Review and challenge management accounts provided by external accountants.
Report on the financial performance of the operational portfolios at monthly Customer Board meetings.
Ensure financial information and commentary is accurately presented in Investor Reports.
Deal with finance related queries on portfolios
taking ownership of requests and issues, creating stakeholder goodwill by providing appropriate solutions in a timely manner.
Working closely with the OEGEN commercial asset managers to prepare budgets and monitor all costs against these budgets.
Assist the fund management team in quarterly valuations.
Assist the operational onboarding of new investments into OEGEN’s finance and reporting processes.
Assist with the audit of the underlying assets.
Assist with the financial DD queries arising from asset sales.
Project manage audits and review of statutory financial statements; liaising with external auditors as required.
Manage payment approvals as appropriate.
Ensure a robust control environment is present throughout the portfolio. This could involve insisting on the utilisation of OEGEN’s systems for new assets/projects.
Be a valued business partner and build and maintain good working relationships with internal and external stakeholders
Identify system improvements and take ownership of driving change across the team. This will involve working closely with external accountants to improve current processes across the portfolio.
Ad hoc reports and analysis as required.

Qualified accountant (ACA/ACCA)
Good technical knowledge of UK GAAP
Able to complete and review consolidations
Knowledge of investment entity accounting is beneficial
Experience of working with renewable energy investment assets and an understanding of relevant subsidy schemes is preferable
Good understanding of CIR and other basis tax rules would be an advantage

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Management Accountant

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