management accountant Kings Langley, England
Job description
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 rewards and benefits including pension schemes, flexible working, and top-down emphasis on better work-life balance. We also offer private healthcare, discounted green travel, 24 days holiday (with an additional discretionary day given by the company) with options to buy/sell days, enhanced family leave and four volunteering days per year so you can make an impact somewhere else.
Job Purpose:
Reporting to the AM Finance Manager, the Management Accountant will be responsible for the day to day financial activities of a number of legal entities (operating assets / Hold Cos.) under their perimeter, with regular reporting to internal stakeholders and external clients. The successful candidate will be responsible for the finances from start to finish ensuring monthly management accounts are completed on time (including cash flows, prepayments, accruals, journal posting, reporting etc.) with a focus on providing excellence to our clients. In addition, the managment accountant is responsible for ensuring statutory accounts are prepared in a timely manner and ensuring compliance with IFRS, FRS 101 and FRS 102 standards and assisting the team on technical matters, interacting with internal finance team members, operational managers, external auditors and external clients.
Organisational Context:
The Asset Management department looks after wind farms, solar and storage plants at the operating stage in the UK and Ireland. Within this department, the finance team is in charge of commercial, financial and statutory compliance to lenders and asset owners (internal and third party) and provides support to the wider Asset Management team.
Key Accountabilities:
- Preparation of monthly management accounts including all journal postings
- Preparation, management and delivery of cash flow forecasts by liaising with internal asset managers and clients
- Debtor management for entities
- Preparation of periodic financial reporting and variance to budget analysis for internal and external clients on a timely and accurate basis
- Preparation and submission of periodic VAT returns for entities
- Assist in the preparation of annual budgets and quarterly forecasts
- Assist in preparation of statutory accounts and annual audit for SPV companies in IFRS, FRS 102 or UK GAAP, including consolidated sets of accounts
- Assist with on boarding of new projects into the asset management portfolio
- Supporting continuous improvements to accounting and reporting processes together with the wider Finance and ERP Development teams
- Supporting regular queries from the operational business
- Executing additional tasks to meet changing business needs and departmental objectives
- Business Partnering with respective asset managers for internal reporting and providing information requested in a timely manner
- Be the first of point of contact for the finance contacts of the external clients when ready and manage a strong relationship with them on a day to day basis.
Knowledge you will need:
- Strong accounting knowledge;
- IFRS, FRS 102, FRS 101 and UK GAAP;
- Understanding of both management and statutory accounting.
Skills you will need:
- Strong Microsoft Excel and accountancy systems skills;
- Excellent technical accounting skills;
- Attention to detail;
- Proactive, ‘can do’ attitude, with a focus on continuous improvement of reporting and analysis;
- Good communication skills and the confidence and credibility to communicate to external parties;
- A team player but with the discipline to work autonomously;
- Ability to prioritise and manage multiple tasks and deadlines;
- Good problem solving skills;
- Ability to articulate financial information to non-finance specialists.
- Ability to understand contracts
Experience you will have:
- Experience of monthly, quarterly and annual management accounting routines within a commercial organization;
- Sound experience of using an ERP system (use of Agresso/Business World/ SUN a distinct advantage but not essential);
- Experience in communicating with non-financial internal stakeholders;
- Preparation of statutory financial statements under IFRS, FRS 101 and FRS102.
Qualifications you will hold:
- Qualified accountant (ACA/ACCA/CIMA)
Additional info - Some travel may be required to the Guildford office.
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.
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