Sr Associate, HR Controlling FP&A

RWE Clean Energy, LLC
To start as soon as possible, full time, permanent

Functional area: Finance / Controlling
Remuneration: Exempt

The Senior Associate, HR Controlling FP&A will be part of the HR & Management Support Function (MSF) Controlling team in the rapidly growing Renewables Business of RWE Clean Energy (RWECE). The team comprises three different Controlling functions: HR Controlling, MSF Controlling and IT Controlling. The Senior Associate role focuses on HR Controlling.

• As a Senior Associate, HR Controlling you will be responsible for the company-wide FTE (Full Time Employees) and personnel cost monitoring, budgeting, planning, and reporting. In a dynamic and growing business environment you ensure transparency and strategic alignment for FTE and personnel costs and that associated company targets will be achieved. This critical and visible role offers direct exposure to the entire RWECE C-suite and senior leadership team, providing a platform for influencing strategic decision-making at the highest level. You will work closely with the HR and the leadership team as a strategic partner and trusted advisor on new compensation strategies or workforce initiatives (e.g. the implementation of new incentive schemes or post-merger workforce integration). You actively drive change by evaluating improvement measures, giving recommendations, and providing business decision support. You will own and drive high-impact deliverables, operate with a high degree of autonomy and accountability, and play a key role in translating people strategy into business outcomes. The position offers international exposure through collaboration with the German Group Holding and other global entities.
• MSF Controlling is responsible for monitoring, budgeting, planning & reporting the financial performance of RWECE’s Support Functions’ overhead cost. Ensuring transparency, cost effectiveness, and strategic alignment of all support functions spend. Working as strategic partner and trusted advisor with the business, evaluates improvement measures, actively giving recommendations/appropriate challenges, and business decision support.
• IT Controlling is responsible for the financial performance monitoring, budgeting, and financial planning & reporting for the RWECE IT & OT  business. Ensuring transparency, cost effectiveness, and strategic alignment of all RWECE IT & OT investments. Working as strategic partner and trusted advisor with the business, evaluates improvement measures, actively giving recommendations/appropriate challenges, and business decision support. 

Role Responsibilities:

• Senior associate responsible for HR Controlling (FP&A) topics, i.e. create and deliver monthly high quality executive leadership and senior management reporting and ad hoc analysis on FTE and personnel expense, drive special topics, and identify cost saving opportunities, and present key results on top management level. Optimization, esp. digitization of planning and reporting processes as well as controlling products
• Financial planning & cost analysis: Develop and maintain the model and processes for RWECE FTE and personnel cost planning. Coordinate, drive and optimize timely, complete, accurate, high-quality planning/forecasting processes for the business. Monitor, analyze and challenge FTE and cost developments and provide transparency about the actual development against budget, mid to long-term financial and FTE targets and benchmarks
• Business Support: Collaborate closely with the business and HR to ensure requirements for reporting and planning are fulfilled. Serve as strategic partner by identifying costs saving opportunities, supporting/challenging/measuring critical HR initiatives and providing timely and insightful (ad-hoc) analysis that supports informed decision-making
• Coordination and network: As the primary contact for RWECE functions on FTE and personnel expense within the RWECE Controlling team, coordinate related topics and financial impacts across the RWECE business and the Controlling team
• Management communication: High level of exposure and interaction with Senior Management and the Executive Leadership Team (Board). Prepare materials for and support meetings with Senior Management and the Board for both regular reporting activities and special projects/topics
• Improve & streamline processes: Implement new tools and systems to streamline the handling of large data sets and optimize processes to improve data quality and enhance efficiency