Italy Financial Controller

ContourGlobal is an established Independent Power Producer developing, acquiring, and operating electricity generation assets worldwide. The company currently manages more than 6.2 GW of installed capacity across different generation technologies in 18 countries across Europe, Africa, Asia, North and South America. With a current share of renewables capacity of 27%, the company has committed to speed up the decarbonization of its portfolio with a sustainable transition of its thermal fleet, the repowering of existing renewable assets and the organic development of new renewable projects. ContourGlobal, a KKR company since 2022, has a track record of almost 20 years of experience in partnering with communities, institutions, and customers that benefit from its power supply through long-term contracts or innovative PPAs, coupled with energy management solutions.

The Italy finance controller will be a key position in order to sustain the growth of the Italian business, following activities of controlling and accounting, working closely to business to support the growing activity. This position will be a link between controlling and accounting department and will have the possibility to grow in both competencies, with possible career opportunities in both areas.
 

These are the main responsibilities:
 

1. Lead full month-end closing for the development entities;

2. Support the preparation of cost-controlling activities and Cash Flow Forecast for development entities and projects
3. Support the Finance manager in the preparation of local GAAP financial statements and other statutory reports, in coordination with external consultants when applicable
4. Support the preparation and approval of the Consolidated Financial Statements.
5. Ensuring a strong internal control environment for all assets and compliance with the internal control activities
6. Support on the booking of group ledger entries in SAP
7. Review of all the new contracts related to the Development projects. Identify the relevant milestones and plan the cost and the related cash flows on the related contracts, ensuring timely payments to vendors and developers
8. Review of the specific documents related to the achieved milestones
9. Support the local construction manager on the coordination of the vendor contracts and review project invoices for local accounting and tax purposes
10. Analyze the costs and identify the relevant impact on accounting and Financial statements
11. Support the Tax Manager on the preparation of the fiscal deadlines (Ires, Irap, VAT, Withholding taxes, Imu etc)
12. Budget and forecast support
13. Any other ad hoc tasks, as required by the CFO Solar or by the Finance manager

Key competencies:

• 3-5 years of experience in consultancy companies in auditing and finance activities or in house in multinational companies mid-large sized
• Finance-related degree
• Fluent in English and Italian
• Preferable previous experience with SAP and project management/capital expenditure tracking
• Curious and ambitious person
• Analytical and strategic thinking skills
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills
• Team player, willing to achieve goals with the team

ContourGlobal provides equal employment opportunities and maintains a diverse workforce that reflects the rich environment of the society we live in and markets we operate.