Finance Manager
The Finance Manager role is highly engaging and provides an excellent breadth of exposure to the fast-growing offshore wind farm business in the UK. The role comprises of the following main areas:
1. Act as a business partner providing strategic, timely and accurate advice to management and internal stakeholders on all aspects of technical accounting and structuring for a large-scale project.
2. Additionally, to assist with other wind farm developments, operational initiatives, restructuring, acquisitions and divestments projects.
3. 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 the group, and liaising with auditors and co-investors where appropriate.
Other Key Responsibilities:
4. Accounting responsibilities for a number of offshore windfarm entities.
5. Assist in delivery of reporting to the group and other stakeholders.
6. Manage the preparation of the management accounts
7. Manage the preparation of annual statutory accounts (together with audit-standard working papers)
8. Provide assistance with audit scheduling and resolution of audit queries
9. Responsibility for balance sheet management i.e. preparing balance sheet recs and resolving any ledger issues
Profile:
10. Qualified accountant with recognised accounting body - ACA, ACCA, CIMA.
11. SAP system capabilities
12. Application of IFRS
13. Organisation – self-motivated to develop own plan and good prioritisation of requirements
14. 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)
15. Presentation - able to present information in a clear and concise manner, identifying the key information for the recipients
16. CCH accounts preparation software