CFO, Energy Infrastructure, EPC

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. Lead the company’s finance function, including accounting, financial controlling, treasury, budgeting, forecasting, taxation, and statutory reporting.

Posted 10/26/2026full-timeAthens • GreeceMid-LevelSenior💰 €70,000 - €85,000 per yearWebsite

Core Competencies

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Core Competencies

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Demonstrates extensive expertise in financial leadership, including budgeting, forecasting, and project controlling within EPC and construction environments. Proficient in IFRS compliance, financial reporting, and stakeholder management to drive profitability and liquidity.

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Senior Finance Leadership ExperienceIFRS Knowledge, Particularly IFRS 15Project Controlling ExpertiseBudgeting And Financial ModellingAdvanced Microsoft Excel Skills

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Hard Skills

Financial ControllingTreasury ManagementBudgetingForecastingCost-To-Complete (ETC)Estimate At Completion (EAC)Revenue RecognitionFinancial Risk AssessmentWorking-Capital ManagementStatutory Reporting

Soft Skills

Strong Communication SkillsStakeholder ManagementAnalytical ThinkingDetail-OrientedCommercial Acumen

Tools & Technologies

ERP SystemsFinancial Reporting ToolsFinancial Dashboards

Industry Keywords

EPCConstructionRenewable EnergyInfrastructureEngineeringProject-Based Environment

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

ERP

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Lead the company’s finance function, including accounting, financial controlling, treasury, budgeting, forecasting, taxation, and statutory reporting.
Act as a strategic business partner to the CEO and management team on growth, investment, financing, project selection, and resource allocation decisions.
Oversee financial performance and controls across the EPC project portfolio throughout the project lifecycle.
Monitor project budgets, actual and committed costs, ETC, EAC, WIP, profitability, forecasts, revenue, billing, receivables, contract assets and liabilities, supplier commitments, and subcontractor obligations.
Review project assumptions regarding productivity, procurement costs, subcontractors, contingencies, and remaining project costs.
Oversee variations, claims, change orders, and contractual developments affecting revenue, costs, profitability, or cash flow.
Ensure accurate financial statements and management reporting under applicable accounting standards and IFRS, particularly IFRS 15.
Ensure consistency between project progress, costs, forecasts, revenue recognition, reported margins, accruals, provisions, and loss-making project accounting.
Lead month-end and year-end closing, coordinate external audits, and maintain relationships with auditors, banks, tax advisers, and other stakeholders.
Drive annual budgeting and periodic rolling forecasts across P&L, balance sheet, cash flow, and project portfolio performance.
Develop financial dashboards and KPIs covering revenue, EBITDA, project margins, WIP, backlog, cash generation, receivables, working capital, and project risk exposure.
Lead treasury and liquidity management and improve cash conversion across projects.
Optimize billing, collections, payment terms, and working-capital requirements.
Manage banks and financial institutions, including guarantees and other financial instruments required under EPC contracts.
Establish and strengthen internal controls for authorizations, purchasing, subcontracting, project expenditure, payments, order-to-cash, and procure-to-pay.
Identify and mitigate financial, contractual, and project-related risks affecting profitability, cash flow, or liquidity.

Requirements

What you’ll need

Significant experience in senior finance leadership roles, such as CFO, Finance Director, or Head of Finance/Controlling.
Proven experience in EPC, construction, renewable energy, infrastructure, engineering, or another project-based environment.
Strong hands-on experience managing Work in Progress (WIP), long-term projects, project costs, and profitability at individual project level.
In-depth, practical knowledge of IFRS, particularly IFRS 15 and revenue recognition for long-term contracts.
Proven expertise in project controlling, including cost-to-complete (ETC), estimate at completion (EAC), project margin forecasting, and financial risk assessment.
Strong experience in budgeting, rolling forecasts, financial modelling, cash-flow forecasting, and working-capital management.
Experience managing contract assets and liabilities, variations, change orders, claims, and project-related financial commitments.
Solid understanding of treasury, banking, internal controls, statutory reporting, and financial audit requirements.
Experience working closely with Project Managers, Operations, Procurement, and senior management to monitor project performance and challenge financial assumptions.
Advanced Microsoft Excel skills and strong ERP and financial reporting capabilities.
Hands-on and operational, with the ability to investigate project-level financial details and identify potential issues early.
Strong commercial acumen, with the ability to understand contractual terms and translate them into financial implications.
Confident in constructively challenging Project Managers on project forecasts, costs, margins, risks, and cash-flow assumptions.
Highly analytical, structured, and detail-oriented, with a strong focus on financial accuracy and accountability.
Able to establish effective financial processes and controls within a growing and evolving organization.
Strong communication and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to work effectively with shareholders, senior executives, auditors, banks, and operational teams.
Proactive in identifying financial deterioration, escalating risks, and recommending corrective actions to protect profitability and liquidity.

Benefits

Comp & perks

Performance-based bonus
Private medical insurance
Company pension plan
Company Car