ESG Manager to take our ESG Accounting and Reporting to the next level

Are you passionate about the green transition and driving sustainable development through a data-driven approach?

We are looking for a talented ESG Manager to join our ESG Accounting and Reporting Team in European Energy. We offer you a chance to take part in driving sustainable development through ESG data excellence and sustainability reporting which is used to make strategic data-based decisions, secure progress on strategic sustainability focus areas internally, and document performance externally.

Our team

The ESG Accounting and Reporting team is part of the Group Strategy, Sustainability and PMO department consisting of an international and engaged group of 30 people from top-tier consultancies and companies, with diverse professional backgrounds.

To achieve ESG data excellence, we have established an ESG Accounting and Reporting Taskforce, led by our Senior ESG Manager, with members from Finance, including our Chief Financial Officer, Head of Group Controlling, Senior IFRS specialists and Financial Controllers. The cross-disciplinar­ity of our taskforce ensures alignment on accounting and reporting practices across financial data and ESG data.

What we offer

European Energy has laid out an ambitious agenda for sustainability as part of our 2026 strategy. With the Corporate Social Reporting Directive (CSRD) and the European Sustainability Reporting Standards (ESRS), effective from 2024, we are embarking on a new era within ESG data excellence and sustainability reporting. We offer you a chance to be part of this exiting journey and to apply and further develop your competencies within ESG accounting and reporting.

With us you get

• The possibility to shape the ESG Accounting and Reporting agenda in a leading, highly profitable company with large appetite to move the bar
• The possibility to work with talented colleagues with top-tier consultancies and companies with diverse professional backgrounds
• A significant exposure to several different decision-makers at various levels and across our business
• A great level of flexibility to build a good balance between family and work
• The opportunity to be part of a truly international environment with more than 40 nationalities represented at our headquarter in Søborg

Your responsibilities

• Act as a link between Finance/ESG accounting and Reporting/Sustainability
• Play a key role in implementing CSRD/ESRS reporting requirements and Provide expert advisory and support to internal stakeholders
• Develop new ESG performance indicators in alignment with strategic sustainability priorities and CSRD/ESRS
• Integrate ESG data into ESG Data Warehouse and map data flows and reporting processes, define controls and develop accounting policies
• Consolidate and control ESG data at a Group level
• Report ESG performance indicators in quarterly and annual report(s) to internal and external stakeholders
• Lead the audit process and facilitate independent limited assurance of Sustainability Statements in the Annual Report

Your qualifications

• You have a Master’s degree or equivalent in Business Administration, Finance, Accounting or Auditing with a passion for sustainability and ESG
• You have +4 years of professional experience with financial or sustainability/ESG accounting and reporting as e.g. a controller or an auditor in a large/medium-sized company or consultancy
• You have experience with data management, consolidation, controlling, analysis, reporting and data-driven decision making
• You have expert knowledge of and experience with existing and new sustainability reporting standards e.g. CSRD/ESRS and EU Taxonomy
• You have an analytical mindset and a logical approach to problem-solving
• You are organized, good at prioritizing and you drive progress independently
• You have a strategic business outlook combined with an eye for details

About European Energy

European Energy is a Danish privately owned company founded in 2004 and headquartered in Copenhagen. European Energy delivers holistic, full value chain solutions by developing, constructing and operating wind power, solar power and Power-to-X projects worldwide. We invent our own systems, methods and technical solutions and pledge to pursue new ideas, power new projects, cultivate new thinking, and foster collaboration across industries and borders. We encourage all players to join us in mitigating climate change.

We are more than 800 employees represented in 30 countries, and we are growing rapidly both in Copenhagen and across our global offices. We all work for our common goal to create The Power of Tomorrow, Today.

Read more about our work here or follow us on LinkedIn.

Job title: ESG Manager

Hours: Full time

Manager: Rikke Augustinus, Senior ESG Manager

Workplace: Søborg, Copenhagen

Deadline: September 1st. 2024. We will review applications on an ongoing basis.

Start date: As soon as possible

Apply: Submit your CV including your motivation for the job via the link. We invite for interviews on a continuous basis, so please send your application as soon as possible.

Our working environment is built on mutual respect for the varied strengths and talents of our employees, with a flat hierarchy and entrepreneurial thinking at its foundation. Our employees value our flexible working culture, permitting better reconciliation of work and personal life. We are a team, whether it is in the workplace, on our company trips or during our weekly company training sessions. At European Energy, you will not only gain great colleagues, but also new friends from every corner of the globe.