Group Head of FP&A

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

Within MET Group the Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A) team is accountable for Management Reporting, Business Planning and Budgeting, quarterly reporting for Board of Director meetings, and supporting the Performance Management and KPI monitoring process for the Group as a whole. Key stakeholders are the MET Group Executive Board of Directors, divisional and business CFOs (including their teams), Group Controlling, Accounting and Consolidation teams, as well as Risk, Strategy and Treasury teams.

The role of Group Head of FP&A encompasses not only the need for robust regular Management Reporting, but also the important provision of annual business planning and quarterly performance reporting of the group, providing further regular and ad-hoc support within the scope of Group FP&A.

Essential responsibilities

1. Coordination of Business Planning process for the group. This involves collaboration with key business leaders globally to provide the Executive Board with an intended operating model for the year ahead. 
2. Preparation of quarterly performance reports in close cooperation with group corporate functions and business divisions.
3. Support Group Head of FP&A with corporate approval process of business plan and quarterly performance reports.
4. Enhance the existing financial and analytical processes to allow steering business performance towards the organization’s objectives. This would include P&L, Cash Flow, book and product performance, credit & market risk, internal and external financing, and all respective controls.
5. Support FP&A team with preparation of bi-weekly group forecast, monthly management accounting and any ad-hoc tasks.
6. Collaborate with various internal stakeholders to develop deep business understanding and to provide clear and relevant analysis on a regular and ad-hoc basis.
7. Develop solid relationship with Group Divisions (Trading, Wholesale, Flexibility Assets, Green Assets), Group Holding functions, European CFOs and Controllers community.
8. 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.
9. Support the group-wide Digital Transformation project including new systems, processes and corporate data governance.

Qualifications

• University degree in finance/accounting
• 5-8 years FP&A Team Leader experience gained in an international environment
• Experience in the energy space is appreciated
• Decent Accounting knowledge, understanding Cash Flow, BS and P&L relationships is a must
• Experience in digitalisation projects
• Proven financial modelling skills
• Ability to translate data into insights
• Outstanding proficiency in PPT and Microsoft Excel
• Excellent spoken and written English
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
• Actively seeking to improve processes and systems