Finance Business Partner - Johannesburg/Cape Town, South Africa at Vestas

Responsibilities:

• Ensure the accuracy and the accountability in the pre-calculations, reducing the deviations between pre-calculations and the post-calculations
• Perform the controlling of the Sales activity in compliance with the sales approval process and rules 
• Project Controlling, coordinating the monthly project review with the project managers, improving the margins and cash flows and insuring the gap analysis and budgetary controls
• Ensure the highest data quality in the systems to maintain high level of reliability and accuracy in budgeting and forecasting
• Deliver the month-end closing tasks for the Construction line of business, in connection with the Reporting and Compliance team, to ensure timely and accurate closure of financial statements to headquarter
• Support the monthly internal reporting, including all associated processes and controls
• Participate to the relevant budgeting, controlling and finance processes in accordance with
• the Vestas Standard Operating Procedures and make sure that controls and applicable
• compliance requirements are in place.
• Support the external and internal audit process.

Qualifications:

• Strong analytical skills and problem-solving attitude.
• 3 - 5 years' professional experience within a finance department, particularly within an international company.
• Good knowledge about accounting, controlling, budgeting.
• Advanced skills in Excel, PPT, Windows Office tools.
• Availability to travel.
• Fluent English.
• Knowledge of Information System SAP/BI and ERP systems.
• Ability to work individually or as part of a team on tight deadlines

Competencies:

• Proactive and efficient approach
• Comprehensive Communication and analytical skills
• Systematic and result oriented
• Capable of presenting and simplifying financial information
• Good leadership and collaboration skills