and offer you a wide range of coverage beyond the legal requirements with our company pension plan, accident insurance, company health insurance and continued salary payments in the event of illness.

  • Money

    Financial benefits

    We pay capital-forming benefits and offer you a wide range of financial benefits through our corporate benefits program

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    Work Life Balance

    We support you in balancing your private and professional life through flexible working time models, job sharing, sabbaticals and extensive offers in the area of child care and nursing.

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    Free parking spaces

    We provide you with free parking spaces.

  • Bicycle

    Job bike leasing

    We offer you the option of leasing a bicycle through deferred compensation with financial benefits.

The benefits may vary slightly depending on location and role. You can find a complete overview of the benefits here:Benefits

Get to know your future colleagues

Valentina

EVP Operational Excellence

At Uniper “treating everyone in a fair way”, and “making everyone feel included” are serious topics. This is why we regularly seek feedback from our employees, we listen to them, and we make changes so that we can get closer and closer to our vision of DEI.

Valentina - EVP Operational Excellence

Thomas

Head of ETRM department

I was excited to join Uniper as it a give me the opportunity to be part of a large, complex and dynamic Trading Organization. The company trades a lot of different commodities in many markets with all their uniqueness, which ultimately requires many different IT tools and solutions. I enjoy working with traders and all the supporting functions in such a challenging environment.

Thomas - Head of ETRM department

Navya

Lead Business Analyst

My passion is driven by the excitement of learning something new every day and a strong sense of pride supporting our Uniper business growth & Strategy. This is enhanced by the presence of a great team around me, whom I can always rely on for support.

Navya - Lead Business Analyst

Mithun

Lead - Strategic Endur Solutions

Each day excites me with new challenges by driving various Strategic IT initiatives for our CCO Trading Business and accelerating the energy transition by decarbonising our portfolio. My motto: Entrepreneurship is trait that you live each moment! At Uniper, I can constantly challenge status quo and shape the environment around me.

Mithun - Lead - Strategic Endur Solutions
About Uniper
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Transforming energy security through expertise and commitment

Uniper is a European energy company with a global reach that makes a decisive contribution to security of supply and energy transformation.  We work in very diverse teams and offer our employees as much flexibility as is possible.

Equity, mutual appreciation and respect are the core of our corporate culture. At our company you will have the opportunity to shape new technologies, work on solutions for a modern and future-oriented energy supply and actively design change processes.

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Virtual tour of our offices in Düsseldorf

With our virtual reality tour, you can experience Uniper from a completely new perspective. Our Düsseldorf offices can be viewed in detail without being on site. You can also get to know your colleagues and the working environment virtually. A highlight of the tour is built right into the beginning: a video from a bird's eye view impressively shows how attractive our location in the Medienhafen is.

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Düsseldorf

Uniper has been based at our headquarters in Düsseldorf's Media Harbour since 2019. Our central office consists of the two buildings Caprocorn and Float, which are connected by a walkway to form a single unit.

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Düsseldorf

Uniper has been based at our headquarters in Düsseldorf's Media Harbour since 2019. Our central office consists of the two buildings Caprocorn and Float, which are connected by a walkway to form a single unit.

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Düsseldorf

Uniper has been based at our headquarters in Düsseldorf's Media Harbour since 2019. Our central office consists of the two buildings Caprocorn and Float, which are connected by a walkway to form a single unit.

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Düsseldorf

On the office floors, the modern furnished meeting areas and lounges are located in the centre of each floor and our colleagues work separately from the passage areas, each with window fronts. All workstations have modern equipment and height-adjustable desks.

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Düsseldorf

On the office floors, the modern furnished meeting areas and lounges are located in the centre of each floor and our colleagues work separately from the passage areas, each with window fronts. All workstations have modern equipment and height-adjustable desks.

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Düsseldorf

On the office floors, the modern furnished meeting areas and lounges are located in the centre of each floor and our colleagues work separately from the passage areas, each with window fronts. All workstations have modern equipment and height-adjustable desks.

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Düsseldorf

We offer many services at the location that positively support everyday working life. These include an IT walk-in centre, a fitness studio, an underground car park with free parking spaces for cars and an extra garage for bicycles, including showers. For a balanced diet, there is a canteen as well as a café and a deli with fruit and healthy snacks, which are also open to the public.

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Düsseldorf

We offer many services at the location that positively support everyday working life. These include an IT walk-in centre, a fitness studio, an underground car park with free parking spaces for cars and an extra garage for bicycles, including showers. For a balanced diet, there is a canteen as well as a café and a deli with fruit and healthy snacks, which are also open to the public.

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Düsseldorf

We offer many services at the location that positively support everyday working life. These include an IT walk-in centre, a fitness studio, an underground car park with free parking spaces for cars and an extra garage for bicycles, including showers. For a balanced diet, there is a canteen as well as a café and a deli with fruit and healthy snacks, which are also open to the public.

Application process

Step 1 - Online application

Step 1

Online application

Have you found a suitable job posting? Then you can apply online right here. The application process is very simple and only takes a few minutes. Once we have received your application successfully, you will receive confirmation by e-mail immediately afterwards.

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Our recruiting team will be happy to assist you via email. Please submit your application exclusively through our online portal – unfortunately, we cannot consider applications sent by email. As long as the position is listed on our careers page, we look forward to your interest and application!

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