Management Accountant
Management Accountant
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THE ROLE
WiseEnergy is a trusted and established solar asset manager offering all the services clients require to manage and optimise largescale solar plants from development and construction through to longterm operational asset management. We have an exciting opportunity for an experienced passionate finance professional to support the delivery of finance asset management services to one of our most important clients in multiple international jurisdictions.
We are looking for someone who genuinely cares about the people they work with naturally seeks to collaborate and enjoys the buzz of good camaraderie. Although as with all finance roles you will need to have exceptional attention to detail this role is not suitable for someone wanting to lock themselves away you will need the right balance of introversion and extroversion to be comfortable in this role. In other words you will be a key member of the team who can build and maintain good working relationships with internal and external stakeholders.
The role is a midlevel role and will be expected to be part of the team to manage the finance operations for our assets in UK. You will also be expected to manage the finance operations for other regions as required either as a lead or supporting role.
Reporting to the Finance Manager based in UK the successful role holder will work with other accountants and professionals from other functions of the business. From time to time the successful candidate may be asked to perform tasks at the same level within our other range of funds/clients.
We have a hybrid working model between working from the office and remotely. The hybrid arrangement is to be discussed and agreed with your line manager on a continuous basis and subject to changes.
There is an expectation of consistency and accuracy of outputs as well as delivering and maintaining a high degree of customer service (internal and external). In view of this you will be expected to appropriately flag issues and support their resolution through to the end and proactively drive continuous improvement.
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES
The Management Accountant is expected to be able to undertake the responsibilities outlined below with minimum supervision:
Reporting
- Prepare periodic (monthly quarterly annual and ad hoc) management accounts of SPVs and Holding companies ensuring accounting records are maintained to a high quality
- Full ownership in delivery of monthly quarterly and annual financial reporting pack
- Support in the production of a monthly and quarterly Clearance Dashboard (portfolio level operational review)
- Assist the Finance Manager of financial deliverables internally within the Group and externally to lenders investors external clients (if any) within the specific timeframe as agreed.
- Assist the Audit team providing all necessary deliverables and address audit & accounting issues
- Assist the Finance Manager in preparation of annual operating budget and review updates to budget on half yearly basis.
Onboarding/Offboarding Assets
- Assist the Finance Manager of the onboarding/offboarding checklist and crosschecking information availability in the virtual data room
- Providing a highlevel view of documentation available for onboarding/offboarding
- Align financial reporting standards of other jurisdiction in accordance with our Global policy
- Undertake KYC documentations and all applicable administrative & finance applications
- Support on closing M&A activities.
Cash management
- Manage all invoicing and payment processes.
Tax
- Assist the tax team providing all necessary deliverables and address tax issues
- Assist the tax team in preparation of VAT returns and assist the team during HMRC VAT inspections.
Systems and Processes
- Maintain finance Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs)
- Ensure all documentations are stored in an orderly format in common share drive.
Stakeholder Management
- Collaborate with other Wise delivery functions Technical and Commercial within the jurisdictions named above (and others assigned in the future).
Adhoc
- Given the dynamic nature of our business the successful candidate is seen picking up ad hoc tasks as part of the teams agility to provide the best service to its range of clients.
SKILLS & COMPETENCIES
To be successful in this role you will demonstrate:
- Strong budgeting forecasting and reporting skills
- Ability to balance priorities
- Delivery focus it may sound obvious but the ability to proactively churn through work at pace and deliver quality outputs really matters
- IT Literacy and strong Microsoft Excel skills
- Strong critical thinking and problemsolving skills
- Passion for our mission to generate a more sustainable future using clean energy
- Our values: be a leader build trust be responsible be innovative and bring your alpha.
EXPERIENCE & QUALIFICATIONS
- ACCA/ ACA/CIMA qualification (in progress or completed) or similar (essential)
- Budgeting forecasting and reporting skills (essential)
- 2 years finance experience (essential)
- Strong Microsoft Excel skills (essential)
- Knowledge of Netsuite (advantageous)
- A passion for process improvement and operational efficiency (desirable)
- Experience of working for multientity scale up businesses (desirable)
- Fluent advanced business level English (essential)
- The right to work in the UK.
