Group Financial Planning & Analysis Expert

Company Description

MET Group is an integrated European energy company, headquartered in Switzerland, with activities in natural gas and power, focused on multi-commodity wholesale, trading and sales, as well as energy infrastructure and industrial assets.

MET Group is represented in 15 countries: Austria, Bulgaria, Croatia, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Romania, Serbia, Singapore, Slovakia, Spain, Switzerland, Turkey and Ukraine.

MET Group is present in 30 national gas markets and 39 international trading hubs. The Group has a significant end-consumer presence in Croatia, Italy, Hungary, Romania, Slovakia, and Spain.

MET Group has 950+ permanent staff. The company is owned 90% by MET employees and 10% by Keppel Infrastructure, a wholly owned subsidiary of Keppel Corporation*.

Job Description

The FP&A team is accountable for the management information, forecasts and business planning. Key stakeholders are the MET Group management, divisional and business CFOs (including their teams) as well as Group Consolidation, Risk, Strategy and Treasury teams.

The Group FP&A Expert focuses on supporting the team with preparation of biweekly forecast, monthly management and quarterly performance reports and the annual business plan.

Essential responsibilities

• Develop deep understanding of data flow and data models.
• Support preparation of biweekly forecasts and monthly management accounts.
• Support preparation of quarterly performance reports including data collection and reconciliation
• Support group planning process including data and CPM system (Tagetik) management.
• Support Group Head of FP&A with corporate approval process or relevant ad-hoc tasks.
• This would include P&L, Cash Flow, book and product performance, credit & market risk, internal and external financing, and all respective controls.
• Collaborate with various internal stakeholders to develop deep business understanding and to enable clear and relevant analysis on a regular and ad-hoc basis.
• Develop solid relationship with Group Divisions (Trading, Wholesale, Flexibility Assets, Green Assets), Group Holding functions, European CFOs and Controllers community.
• Provide digital and accounting expertise to optimize the use of the systems to reduce workload and continuously seek for improvements in all areas of the Management Reporting function.
• Support the group-wide Digital Transformation project including new systems, processes and corporate data governance

Qualifications

• Master's degree in finance/accounting
• 3-4 years FP&A experience gained in an international environment
• Excellent financial modelling skills
• Excellent Excel skills (VBA, Power BI, Power Query is an advantage)
• Excellent spoken and written English
• Strong analytical skills, accuracy