Finance Manager (m/w/d)

Job Description

VORN Bioenergy is a leading biomethane producer and project developer, with over 40 biogas projects delivered in Germany and beyond, including Europe's first biomethane plant in 2006. We have delivered biomethane plant development, construction, management, and optimisation across a 130+ MW project portfolio in six European markets and has an additional 90+ MW additional development pipeline. We're continuing to grow our project portfolio, expanding into new markets across Europe. Working at VORN means being an active part of the green energy transition. Join us our mission to unlock the potential of biomethane across Europe and beyond.

To strengthen our team at VORN Bioenergy Italia s.r.l. in Bolzano or Verona, we are now looking for you as Finance Manager (m/f/d)

Your Responsibilities

Controlling and financial reporting

• Own the monthly close process for the Italian entities, ensuring accurate and timely reporting to headquarters in line with group accounting policies and reporting calendar.
• Supervise the external outsourced provider responsible for accounting and tax compliance, reviewing deliverables, resolving issues and ensuring quality.
• Coordinate corporate secretarial work and payroll processes performed by the external provider where applicable, ensuring statutory and regulatory obligations are met on time.
• Review and validate statutory financial statements and tax filings for the Italian entities.
• Act as the primary finance interface for external auditors during the annual audit cycle.

Financial planning and analysis

• Lead the annual budget and quarterly forecast process for the Italian operations, working with country management and project teams.
• Produce monthly variance analysis (actuals vs budget vs forecast) and present results to country leadership and the Director of Finance.
• Build and maintain operating and project-level financial analyses to support investment decisions, business cases and operational reviews.
• Translate management-level analysis into shareholder-grade reporting where required.

Cash forecasting and treasury

• Own the short-term and medium-term cash forecasting for the Italian entities, including operating cash flow, capex disbursements, loan drawdowns and debt service.
• Manage day-to-day cash and bank account operations, including payment approvals, intercompany funding requests and bank relationship management.
• Coordinate with headquarters treasury on funding needs, intercompany loan management where applicable.

Project finance loan management

• Administer existing project finance facilities for Italian operating assets, including drawdowns, debt service payments, covenant testing and lender reporting.
• Maintain the relationship with project finance lenders and their agents at the operational level, ensuring all reporting and compliance obligations are met on time.
• Support the Director of Finance and the structured finance team on new project financings in Italy as the development pipeline progresses.

Team and external provider supervision

• Manage and develop the Finance Analyst reporting into this role, providing direction, coaching and performance feedback.
• Manage the relationship with the external accounting, tax and corporate secretarial provider on a day-to-day basis.

Your Profile

• Degree in Finance, Economics, Accounting or a related discipline.
• Several years of relevant experience in finance roles within infrastructure, renewable energy or a comparable capital-intensive sector. Biomethane or biogas experience is an advantage but not a requirement.
• Prior experience as a Finance Manager or in an equivalent in-country finance leadership role.
• Direct exposure to project finance facilities and loan management (covenant compliance, drawdowns, debt service, lender reporting) is required.
• Experience working in a Private Equity-backed environment is desirable, with the reporting discipline and pace of work that comes with it
• Experience supervising or coordinating outsourced accounting and tax providers is strongly preferred.
• Strong technical accounting knowledge of Italian GAAP, with a working understanding of IFRS reporting requirements for group consolidation.
• Solid financial modelling and analysis skills, with the ability to build and review project-level and entity-level financial models.
• High attention to detail and data integrity. This role is the quality gate for all Italian finance outputs delivered to headquarters.
• Ability to work independently in a small in-country team while maintaining strong alignment with headquarters.
• Comfortable operating in a lean organization where priorities can shift quickly.
• Willingness to travel within Italy and to other VORN locations (estimated up to 20% of time).
• Italian: fluent (essential for managing Italian counterparties, advisors and the outsourced provider).
• English: fluent (working language of the organization and reporting to headquarters).
• German: a plus, given VORN's German parent and the Bolzano office, but not strictly necessary

What We Offer

• A senior finance role with direct ownership of the Italian finance function and visibility into the group finance agenda.
• Direct reporting line to the Director of Finance, with regular interaction with the CFO and headquarters teams.
• Exposure to a growing pan-European platform with a clear development pipeline and a committed institutional sponsor.
• The opportunity to work on both operating assets and an expanding development pipeline in Italy.
• A lean, fast-moving organization where individual work has direct impact on operational and investment decisions.

Diversity and Equal Opportunity
We promote diversity and equality and therefore welcome applications from all interested parties, regardless of nationality, ethnic, cultural or social background, gender, religion/belief, disability, age or sexual identity.

Your Contact at VORN

We look forward to your application!
Please contact us if you have any questions +39 0471 068120