Tax & Accounting Specialist

Velto Renewables; Comunidad de Madrid; On-site; EUR 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Velto Renewables, a subsidiary of La Caisse, seeks a Tax & Accounting Specialist to join its Madrid team and work closely with the Senior Finance Manager to ensure group‑wide accounting and tax coherence. You will oversee monthly closings, group consolidation, intercompany eliminations, and tax compliance for renewable assets, coordinating with external auditors and tax advisors.

Fluency in English and Spanish is required; 6+ years in audit or corporate accounting with knowledge of Spanish GAAP

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related field.
• Solid experience (6+ years) of audit background and/or hands-on corporate accounting and tax experience
• Demonstrable experience working with regulated renewable assets

Responsibilities

• Ensuring the reliability, completeness and coherence of monthly closing data
• Performing group financial consolidation and intercompany eliminations
• Monitor accounting outsourced team and tax advisors to ensure timely fulfilment of obligations and compliance
• Oversee and ensure the accuracy of balance sheet accounts, including reconciliations and intercompany settlements
• Monitor the accurate recognition of revenues and expenses
• Overview of the statutory consolidation process
• Coordinate financial audits and work closely with external auditors
• Optimize and further develop accounting processes, ensuring a good internal control environment
• Ensure compliance with tax laws and identification of deductible and non-deductible items, focusing on Corporate Income Tax
• Accounting Expertise: Spanish GAAP, consolidation knowledge, derivatives, M&A; IFRS knowledge will be considered

Skills

Tax compliance

Corporate accounting

IFRS knowledge

Spanish GAAP

Consolidation knowledge

Auditing experience

Intercompany eliminations

Regulatory reporting

Attention to detail

Data analysis

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related field

Job description

Velto Renewables (Velto), a subsidiary of La Caisse (Caisse de Dépôt et Placement de Québec), is looking for a Tax & Accounting Specialist to join its team in Madrid, Spain, and work closely with the Senior Finance Manager.

Velto owns and operates more than 130 solar photovoltaic and wind projects in Spain and France, with a total installed capacity exceeding 607 MW. These assets generate over 936 GWh of clean energy annually, enough to power more than 266,000 homes, while avoiding over 77,000 tonnes of CO₂ emissions each year. Additionally, Velto provides asset management services for La Caisse’s 25% investment in the London Array, one of the world’s largest offshore wind farms. Located 20 km off the coast of Kent, this 630 MW project produces over 2,300 GWh annually, preventing 287,500 tonnes of CO₂ emissions each year.

This role will ensure accounting and tax compliance together with coherence at group level in accounting and tax policies.

Responsibilities

• Ensuring the reliability, completeness and coherence of monthly closing data
• Performing group financial consolidation and intercompany eliminations.
• Monitor accounting outsourced team and tax advisors to ensure the timely fulfilment of obligations and compliance
• Oversee and ensure the accuracy of balance sheet accounts, including account reconciliations and intercompany settlements
• Monitor the accurate recognition of revenues and expenses
• Overview of the statutory consolidation process
• Coordinate financial audits and work closely with external auditors
• Optimize and further develop accounting processes, ensuring a good internal control environment
• Ensuring compliance with tax laws and identification of deductible and non-deductible items, with special focus on Corporate Income Tax.
• Accounting Expertise
• Expert on accounting principles under Spanish GAAP
• Consolidation knowledge
• Complex accounting matters such as derivatives, mergers, acquisitions, among others
• IFRS knowledge will be considered
• Tax Law Expertise
• Deep professional experience in tax compliance and tax accounting
• Creating effective solutions for complex tax issues
• Personal Attributes
• Excellence edge: a relentless drive for quality and continuous improvement in everything you do
• Attention to detail: meticulous accuracy to reduce errors in reporting and tax calculations
• Time Management: ability to meet strict filing deadlines
• Autonomous and proactive
• Strong aptitude to learn complex concepts
• Good team player
• Language Requirements
• Good command of written and spoken English (min B2 level)
• Excellent command of written and spoken Spanish

Education and experience

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related field.
• Solid experience (6+ years) of audit background and/or hands‑on corporate accounting and tax experience
• Demonstrable experience working with regulated renewable assets

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