Senior Accountant

Our client is currently recruiting for a Senior Accountant to join their renewables team. This is a contract role which will run until the end of Nov and will be based in London. A hybrid working arrangement is also available - 3 days office / 2 days home.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Deliver timely and accurate monthly management and statutory accounts to meet deadlines
• Monitor the financial performance of numerous projects against budget and Forecast variances and trends and present to management
• Preparation of management accounts, KPI reports, forecasts, budgets and strategic plans
• Prepare and present monthly deck / memo for management on the performance of assets 
• Seeking to continuously improve all budgeting, planning, forecasting and reporting
• Support Head of Corporate Services on any M&A or project financing activities
• Support the onshore long-term plan, annual budgeting and forecast processes, working to deadlines as required by Headquarters.
• Perform or review required reconciliations (balance sheet recs, inter and intra-company recs, bank recs etc.) and maintain comprehensive and up to date spreadsheets
• Preparation of SPV statutory accounts and contact for external auditors
• Responsible for cash management of SPVs, including financing, foreign exchange hedging and supplier payment runs
• Responsible for reviewing compliance files for new suppliers before Head of Corporate Services sign off 
• Prepare or review tax calculations and postings
• Perform ad-hoc analyses, reconciliations and answer various queries
• Provide cover for other team members

REQUIREMENTS:

• Qualified Accountant (ACA, ACCA, CIMA)
• Significant experience in a similar role and comfortable with multi-system environments (Orcale, payment tools etc)
• Advanced Microsoft Excel & PowerPoint skills
• Problem solving skills, ability to identify root causes and propose or implement robust solutions
• Attention to detail and commitment to high quality and reliability of deliverables
• ‘Right the first time’ mindset
• Able to connect and develop a strong working relationship with various teams
• Proactive and delivery focused, comfortable working in a dynamic, challenging environment, able to work independently (i.e. with limited guidance) and under tight timelines
• Netsuite experience would be advantageous