Senior Financial Controller for Energy Operations

Totalenergies is hiring a Senior Financial Controller for Energy Operations in Milan, Italy. The role involves supervising budget preparation, financial analysis, and reporting, ensuring compliance with internal procedures, and leading a finance team. Candidates should have a bachelor's degree in accounting or finance and at least 10 years of relevant experience. Key responsibilities include managing financial strategies and supporting cost control processes.
• *Job Description:

We are seeking an experienced Senior Financial Controller to join our Finance team in Milan, Italy. As a key member of our management team, you will play a crucial role in shaping the financial strategy and direction of our organization.
• *Key Responsibilities:**
• Supervise and prepare the annual budget and quarterly forecast consolidated with all business units, coordinating the annual budgeting and forecasting process, compiling information from business units and ensuring the accuracy of the information received.
• Supervise and review with the Budget & Reporting team the analysis, explaining financial results & budgets to head office (monthly GALAXY and GALYZ, RIPE and review quarterly/yearly CAP consolidation), including monthly and quarterly profit and loss account and balance sheet and several specific reports for HQ-E&P.
• Compile and review the monthly KPI consolidated presentation.
• Explain the main financial performance drivers to the affiliate Managing Director and Finance Director in a dedicated monthly meeting.
• Ensure consistency and proper maintenance of the affiliate financial reporting model.
• Ensure control for master data in CO module - SAP system in order to be able to automate as much as possible the execution of monthly Galaxy reporting.
• Coordinate and distribute for signatures the annual Budget delegation for all Directors following the DOA approved.
• Policing adherence to Company internal rules and procedures.
• Assist in the preparation of and attend the yearly Methods meeting with HQ Finance.
• Ensure internal procedures in the CMS relating to the Budget & Reporting function are up to date.
• *Cost Control & JV:
• Supervision of the Cost Control activity and processes.
• Support the Cost Control Coordinator on the organization of the Cost Control team, the tasks, and the general forecast processes.
• Consolidate and review the JV Budget Brochure and the Fincom presentations.
• Ensure the Fincom actions are followed-up.
• SOX Controls:
• Support management and the SOX Controls Coordinator in the follow-up of the execution of the SOX Controls by control owners.
• Provide to management an updated report that will allow a close follow-up of SOX controls timely execution.
• Timely execute the SOX controls assigned to this position as control owner.
• *Team Leadership:**
• As part of the management team for the function contribute to operational planning, collaborate with colleagues on the development of policies required to achieve those plans.
• Provide team with direction and organize workload efficiently.
• Set goals and objectives, measure and feedback on performance, coach to develop their capabilities.
• Lead by example/demonstrate behaviors required, including a cost-conscious approach, with safety remaining key priority.
• Develop the professional and technical capability of the team to ensure that all technical challenges can be met in a way that creates a positive and effective work climate.
• *Requirements:**
• Bachelor's degree in accounting or finance.
• At least 10 years' experience in finance, encompassing reporting, economics, cost control and management functions.
• Thorough knowledge of O&G contracts and financial EP matters and rules.
• Analysis and correlation skills, capacity for synthesizing, conscientiousness, accuracy.
• Used to work under pressure and with sharp deadlines.
• Managerial skills, networking, and team spirit.
• Proactivity and high autonomy are essential.
• English and Italian mandatory.
• *About TotalEnergies:

TotalEnergies is a multi-energy company that produces and markets energy on a global scale: oil and biofuels, natural gas and green gas, renewables, and electricity. Our 105,000 employees are committed to making energy more affordable, cleaner, reliable, and accessible to as many people as possible. Present in over 130 countries, TotalEnergies places sustainable development in all its dimensions at the heart of its projects and operations to contribute to the well-being of people. At TotalEnergies, we invest in people and developing their talent. We consider safety, health, and respect for human rights our priorities. Hence, we are committed to ensuring a safe, inclusive, and innovative professional environment where collaboration and listening are part of our model. We place people at the center, ensuring a balance between work and private life, promoting flexibility and well-being, company welfare, and meal vouchers, within a culture that celebrates success and shares moments of conviviality.