Senior Financial Accountant

 

Join us in this role where you’ll be responsible for a broad set of financial accounting and reporting processes concerning the Group’s legal entities, incl. month-end closing, reconciliations, and statutory accounts, as well as performing internal controls. You’ll also play a significant role in process optimisation, aided by your significant experience in the field.

 

Welcome to Financial Accounting & Controlling
You’ll be part of Financial Accounting Global Support team, where you, part of the accounting Task Force function together with your colleagues, will be responsible for delivering standardised, high quality, and timely accounting and reporting products within FAC.  As a team, we create a workplace culture centred around teamwork and development through close collaboration with our colleagues and stakeholders within and outside of the FAC department.

 

You’ll play an important role in:

  • Driving and actively participating in improvement projects or process, challenging the status quo, especially in connection with month-end and reporting systems.
  • Leading and participating in data cleansing, reconciliations, and ad-hoc financial tasks as required by the business.
  • Supporting the global Financial Accounting (FAC) team by taking into high-impact assignments, including covering for key deliverables during transitions or peak periods.
  • Collaborating closely with colleagues and stakeholders within and outside the FAC department to deliver standardized, high-quality, and timely accounting and reporting products.
  • Contributing to knowledge retention by leveraging your expertise to efficiently resolve complex issues or previously unresolved matters.

 

To succeed in the role, you:

  • Have a bachelor’s degree in accounting, controlling, or similar (ACA-qualified) and are fluent in written and spoken English
  • Proficient in Microsost Office (Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint) with experience using financial accouting ERPs such as SAP and Hyperion;knowledge of reporting tools like Once Source and Cadency is a plus. 
  • Have extensive relevant experience working in a public accounting firm or a finance department in an international company, incl. thorough knowledge of IFRS and/or a country-specific GAAP
  • Demonstrate flexibility, initiative, and the ability to identify and drive improvement projects.
  • Demonstrate analytical thinking, logical reasoning, and the ability to critically assess information. 
  • Valur collaboration,non-routine tasks and are willing to work across teams and countries. 

 

Maybe you’ve read the above and can see you have some transferable skills, even though they don’t quite match all the points. If you think you can bring something to the team, we still encourage you to apply.

 

Shape the future with us
Send your application to us as soon as possible. We’ll be conducting interviews on a continuous basis and reserve the right to take down the advert when we’ve found the right candidate.

 

As an applicant or employee, you may request reasonable work and position accommodation or adjustments via accommodation@orsted.com.

 

Please note that for your application to be taken into consideration, you must submit your application via our online career pages and answer the screening questions relevant for your country. We don't take applications or inquiries from external recruiters or agencies into account for this position.

 

About the job

Application deadline:  31 December 2025
Location: 

Kuala Lumpur, MY

Field of work:  Finance and controlling
Employment type:  Permanent
Work hours: 
Workplace:  Hybrid (office and home-working)

Imagine a future with Ørsted

About Ørsted

- We develop, construct, and operate offshore and onshore wind farms, solar energy farms, storage facilities, and bioenergy plants in Europe, Asia, and North America. 

- Our vision is to create a world that runs entirely on green energy.

- We’ve been ranked as one of the world’s most sustainable energy companies for the past six years. 

- We’re headquartered in Denmark.

- We have over 8,600 employees, working in 15 countries and growing. 

 

An inclusive team

Ørsted wants all employees to have the same opportunities for impact and growth, regardless of age, nationality, disability, ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation or beliefs. We’re committed to secure an inclusive work environment characterised by a respect for all people so everyone feels free to openly share their input and ideas.