Financial Analyst

RES; Kings Langley; On-site; GBP 28,000 - 34,000; Full time

Job summary

RES in the United Kingdom is seeking a Junior / Part Qualified Accountant to support monthly reporting for development subsidiaries, including transactional processing for several SPVs and preparing annual statements. You will work under the Head of Finance UK&I – Development and Construction to deliver accurate financial information.

You will gain exposure to ERP implementation projects, streamline processes, and contribute to robust reporting timelines within a 12-month fixed-term contract.

Qualifications

• Knowledge of basic accounting principles.
• Experience with financial systems (IFS is a plus).
• High attention to detail and ability to meet deadlines.

Responsibilities

• Review spend to date on development projects and recharge to SPVs.
• Own ledgers for development subsidiaries and reconcile intercompany loans.
• Prepare management accounts to support due diligence for sales of subsidiaries.
• Own statutory financial statements and assist audits where needed.
• Support eliminations of intercompany transactions for monthly consolidations.
• Assist with ad hoc information requests.

Skills

Accounting

Financial systems

Time management

Attention to detail

Excel

Autonomous work

Education

Junior / Part Qualified Accountant

Tools

IFS system

Job description

Job Description

Do you want to work to make Power for Good? We're the world's largest independent renewable energy company. We're guided by a simple yet powerful vision: to create a future where everyone has access to affordable, zero carbon energy.

We know that achieving our ambitions would be impossible without our people. Because we're tackling some of the world's toughest problems, we need the very best people to help us. They're our most important asset so that's why we continually invest in them.

RES is a family with a diverse workforce, and we are dedicated to the personal professional growth of our people, no matter what stage of their career they're at. We can promise you rewarding work which makes a real impact, the chance to learn from inspiring colleagues from across a growing, global network and opportunities to grow personally and professionally.

Our competitive package offers a wide range of benefits and rewards.

The position

Reporting to the Head of Finance UK&I – Development and Construction, the role is responsible for supporting the team to deliver accurate monthly reporting for our Development subsidiaries. Our UKI development projects are structured as separate legal entities and require monthly transactional processing and annual reporting. The role will look after the transactional processing for several of our development SPVs and will support in preparing financial statements and intercompany reconciliations for our development subsidiaries. There will also be the opportunity to work on projects which focus on simplifying current processes with the implementation of our new ERP system. Please note that this position is being offered on a 12-month fixed‑term contract basis.

Key accountabilities

• Reviewing spend to date on our development projects, and recharging to development SPVs.
• Ownership of the financial ledgers for our development subsidiaries, including reconciling invoices raised and intercompany loan financing.
• Preparation of management accounts for our development subsidiaries to support in due diligence processes when the development subsidiaries are being sold.
• Ownership of the statutory financial statements for the development subsidiaries, including supporting on the audit of these where required.
• Support in eliminating intercompany transactions for our monthly UKI Consolidations.
• Support with ad hoc tasks i.e. 3rd party information requests.

Knowledge/Skills

• Understanding of accounting.
• Knowledge of financial systems.
• Organized with good time management skills.
• Tenacity and attention to detail to deliver high quality financial information.
• Work autonomously and be proactive to meet routine internal reporting deadlines.
• Strong Microsoft Excel skills.

Experience

• Experience with financial systems. IFS system knowledge would be advantageous but not essential.

Qualifications

• Junior / Part Qualified Accountant.

Benefits and Culture

At RES we celebrate difference as we know it makes our company a great place to work. Encouraging applicants with different backgrounds, ideas and points of view, we create teams who work together to solve complex problems and design practical solutions for our clients. Our multiple perspectives come from many sources including the diverse ethnicity, culture, gender, nationality, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, disability, marital status, parental status, education, social background and life experience of our people.