Hamburg: Working Student in BU Offshore Wind

About the job

We are now looking for a

Working Student in BU Offshore Wind

to work within the Generation Controlling team located in Hamburg.

The role will primarily be working with more senior controller on topics for the German windfarms. You will be providing support to the Controller and also working with colleagues from O&M.

As part of the Offshore controlling team you will have your direct team colleagues in Amsterdam (NL), Hamburg (GE), Berlin (GE), Kolding (DK) and London (UK).

Responsibilities & Tasks

The following main tasks are in the expected responsibility of the working student in the BU Offshore of BA Wind:

• Supporting Business Controller in preparing and analyzing monthly results and forecasts for the German offshore windfarms;
• Preparing cost accruals as part of month end processes
• Work with financial master data, requesting new objects and keeping the data up to date
• Basic account reconciliations in conjunction with Accounting colleagues;
• Financial administration for revenue and cost billing on German offshore windfarms;
• Supporting operational staff with finance support;
• Support in ad hoc analysis and developing of new or improvement of existing reports as needed;
• Ad-hoc tasks on an individual basis as well as with the other team members.

Location  
Hamburg

Your profile

Your profile

• Enrolled Bachelor student (at least 12 months in) with a focus on business administration
• Good knowledge of MS Excel and MS Office
• Interested in renewable energy sector, especially offshore wind power
• Understanding and feeling for finance figures
• Strong levels of numeracy and IT skills (previous experience with SAP and/or PBI a plus)
• Organized and reliable
• Strong team player, willingness to help others out and deliver against deadlines;
• Ability to work independently with a hands-on and pragmatic mind set.
• Good communication skills both verbally and in writing – in both German and English
• Interest in working in a committed and international team
• Ideally already gained some practical experience in the field of renewable energy

Additional information

Our offer 
Good remuneration, a challenging and international work environment, and the possibility to work with some of the best in the field. You will be working in interdisciplinary teams and you can always count on support from committed colleagues. 

More Information 

• Start date: immediately
• Working period: 12 months with the possibility to extend (no planned semester/ exchange abroad during this time period)
• Working hours: max. 20 hours a week; up to 37 hours a week during semester break
• Flexible working hours and hybrid work model (Office + Home Office)

We kindly request that you do not send applications by any means other than via our website as we cannot guarantee that we will be able to process applications that are not made via our website. 
For more information about the recruitment process you are welcome to contact our recruiter Sabrina Parsons - sabrina.parsons@vattenfall.de.

At Vattenfall we are convinced that diversity contributes to build a more profitable and attractive company and we strive to be good role model regarding diversity. Vattenfall works actively for all employees to have the same opportunities and rights regardless of gender, ethnicity, age, transgender identity or expression, religion or other belief, disability or sexual orientation.

The security of Vattenfall and its employees is essential. For that reason, a pre-employment screening will be part of your recruitment process. The screening is based on the role you will fulfill within Vattenfall. The screening will be performed by a third party, Validata. 
We look forward to receiving your application!

About the company

Vattenfall is a European energy company with approximately 21 000 employees. For more than 100 years we have electrified industries, supplied energy to people’s homes and modernized our way of living through innovation and cooperation. We are looking for talented individuals who, in addition to their passion for their own role, also have strong team spirit and want to contribute to supporting a meaningful corporate mission. 

The BU Offshore in BA Wind is responsible for developing, constructing and operating Offshore wind farms. BU Offshore currently consist of 12 operating windfarms with a total capacity of 2.1GW spread across Europe. We are currently working on the construction of two other wind farms for 2.1GW and are planning to start construction of another farm for 0.4GW in the next year. The operating fleet is supported by strong centralized teams placed across Europe.

Job Summary
Job number: REF9115A
Date posted : 2025-03-19
Profession: Engineering