Vattenfall is now looking for the right person to fill the position as Working Student Commercial Administrator (f/m/d)

in Business Area (BA) Wind,

in our office in Berlin or Hamburg .

Purpose of your role

To be successful in this role, you need to combine your structured and financial thinking with a hands-on attitude in our fast-paced environment. As a working student, you will support the Procure-to-Pay (P2P) team, with a particular focus on managing processes related to external resources and time writing. You will play an important supporting function to ensure smooth end-to-end finance and procurement processes, particularly regarding external workforce coordination and accurate time entry handling.

You will be part of an international team consisting of Commercial Administrators and P2P Governance experts, and will work closely with Vattenfall Group functions, the Shared Service Center, and the business.

Key tasks and responsibilities include

• First-line support with regards to purchase order requisitions and invoice handling, with a focus on external consultants
• Monitor and validate time writing entries submitted by externals
• Code and distribute invoices
• Act as interface between Business Area Wind business and Finance Business Services departments (Accounts Payable/ Subledger, Accounting, Procurement, Tax, Resource Management Center)
• Support enhancing and continuous improvement of procure-to-pay and external time writing
• Follow up on invoices and procure-to-pay process adherence
• Provide ad hoc support to the Commercial Admin & Procure-to-Pay Governance team

Energy is our contribution to quality of life – day after day. With around 20,000 colleagues Vattenfall provides comprehensive electricity and heating offerings to several million customers in northern Europe. For the work ahead we need people who are fully dedicated to our customers and to a sustainable society – people like you.

BA Wind is responsible for the development, construction and operation of wind power onshore and offshore as well as other non-hydro renewable activities like solar and batteries. We manage the maintenance, operation and continuous improvement of wind generation assets, safely and with the highest levels of availability and profitability. We also perform the structuring and execution of project partnerships in accordance with overall wind strategy.

In BA Controlling we are the financial matter experts ensuring performance management, sound decision making and translating business performance of BA Wind by providing transparency of the portfolio, using our finance and system knowledge as well as our internal network influencing realisation of BA Wind´s targets and strategy.

What we are looking for

• You study Business administration, economics or similar, and are an enrolled student
• Your coordination and administrative skills are very good
• Your command of English is strong, both verbally and written. Command of German is a plus
• You are structured and possess a collaborative & proactive mindset
• You like to pay attention to details without losing the bigger picture
• You have good Excel skills and preferably first-hand experience with SAP

Our offer

We offer good remuneration, a challenging and international work environment and the possibility to work with some of the best in the field. You will be working in an international teams and you can always count on support from committed colleagues as ‘Ask and Share’ concept is essential for the way we work. We offer attractive employment conditions and opportunities for personal and professional development.

• Start and duration of contract: as soon as possible; initial period of 12 months with the possibility to extend (no planned semester/ exchange abroad during this time period)
• Working hours: max. 20 hours a week; up to 37 hours a week during semester break
• Flexible working hours and hybrid work model (Office + Home Office)
• Work equipment: a laptop will be provided to you

More Information
We welcome your application in English, including a short cover letter, CV, completion date of your Bachelor or Master degree, current grade reports and your certificate of enrolment . Please use the application button at this page. We kindly request that you do not send applications by any means other than via our website as we cannot guarantee that we will be able to process applications that are not made via our website.

For more information about the recruitment process you are welcome to contact our recruiter Sabrina Parsons via mail: sabrina.parsons@vattenfall.de.

At Vattenfall we are convinced that diversity contributes to build a more profitable and attractive company and we strive to be good role model regarding diversity. Vattenfall works actively for all employees to have the same opportunities and rights regardless of gender, ethnicity, age, transgender identity or expression, religion or other belief, disability or sexual orientation.

The security of Vattenfall and its employees is essential. For that reason, a pre-employment screening will be part of your recruitment process. The screening is based on the role you will fulfill within Vattenfall. The screening will be performed by a third party, DISA.

We look forward to receiving your application!