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Head of Finance
CorPower Ocean
Accounting & Finance
Posted on Jan 23, 2026
Finance · Stockholm
Head of Finance
Working at CorPower Ocean you will be part of a world class team, determined to make big impact. We are on a mission to Power the Planet with clean electricity from ocean waves. We offer autonomy and flexibility, combined with personal responsibility. CorPower Ocean is a global cleantech leader with a technology that has shown game-changing performance. Your work will contribute to the energy transition by unlocking one of the largest untapped sources of clean energy on earth. Since the start in 2012 CorPower has raised more than 115mEUR in top-co funding and close to €100M in project finance to bring the first bankable wave energy technology to market supporting a growing commercial project pipeline.
Role
As Head of Finance you will guide CorPower Ocean through a phase of ambitious growth. You are a key member of the leadership team, responsible for financial strategy, accounting, reporting, control, and compliance across a multinational, capital-intensive industrial organization.
You are a hands-on finance leader who enjoys working close to the numbers—shaping financial systems, models, and reporting while personally analysing product, project, and contract economics. You are comfortable operating across altitudes, from capital strategy and investor discussions to detailed cost, margin, and cash-flow analysis.
You will drive high standards of financial management and scalable processes to support rapid growth across product development, manufacturing, assembly, offshore installations, EPC delivery, and long-term O&M operations. You will lead a high-performing international finance team of 5–6 people while staying closely involved in modelling, analysis, and key decisions, working in close collaboration with commercial, project, engineering, supply chain, and executive teams.
Travel: To operational sites, financers and partners
Responsibilities
Financial Planning, Accounting & Control
Lead financial planning, forecasting, modelling, and capital allocation across product, project, and corporate activities
Develop and maintain business, unit-economics, and project models, including cost build-ups, learning curves, and scale effects
Own contract-level profitability, cash flow, and revenue recognition across OEM, EPC, and O&M agreements
Oversee group accounting, consolidation, tax, treasury, and cash management across international entities
Ensure accurate, timely financial reporting and KPI tracking
Optimize liquidity, working capital, and cash-flow planning
Capital Strategy, Funding & Project Finance
Support the company’s capital strategy. Spanning equity, project finance, grants, debt, guarantees, and other non-dilutive funding instruments
Act as financial interface towards lenders, export credit agencies, and financial partners
Support bankability efforts through robust financial models, sensitivities and downside cases
Structure project companies (SPVs), intercompany arrangements, and cash-flow mechanics
Lead financial due diligence processes with investors, lenders, customers, and strategic partners
Risk,Compliance & Governance
Lead financial risk management across operations, projects, and commercial contracts
Ensure compliance with financial, tax, and regulatory requirements across jurisdictions
Lead audits, internal controls, and financial governance aligned with public-company standards
Manage FX exposure, insurance, guarantees, warranties, and long-term contractual commitments
Responsible for legal and corporate governance matters in cooperation with external advisors
Insurance, warranty and guarantee structures connected to our wave farm OEM and EPC offering
Operational Excellence & Systems
Own and continuously improve the finance systems (ERP, project accounting, BI, forecasting)
Drive automation and digitalisation of financial and operational data
Embed data-driven decision-making to improve cost efficiency, margins, and capital productivity
Prepare the company for a successful IPO within 5–7 years
Support board and shareholder processes, acting as corporate secretary
Skills and Qualifications
Advanced degree in Business, Engineering, Finance, or related field
10+ years of senior finance experience, preferably in deeptech, industrial or energy
Strong hands-on experience in financial modelling, analysis, and business planning
Ability to translate complex technical and operational topics into clear financial insight
Experience with group accounting, international operations, and capital-intensive, project-based businesses
Strong understanding of long-term contracts and complex revenue and cost structures
Proficient in modern financial systems and digital tools
Clear, confident communicator with strong stakeholder management skills
Collaborative leader with resilience and stamina for long-cycle industrial businesses
Fluent in English
As a person, you:
are striving for excellence, put quality into everything you do
are self-motivated and constantly seek the most efficient ways to work
search for simple and sustainable solutions to difficult problems
love to learn new things, and take pride in constantly developing your skills
are persistent, knowing it takes stamina to reach pioneering goals
see your tasks through to completion
are comfortable in presenting your solutions internally and externally
are data driven and strive to always back your points with solid analysis
- Cpo teams
- Finance
- Locations
- Stockholm
Stockholm
Why join us ?
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Our mission
To bring competitive wave energy technology to the world, unlocking one of the largest untapped sources of renewable energy by harnessing the natural power of the oceans.
To solve a challenge that no one else has cracked before, whilst tackling climate change and achieving a sustainable low-carbon future.
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Your impact
Team members are given a high degree of autonomy and flexibility, combined with great personal responsibility. You will have the chance to face technical and commercial challenges that are complex to solve, cutting-edge and highly inspiring.
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Your wellbeing
We try and encourage a fun and intellectually stimulating work environment here at CorPower Ocean. Throughout the journey we share the highs and lows together, which brings us all closer together !
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Your benefits
We offer an attractive package including: competitive base salary, stock options , health & wellbeing support, pension plan, health insurance, and six weeks of paid vacation.
Join the Wave Technology revolution!
We are a dynamic, supportive, fun and a truly international team of more than 15 nationalities including industry experts, innovators, experienced interdisciplinary engineers and business professionals.
CPO strive to combine the best of world class knowledge from around the world with a true entrepreneurial spirit devoted to developing the best wave energy technology out there .
About CorPower Ocean
CorPower Ocean is a global leader in Wave Energy technology. The ocean forms one of the largest yet least explored renewable energy sources on earth. We bring a new class of high efficiency Wave Energy Converters (WECs) enabling robust and cost-effective harvesting of electricity from ocean waves. The design principle is inspired by the pumping principles of the human heart and offers five times more energy per ton of device compared to previously known technologies, allowing a large amount of energy to be harvested using a small and low-cost device. A unique transparent protection mode brings survivability in the toughest storm conditions. We are headquartered in Sweden with offices in Portugal, Scotland and Norway.
Founded in 2012
Co-workers About 90
Finance · Stockholm