WHAT WE OFFER
- A busy role in a supportive team with plenty of opportunities to learn
- International scope we operate in over 8 countries
- Hybrid working we will need you in the central London (Mayfair) office at least twice a week but you will normally be able to work remotely for the remainder of the week
- 30 days holiday per year (3 of which are taken during the festive shutdown in December)
- Private pension
- BUPA Healthcare for you and qualifying dependents
- Cycle to work and electric vehicle leasing schemes
- Annual discretionary bonus.
HOW TO APPLY
If you are interested in this opportunity please follow the link to apply or send your application to . If you have been shortlisted for the next stage we will be in contact within 14 days.
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DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION
Our approach to diversity and inclusion is a natural extension of our values. Our entrepreneurial culture inspires us to try new things be open to different viewpoints and be bold. Our Group is committed to cultivating and preserving a culture of connectedness that values difference and gives space for individual expression. The collective sum of our individual differences life experiences knowledge innovation selfexpression and talent and hard work form the bedrock of who we are and who we aspire to be.
We are committed to equal employment and advancement opportunity irrespective of race color ancestry social background religion gender national origin sexual orientation age citizenship marital status disability and gender identity.
ABOUT US
NextEnergy Group was founded in 2007 to become a leading market participant in the international solar sector. Since its inception it has been active in the development construction and ownership of solar assets across multiple jurisdictions. NextEnergy Group operates via its three business units: NextEnergy Capital (Investment Management) WiseEnergy (Operating Asset Management) and Starlight (Asset Development).
NextEnergy Capital manages the Groups investment activities and has invested in over 520 solar plants exceeding 2GW in capacity across its institutional funds.
- NextEnergy Solar Fund (NESF): Listed on the London Stock Exchange NESF manages 102 solar and energy storage assets in the UK and Italy with a total installed capacity of 983MW and a gross asset value of 1014m.
- NextPower II (NPII): A private fund of 105 solar plants (149MW) focused on Italy successfully divested in January 2022 delivering net IRRs exceeding its 1012% target.
- NextPower III ESG (NPIII ESG): A private fund targeting solar infrastructure in OECD countries (e.g. US Spain Italy) with $896m raised exceeding its $750m target.
- NextPower UK ESG (NPUK ESG): A private fund dedicated to newbuild solar plants in the UK with 600m raised.
- NextPower V ESG (NPV ESG): A private OECD solar fund investing in solar and adjacent technologies like battery storage. To date it has raised $745m targeting $1.5bn ($2bn ceiling).
WiseEnergy is NextEnergy Groups operating asset manager. WiseEnergy is a leading specialist operating asset manager in the solar sector. Since its founding WiseEnergy has provided solar asset management monitoring technical due diligence and under construction services to over 1500 utilityscale solar power plants with an installed total capacity in excess of 3.4 GW. WiseEnergy clients comprise leading banks and equity financiers in the energy and infrastructure sector.
Starlight is NextEnergy Groups development company that is active in the development phase of solar projects. It has developed over 100 utilityscale projects internationally and continues to progress a large pipeline of c.10GW of both green and brownfield project developments across global geographies.
NextSTEP is the venture capital fund of NextEnergy Group dedicated to investing in innovative startups in the field of environmental sustainability. The fund primarily focuses on investments in Italy and the United Kingdom but also extends its reach to the rest of Europe and the United States targeting startups in the preseed and seed stages. NextSTEP pays particular attention to emerging entities from incubators startup accelerators universities and research centers supporting projects that address global challenges in crucial areas such as Climate Change Energy Transition CO2 Capture and Sequestration Circular Economy Sustainable Cities Sustainable Mobility Sustainable Fashion Waste Management Water and much more.
NextEnergy Foundation is a nonprofit organisation founded in 2016 by the NextEnergy Group that operates internationally and whose mission is to proactively participate in the global effort to reduce carbon emissions by providing clean energy sources in regions where they are not yet available and thereby contributing to poverty reduction. As the main sponsor of this foundation the NextEnergy Group donates at least 5% of its consolidated net profits each year. The NextEnergy Foundation has no overhead costs and therefore 100% of the funds raised go to donations for the various projects. Since 2016 in 8 years of operation the foundation has donated more than 1.2 million supporting over 30 projects in 27 different countries around the world.
Employment Type
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