Finance and Compliance Administrator – community energy (part time 3 days/week)
Summary
Communities for Renewables CIC (CfR) is recruiting a Finance and Compliance Administrator to join our team in Cornwall. The role is part time 3 days per week.
The role would suit a diligent and resourceful administrator with experience in sales and purchase administration and data entry (using Xero or similar), company secretary duties, regulatory compliance and dealing with customer enquiries.
About CfR
CfR is not for profit company which helps communities around the UK to develop, finance and manage their own local power generation. Our experience includes:
* Delivered community owned renewables from solar panels on school roofs to megawatt-scale community-owned solar farms
* £78million of capital raised including bank project finance, council loans, social investment funds and £17million from over 2,000 community investors
* Manage 50 megawatts of community solar across 7 localities (1/4 of UK community-owned solar) and a community wind turbine in Wales projected to generate over £30million of surplus income (after operating and finance costs) to support environmental, fuel poverty and community projects in their localities over the next 25+ years
The community energy projects we manage are all governed by volunteer directors and run on a not for profit basis with surplus incomes after operating and finance costs used to fund community projects in their local communities.
The role
The successful candidate will be responsible for administration of a range of tasks across the 8 community energy groups we manage which between them are made of 19 companies.
Company secretary and compliance
* Company secretary tasks including maintaining statutory books, filing annual returns and keeping Companies House and FCA Mutuals Register (which is the equivalent of Companies House for co-operatives) records up to date.
* Dealing with enquiries from the investor members of our community energy clients regarding probate matters, share purchase and sales and interest payments. Most of these are referred onto the share registrar but CfR needs to ensure they are efficiently dealt with.
* Organising Annual Generation Meetings online or in person.
* Maintaining and updating company policies and compliance administration.
Finance administration
Supporting CfR's Finance Manager with:
* Bank account administration (e.g. applications for new accounts and KYC checks).
* Processing invoices and entering into Xero sales and purchase ledger.
* Setting up bank payments.
* Bank reconciliations.
Team administration support
* Supporting CfR's Communications and Impact Manager with administration of community grant fund applications and awards across the community energy enterprises we manage.
* Answering the primary phone lines and checking CFR and community energy clients' email accounts and post and ensuring enquiries are dealt with.
* Supporting CfR's team task scheduling using our task management software.
* Helping to organise small-scale events such as local school visits to a community solar farm.
* CRM management.
Key requirements
Candidates must have experience in:
* Sales and purchase administration and data entry (using Xero or similar)
* Setting up bank payments and bank reconciliations
* Company administration including company secretary tasks
* Client relations.
* Regulatory compliance.
A background working in a social enterprise or renewable energy company would be beneficial but experience in a legal, accountancy, property or similar professional environment would also be relevant.
Interest and commitment to CfR's mission is essential.
We will only consider candidates already living in Cornwall within commuting distance of our office in Scorrier (Redruth).
Please send a CV and cover letter, which between them should demonstrate why you are interested in the role and how you meet the requirements.
Please send your application by email to Fee Burgess (Finance Manager):
Job Types: Part-time, Permanent
Pay: £28,000.00 per year
Expected hours: 22.5 per week
Benefits:
* Casual dress
* Company pension
* Employee mentoring programme
* Flexitime
* Free parking
* On-site gym
* On-site parking
* Profit sharing
* Sick pay
* Work from home
Application question(s):
* Do live in Cornwall within easy commuting distance of CfR's office in Scorrier, Redruth?
Language:
* English (required)
Work authorisation:
* United Kingdom (required)
Work Location: In person