The Finance Manager role is highly engaging and provides and excellent breadth of exposure to the fast-growing offshore wind farm business in the UK.
Client Details
Working for one of the largest renewable energy companies in the world, where the offshore wind business in the UK is growing rapidly with new developments and opportunities arising on a frequent basis. The accounting team in the UK is a friendly team with dedicated and highly skilled individuals - team members have fantastic opportunities to grow and develop their careers.
Description
The Finance Manager role is highly engaging and provides and excellent breadth of exposure to the fast-growing offshore wind farm business in the UK. The role comprises of the following main areas:
- Act as a business partner providing strategic, timely and accurate advise to management and internal stakeholders on all aspects of technical accounting and structuring for a large-scale project.
- Additionally, to assist with other wind farm developments, operational initiatives, restructuring, acquisitions and divestments projects.
- To work within the accounting team to oversee the production of management accounts, statutory accounts and technical accounting advice in respect of wind farm companies. Additional requirements will include overseeing the financing of the companies, cash management and planning, quarterly reporting to RWE group, and liaising with auditors and co-investors where appropriate.
Planning & Organising
- Assist in delivery of reporting to the Group and other stakeholders.
- Manage the preparation of the management accounts
- Manage the preparation of annual statutory accounts (together with audit-standard working papers)
- Provide assistance with audit scheduling and resolution of audit queries
Communication and Influencing
- First point of contact for finance matters relates to specific wind farm projects.
- Work closely with auditors, tax advisors, accounting advisors, and internal departments including group accounting, controlling, project teams, commercial team and the shared service centre.
- Inquisitive and challenging - understanding in detail the cost and income elements and having the ability to identify potential issues and challenge assumptions where appropriate.
Customer Focus / Awareness
- Focus on supporting the business to operate and grow
- Ensuring compliance with relevant accounting standards and group policies
- General business knowledge and awareness of the wider renewable energy industry
Relationships
- Attend management meetings, including presentation and discussion of financial reports
- Liaising with the shared service centre to resolve issues and improve processes
- Regular formal and informal meetings with project controllers to discuss accruals and any advice on accounting impacts of project actions
- Statutory accounts, audit and tax - liaise with tax advisors, auditors and company secretary
Profile
Skills
- Influencing both internal and external stakeholders
- Organisation - self-motivated to develop own plan and good prioritisation of requirements
- Challenging - possessing the confidence to challenge assumptions and theories rather than simply accepting
- Communication - the role holder is required to be able to discuss financial issues with both non-finance and finance experts, whilst being able to grasp non-financial issues (e.g. legal and basic technical subject matter)
- Presentation - able to present information in a clear and concise manner, identifying the key information for the recipients
Technical Skills
- Microsoft Excel - intermediate level (required)
- Application of IFRS (required)
- SAP or equivalent ERP system capabilities (desired)
- CCH accounts preparation software (desired)
Knowledge
- Understanding of IFRS
- Firm business knowledge and awareness of the wider energy industry (desired)
Qualifications
- Qualified accountant with recognised accounting body - ACA, ACCA, CIMA.
Experience
- Accounting experience in practice or industry essential;
- Management accounting;
- Statutory accounts preparation or auditing;
- Relationship management (internal / external parties).
Personal qualities
- Confident - ability to approach and communicate with colleagues in a positive and constructive fashion
- Ability to quickly grasp concepts
- Initiative - suggests and implements improvements to internal processes
Job Offer
- Highly competitive salary
- Performance based bonus up to 15%
- Double matched pension scheme
- Private medical
- Sick pay
- Enhanced maternity/paternity leave