Finance Project Accountant -Offshore NL Cluster Geertruidenberg

About TenneT, the Unit, Department and Team

TenneT is a leading European transmission system operator and plays a key role in the energy transition. With approximately 22,000 kilometers of (extra) high-voltage connections and 41 million end-users in the Netherlands and Germany, we rank among the top five grid operators in Europe.

You will join Offshore NL, the business area responsible for offshore grid development projects. Offshore NL currently consists of the Wind at Sea 2GW projects connecting the IJmuiden Ver, Nederwiek en Doordewind offshore wind .

Within Offshore NL, you will work closely with Financial Project Leads (FPLs) and other Financial Project Accountants (FPAs). Your primary assignment will be supporting the Geertruidenberg cluster for the projects Nederwiek 3 and LionLink.

The work performed within this team contributes directly to the development of offshore infrastructure and the integration of renewable energy into the Dutch energy system.

The Role

How do you help keep the Netherlands powered? As a Financial Project Accountant Offshore NL, you support the financial control and administration of major offshore projects and work closely with Financial Project Leads and project teams.

Your responsibilities include:

• Reconciling project-related accounts and maintaining project structures within the ERP system.

• Acting as a point of contact for questions regarding invoices and charged project hours.

• Ensuring compliance with accounting standards and TenneT ways of working.

• Supporting the Financial Project Lead and other FPAs in reporting activities and financial analyses of actual and forecasted project expenditures.

• Performing financial planning, analyses and calculations for project financials.

• Developing financial policies and standards in the field of project control for offshore projects in coordination with the FPL and fellow FPAs.

• Monitoring and analyzing the financial progress of projects, linking financial and technical project performance and implementing improvement proposals.

• Contributing to budget pre-calculations and post-calculations.

• Preparing the commercial close-out of projects, including closing reports, asset inventories and work-in-progress administration.

• Supporting budget calculations and approval procedures.

• Supporting risk, claim and contract management activities.

• Maintaining awareness of IFRS requirements and energy regulations relevant to project execution and development.

• Reconciling suspense accounts and preparing corrections where required.

• Maintaining ERP master data related to project structures and cost elements.

• Supporting financial project documentation activities.

• Providing backup support for other Financial Project Accountants.

You will collaborate closely with Financial Project Leads, project teams and other finance professionals across Offshore NL.

Profile

What Do You Bring?

• Bachelor level of education and thinking.

• A strong financial background and a minimum of 5 years of relevant experience in control activities and accounting.

• In-depth knowledge of the finance discipline and the ability to work across multiple disciplines.

• Experience in specialist, policy-developing and/or advisory activities within project management environments is a strong advantage.

• Knowledge of and experience within the energy industry or infrastructure project accounting is a strong advantage.

• Experience working with ERP systems and reporting tools (such as Power BI).

• Good MS Office skills.

• Strong analytical capabilities and a structured, independent way of working.

• Good verbal and written command of the English language.

• Strong competencies in analytical thinking, result orientation, collaboration, independence and flexibility.

• The ability to communicate clearly and effectively in spoken and written English.