Assistant To Financial Controller Jobs in Reston, VA

Wärtsilä is an innovative technology company known for being a forerunner in the Marine and Energy markets. Every day, we - Wärtsilians - put our hearts and minds into turning Wärtsilä's purpose of enabling sustainable societies through innovation in technology and services into reality. Our ultimate aim is to provide increased value to both our customers and society. New, game-changing ideas and continuous improvement have been part of our DNA since 1834. Together, we can create new business opportunities and more sustainable future that we can all be proud of.
We want to transition the world towards a decarbonised and sustainable future. By pushing the boundaries of engineering and technology, we can make it work. We are always on the lookout for future-oriented talent - want to join the ride?
Job Title: Financial Controller
We are seeking an experienced Financial Controller to join our global Energy Storage Business organization in the rapidly growing renewable energy market. This is a unique opportunity to join a newly carved-out business, turning financial controlling and accounting practices from a blank slate into a successful operation. As a Financial Controller you are accountable for operations and performance related to local processes, financial information and external financial statutory reporting. Ensuring a true and fair view of risks, rewards and financial position of the legal entity. Providing valuable company level support for businesses, high standard financial company reporting according to Wärtsilä Group Directives and Policies, as well as local accounting requirements.
Financial Controller is responsible for the legal entity as follows:
Ensuring correctness of company financial information Preparing and reporting quarterly financial figures and tax notes Continuous follow-up on local legislation changes and requirements Collecting and preparing financial information, reports and analyses to internal and external stakeholders and authorities, e.g. local statutory reporting Preparing statutory local adjustments and bridge calculations Providing and presenting Financial Review material to the company Board of Directors Meeting Co-ordinating external auditing, internal auditing and internal control reporting of the company, as well as remediation of relevant internal controls Supporting and participating in development and optimizing of projects which require financial competence and support, in cooperation with global process owners and other stakeholders Supporting and advising the businesses in financial processes related to statutory, tax and company compliance High performance culture in accordance with Wärtsilä and strategy, vision, mission and values Responsible for local Sub-Group or/and Tax Group or/and branch reporting (if applicable) Preparing and maintaining local Delegation of Authority (DoA) documentation. Managing system authorisations, Power of Attorneys, Letter of Authorities e.g. for local banks Approving items according to company Delegation of Authority Reporting (mandatory) financial statistics to local authorities Tax related compliance (Income tax, value added tax) Co-ordinating property related insurance matters and insurance claims together with Group Risk Management and Businesses Co-ordinating with regional accountants in other countries within own area Company secretarial tasks Accounting tasks related to sales-, and purchase invoices Involvement in possible changes in the company legal structures (mergers, acquisitions, liquidations)
What skills and competencies must you hold to be considered?
SAP and other relevant reporting tools Strong leadership, networking, communication skills Problem solving & service excellence skills Fluent in EnglishAdaptabilityInnovationTeam working, Relationship buildingCooperation with different external and internal stakeholdersCultural sensitivity Corporate Governance and Code of Conduct Analysing skills Internal Control knowledge Auditing (both external and internal) knowledge Local accounting & tax laws and principles Wartsila accounting and IFRS knowledge (both international and local) Subject matter expertise on Financial Statutory Accounting
What qualifications / experience will the successful candidate be required to evidence
Bachelor or Master's level university education or equivalent10 years of experience in Finance for the related process / function of the position Subject matter expertise on financial statutory accounting, company compliance and/or taxation.
Note the business is preparing to carve our from Wartsila to its own JV entity from October 1st 2026. The new business will have approximately 500 employees and candidate should be aware this is NOT a position within the group Wartsila entity and the department will be run extremely lean in its early stages.
Contact & next steps: Does this sound like the job for you? If yes, we hope to hear from you before the application deadline below, by submitting your application in our Career portal. Our recruiting tool recognises the time zone where the job ad has been published and closes the application period according to the same time zone.
We will be conducting interviews with qualified candidates throughout the process and aim to keep you informed along the way. However we do anticipate a pause in hiring activity during September as we migrate systems and employees from Wartsila to the new JV operation in preparation for the JV go live date of October 1st, so please appreciate the hiring cycle could be more prolonged than is usual, we ask for patience. At that point Wartsila would hand over processes to the stand alone JV entity so contacts may change.
Last application date: 11/09/2026
At Wärtsilä we value, respect and embrace all our differences, and are committed to diversity, inclusion and equal employment opportunities; everyone can be their true self and succeed based on their job-relevant merits and abilities.
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