Finance Manager

Renewable Energy Sector
Salary: Up to £80,000 (potential flexibility to £85,000)
Location: Central London – 4 days in office, 1 day WFH
Permanent | Full-Time

A growing renewable energy business is seeking a Finance Manager to join its finance team in a broad and highly visible role. This position has evolved into a central finance and corporate finance function at group level, supporting the organisation's holding company while working closely with treasury, development, asset management and wider finance teams.

The Role

Reporting into senior finance leadership, you will take ownership of the financial management of the group's primary corporate entity, the holding company that funds the wider organisation, while also supporting reporting across development and project entities.

Key responsibilities include:

• Team Management – 1 direct part qualified report
• Ownership of month-end financial accounting activities, including journals, reconciliations and reporting.
• Preparation and review of bank reconciliations, intercompany reconciliations and investment account reconciliations.
• Management of fixed asset accounting and asset-related reporting.
• Accounting for treasury transactions and supporting cash management activities.
• Multi-currency accounting and consolidation support.
• Analysis and reporting of corporate overheads and operating expenditure, providing detailed insight to internal stakeholders.
• Supporting reporting across development entities and SPVs, helping track projects through development, construction and operational phases.
• Understanding and reporting on both capital expenditure (CAPEX) and profit and loss performance across multiple entities.
• Preparation of management and financial information for internal stakeholders.
• Supporting year-end audit and tax compliance processes.
• Contributing to corporate and development reporting requirements, including group reporting initiatives.
• Managing intercompany accounting across the organisation's structure.
• Handling and analysing large volumes of financial data to support reporting and decision-making.

About You

We are looking for a technically capable finance professional who can quickly become effective in a fast-moving environment.

You will ideally have:

• 2-3+ years' post qualified experience in a Financial Accountant, Finance Manager or similar role.
• Strong financial accounting and reconciliation experience.
• Experience within an asset-based industry such as renewable energy, infrastructure, construction, utilities or a related sector.
• Good understanding of fixed assets, treasury transactions and intercompany accounting.
• Experience working with multi-entity and multi-currency environments.
• Exposure to SPVs and project-based businesses (hands-on SPV accounting experience is advantageous but not essential).
• Advanced Excel skills, with the ability to manipulate, extract and analyse large datasets.
• Strong attention to detail and the ability to work across complex organisational structures.
• Excellent communication skills and confidence working with stakeholders across finance and non-finance teams.
• Previous management experience is not essential.

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