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Regional Finance Director Central (DE/AT/NL) (m/f/d)

Essen
Full-time
Permanent employee

Your mission

We are looking for a commercially minded and results-driven Regional Finance Director to lead financial performance across our DE/AT/NL region. This is more than a traditional finance role. You will act as a strategic partner to regional leadership, driving profitability, capital efficiency, performance management, and financial governance across multiple markets.
 
As a key member of the regional leadership team, you will challenge assumptions, improve decision-making, and ensure that investments translate into sustainable growth and shareholder value.
 
Your responsibilities:
  • Act as a critical business partner for Regional Business Director to drive high accountability and performance culture.
  • Lead local Finance Managers and report directly to Group CFO
  • Drive regional financial performance, including OPEX, CAPEX, EBITDA, and cash flow. 
  • Review and approve regional business cases in line with Group financial standards. 
  • Track business case performance and drive corrective actions where needed.
  • Steer profitability improvements through pricing, margin optimization, cost management, and operational efficiency initiatives.
  • Lead and coordinate regional budgeting, forecasting and MTP submissions, ensuring ambitious assumptions, robust local inputs and alignment with Group planning standards.
  • Oversee regional accounting, tax, statutory compliance, financial controls and approval governance, ensuring effective execution by local Finance Managers and alignment with Group functions.
  • Work closely with EDRI Managment team and group functions to align regional financial strategy with global goals.

Your profile

  • 10+ years of progressive finance leadership experience
  • Proven success as Finance Director, Head of Finance, Regional Controller, or similar senior role
  • Strong background in FP&A, business partnering, controlling, accounting, and investment management
  • Deep understanding of IFRS, budgeting, forecasting, and performance management
  • Strong commercial acumen and ability to translate financial insights into business actions
  • Analytical, data-driven, and highly results-oriented
  • Excellent communication, leadership and stakeholder management skills
  • Fluency in German and English is essential

Why us?

  • People take centre stage: Become part of a dynamic, ambitious and agile team that develops solutions for the eMobility market and be part of our EDRI events 
  • With us, you get the best of both worlds - 100% start-up with the support of a large company
  • The freedom you need: We offer you hybrid working with flexible working hours 
  • Workation: Enjoy the flexibility to work temporarily from abroad – within the EU
  • You will receive a competitive salary
  • A company pension scheme is of course also one of the benefits with us
  • Sustainable learning opportunities: We support you with a training budget of 5,000 euros per year
  • You get everything you need to get started: onboarding with welcome gifts and all the hardware you need

Contact

Diversity counts at E.ON. We welcome all people and are convinced that differences make us stronger. Become part of our inclusive and diverse corporate culture! 
   
Seize the opportunity to become part of our E.ON Drive Infrastructure team and not only create prospects for the future of E.ON, but also for your own.  
   
We look forward to getting to know you! 
   
Laura
Junior Recruiter
   
Do you have any questions or difficulties with your application? Please contact me at laura.ackermann@edri.com.

About us

E.ON Drive Infrastructure (EDRI) is a pan-European market leading charge point operator owned by the E.ON group. EDRI builds, owns, and operates public charging infrastructure for all types of electric vehicles. The company purpose is to build a sustainable world, by providing charging for everyone, everywhere. The team currently employs more than 200 people and operates more than 9.000 public charging points across 11 European countries: Austria, Czech Republic, Denmark, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Netherlands, Poland, Romania, Sweden, and the United Kingdom. Together with location partners EDRI will expand its network by installing 1,000 additional high power charging points per year.