Senior Accountant to our accounting team in Brazil

Are you motivated by having a broad range of accounting tasks and would you like to work for an international company within the renewable energy sector? Then come join us!

European Energy is a green company in exponential growth. We develop, construct, and operate projects within solar- (PV) and wind farms globally, as well as Power-to-X. Our core values are the foundation of everything we do: In it together, Trust and courage, Ambition, Excitement, Inclusion, and Agility.

Your new team

You will be part of the Accounting team which consists of approx. 30 colleagues located in our offices in Denmark, Germany, Poland, Italy, Lithuania, and Brazil. You will be part of a small sub-team, working with Brazilian companies, consisting of a Team Lead and three colleagues, three of which are based in Recife and one in our office in Copenhagen, Denmark. Together, you handle all accounting tasks for our Brazilian entities and ensure that everything runs smoothly. You will be part of an engaged and motivated finance department with approx. 85 colleagues in total, where you will work particularly close with the Financial Controlling team.

Your new role

As our new Senior Accountant, you will be responsible for accounts payable and receivables, tax review, and accounting of the Brazilian companies in the European Energy group. You will work closely with internal stakeholders, including coordinating tasks and topics with Accountants and Financial Controllers in HQ, and provide business support to the Project Development department. Moreover, you will have contact to external stakeholders such as the Brazilian authorities and local accounting and tax advisors.

You will be based from our office in Recife, Brazil.

A typical day

• You are responsible for accounting of Brazilian companies in the European Energy group
• You handle daily bookkeeping
• You support and review local filings of VAT, tax, and other in collaboration with external advisors
• You follow up on receivables
• You share documentation with external accounting
• You support with financial reconciliation of accounts
• You are responsible and support period end tasks
• You assist the team when there are interactions with external auditors and tax authorities
• You provide business support to the Brazilian Project Development team
• You assist with optimization of tasks and processes

Prerequisites to progress in the job

• You have minimum 5 years of experience within tax and accounting from a similar position
• You hold a degree in Accounting, Finance or Business Administration
• You have good understanding of general Brazilian taxation (Direct and Indirect tax) – Preferably IRPJ, CSLL (real/presumed profit) PIS, COFINS (non- and cumulated), ISS, RETIDOS (withholding taxes)
• You have knowledge of Brazilian accounting focused in the power sector (Tax, VAT, compliance of invoices)
• You have good analytical skills and puts an effort in delivering timely and accurately in high quality
• You are fluent in Portuguese and speak English on a proficient level to use it in your work
• You have good Excel skills and are experienced with Navision ERP system or similar
• Knowledge about issueing invoices would be a plus

As a person, you are thorough and have a structured way of working. You have good interpersonal and communication skills and find yourself working well with internal stakeholders across departments and at all levels as well as external stakeholders.

With us you get

• You will be part of a Danish privately owned company with a truly international environment. We have more than 30 nationalities represented among our employees and our global language is English
• Knowledge sharing is important for us. We start every Monday with our global weekly morning meeting. Here the executive management and departments give us an update on projects and current focus areas
• We prioritize our employees’ development. You will be enrolled in our People Development Program to ensure continuous learning and engagement.

The Company at a glance

European Energy is a Danish privately owned company founded in 2004. We operate all the way from development, construction, operation and selling of wind- and photovoltaic (PV) farms on land as well as offshore globally. Further, we work with development of the future energy solutions, e.g. Power-to-X. We have a solid collaboration with local stakeholders and want to involve all parts in the process.

We are now more than 700 employees with 43 nationalities represented in 20 countries. We all work for our common goal to be the most innovative partner within the green transition and to create The Power of Tomorrow, Today.

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

Apply now!

Workplace: Recife, PE, Brazil

Manager: Team Leader, Accounting

Apply: Send your CV in English including your motivation in for the job via the link to the right. We invite for conversations on a continuous basis, so please send your application as soon as possible.

Contact persons: For more information, please contact Talent Acquisition Specialist, Caroline Greve Grønhøj, [email protected]

We look forward to receiving your application!

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.