Finance Manager (m/f/d)

Finance Manager (m/f/d)

E.ON Drive Infrastructure GmbH

Hybrid, Permanent contract

Full time

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Finance Manager (m/f/d)

E.ON Drive Infrastructure GmbH

E.ON Drive Infrastructure (EDRI) is a pan-European market leading charge point operator owned by the E.ON group. EDRI builds, owns, and operates public charging infrastructure for all types of electric vehicles. The company purpose is to build a sustainable world, by providing charging for everyone, everywhere. The team currently employs more than 200 people and operates more than 9.000 public charging points across 11 European countries: Austria, Czech Republic, Denmark, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Netherlands, Poland, Romania, Sweden, and the United Kingdom. Together with location partners EDRI will expand its network by installing 1,000 additional high power charging points per year.

Finance Manager (m/f/d)

Location: Essen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

Job description

Your mission

Ensure that the local Purchase-to-Pay (P2P) process is implemented and executed in line with group-wide standards, including correct cost allocation and hands-on issue resolution with Global Finance and Business

Ensure quality and consistency of local fixed-asset processes, including the activation and tracking of fixed assets, and coordinate financial approvals across ERP and banking systems

Support the annual Mid-Term Planning (MTP) and quarterly forecasting cycles by consolidating operational inputs, historical spending patterns and key business assumptions. Contribute to short-term cash-flow and liquidity forecasting

Support year-end closing and act as a key local contact for Global Finance and local auditors. Coordinate recurring local reports to authorities and state institutions

Act as a hands-on finance partner to the Business Manager and Regional Finance Director, supporting business-case assumptions, alignment of capex budgets and selected ad-hoc business topics.

Monitor accounts receivable and the dunning process supporting timely collection and a healthy cash position

Support the administration of grants and subsidies, including documentation, milestone and financial reporting, compliance evidence and audit readiness

Your profile

University degree or equivalent qualification in Finance, Accounting, Controlling, Business Administration or a related field

At least four years of relevant professional experience in Finance, ideally in a hands-on role at the interface of Accounting, Controlling and business operations

Sound understanding of core finance processes such as P2P, accounts receivable, fixed assets, closing and financial reporting. Experience with planning, forecasting and cash-flow topics is highly valuable

Strong ERP and Excel skills. Experience with Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central is a plus

Experience in infrastructure, energy, project-based businesses or public-funding / subsidy processes is a plus

Strong ownership mentality, structured and analytical way of working, high attention to detail and a pragmatic hands-on approach

Confident stakeholder management and the ability to translate finance requirements into clear actions across business, Finance and external partners

Why us?

People take centre stage: Become part of a dynamic, ambitious and agile team that develops solutions for the eMobility market and be part of our EDRI events or the next after-work event

With us, you get the best of both worlds - 100% start-up with the support of a large company

The freedom you need: We offer you hybrid working with flexible working hours