Are you keen to provide insights supporting our management decisions?

Hydro is a company with global reach – and local presence. We are involved in activities in more than 40 countries, on all continents. That's why we can offer you many exciting opportunities and potential career paths within the various business areas, fields and locations. As part of our valuable, global Hydro network you can maintain a continuous learning curve. Would you like to shape the next phase of green industrial development in Hydro?

Group Performance, Planning and Controlling (GPPC) is an integral part of the CFO organization and responsible for Hydro’s performance, risk, planning and capital allocation processes. The team’s primary purpose is to generate insights and analysis to drive performance across the organization and to provide decision support for senior management. The team is closely involved in the key strategic agenda of the company, and is uniquely positioned to gain a deep understanding of the business goals, strategic priorities and value drivers of the group. We work closely with finance and strategy functions across the company and regularly present our insights to Corporate Management Board and the Board of Directors. GPPC is also responsible for driving process improvement and efficiency across Hydro. Our current agenda includes digital transformation and automation, development of financial models, analytics and reporting tools and solutions.

If you have strong quantitative aptitude and enjoy giving meaning to data; like developing your own models and tools to enable and visualize your analysis; are curious to understand what drives performance of a large industrial company; and would like to provide insights to support real management decisions – this may be a perfect role for you!  

Key responsibilities / tasks

• Follow-up Hydro’s operational and commercial improvement efforts across business areas, including development of tools and methodology
• Continuously analyze performance trends and partner with business areas on defining opportunities to improve operational and financial outcomes
• Benchmark key financial and operational metrics across business areas and functions in Hydro to drive improvements. Financial benchmarking of Hydro with the main competitors
• Drive digital development to support decision making with analysis, dashboards and automation of manual processes 
• Support the update and development of the consolidated financial model, and contribute to the development of risk management modeling tools
• Support the annual business plan process and other planning and performance management processes across Hydro with delivery to the Board of Directors
• Provide analytical support and insight into a wide range of projects 

Qualifications

• Master's degree, preferably within economics/finance/business, engineering or another quantitative discipline with strong academic records
• 3-5 years of relevant experience, preferably but not limited to management consulting, corporate finance, data modeling/analytics or another analytical/business-related role
• Previous experience and/or strong interest in working for an industrial company 
• Advanced user of Excel and PowerPoint 
• Strong communication and presentation skills in business English 
• Competence to support development of digital tools and solutions, including financial modeling and benchmarking
• Experience with business intelligence tools (e.g. Power BI, Tableau) is preferred
• Familiarity with programing languages, cloud solutions, databases, external data sources could be an advantage, but not required

We offer an exciting opportunity to gain a broad understanding of Hydro, to get involved in key finance processes and strategic projects, and to contribute to the long-term development of the company. The right candidate could get a large degree of autonomy in developing financial analytics tools to take Hydro’s digital capabilities to the next level. This position offers an attractive platform for personal and professional growth as well as excellent networking possibilities in the company. Do not hesitate to reach out in case of questions with regards to the position. 

Additional Information
The position reports to Head of Group Performance.

Please enclose all relevant transcripts with your application (academic records/diplomas, certificates etc.). Only applications received through our online system will be considered, not via e-mail.

As part of our recruitment process, we use Semac for background check. 

Apply before: 7 February, 2021

If you have any questions, please contact: 

Hiring managers
Olena Lepikhina Gevoll, Head of Group Performance
Phone: (Norway +47) 96853035

Nora Sunde Midttun, Head of Group Performance, Planning and Controlling

Phone: +47 45 29 77 53

Personalhuset Oslo will be handling all applicants:
Jan Arve Brendberg
Email: jan.arve.brendberg@personalhuset.no
Phone: +47 94 00 66 28