Senior Finance manager - Renewables/ Infrastructure

Equifind; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 75,000 - 85,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual bonus

25 days annual leave

Auto-enrolment into pension

Job summary

Equifind, in partnership with a growing renewable energy and infrastructure company, seeks a qualified Senior Finance Manager (ACA/ACCA/CIMA) to report to the FD. The role combines line management of junior staff with strategic and statutory reporting across a portfolio of assets.

You will oversee management accounting, ensure timely client reporting and own the group financial model, including forecasting and shareholder returns, while coordinating audits and tax work.

Qualifications

• ACA/ACCA/CIMA qualified.
• 4–5 years PQE, ideally in industry but audit backgrounds considered.
• Strong analytical skills and attention to detail.
• High determination and flexibility to meet deadlines.
• Ability to present financial data clearly and concisely.
• Collaborates across the organisation with peers.

Responsibilities

• Oversee management accounting processes, systems, controls.
• Review and own management accounts reports for each client.
• Own group financial model, including updates, forecasting and shareholder return optimisations.
• Monitor annual audit process for portfolio companies and liaise with tax advisors.
• Deliver financial performance to shareholders and boards; support reporting to Associate Director.

Skills

Analytical skills

Attention to detail

Communication

Leadership

Collaboration

Education

ACA/ACCA/CIMA

Job description

Equifind have partnered a growing and successful renewable energy and infrastructure company who are seeking to hire a qualified (ACA/CIMA/ACCA) Senior Finance Manager to report in to the FD. The company services a huge renewables and infrastructure fund in London Bridge. They are in the office 3 days a week and work autonomously and with trust from the senior management.

Job Description - A senior manager role, supervising junior staff and dealing with clients for various assets and reporting to their boards.

• Responsible for overall service delivery by the team
• Act as the senior escalation point for portfolio clients

Management accounting

• Oversee the use of management accounting systems, processes and controls
• Review and ownership of management accounts reports for each client
• Accountability for team’s KPIs, including timing of information to clients and provision of periodic reporting
• Identifying and recommending areas for improvement in reporting
• Oversee the preparation and submission of annual statutory accounts
• Ownership of each group’s financial model, including periodic updates, forecasting and shareholder return optimisations
• Monitoring the annual audit process for each company / group within the portfolio
• Liaising with tax advisors in the preparation of corporation tax computations

Reporting

• Overall responsibility for delivery of financial performance to shareholders within portfolio, including at periodic Board meetings
• Tracking and complying with contractual deliverables as dictated by relevant financing and third -party documents
• Internal reporting to the Associate Director in collaboration with other Senior Finance Managers

Company secretarial

• Appointment as Company Secretary for all companies within portfolio
• Oversee application of company secretarial duties for each company within portfolio

Requirements:

• The new Accountant ideally will be ACA/ACCA/CIMA qualified
• A minimum of 4-5 years PQE experience, ideally in industry but candidates from within audit firms also will be considered
• Very strong analytical skills and attention to detail
• A high level of determination, willingness and flexibility to deliver to a high standard against tight deadline
• Be able to present financial data to a high standard in a clear and concise format
• Collaborates across the organisation by communicating regularly and consistently to peers

What’s On Offer:

• £75,000-85,000 base salary, dependent on experience
• Annual bonus
• 25 days annual leave
• Auto-enrolment into company pension scheme