Finance Manager

Permanent employee, Full-time · London

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Core behavioural responsibilities for all employees

Agility	We Lead with Agility
Integrity	We Act with Integrity
Excellence	We Empower Excellence
Care	We Value Care

Integration of our three core values into our employment processes and frameworks allows Elgin to recognise and respect individual employees for their personal contributions to their roles, their colleagues, stakeholders, and ultimately to the renewable energy sector. We see sustainability as every employee’s responsibility and weaving sustainable practices into our values is paramount to the culture we seek to create.

Job Description

The Role:

EE Asset Management is looking for a Finance Manager, on a permanent basis, reporting to the Head of Asset Management. Duties include, but are not limited to:

Managing the day-to-day finance requirements, including reviewing reconciliation of all bank accounts and oversight of intercompany transactions;
Preparation and review of month-end management accounts, as well as cash forecasts and budgets;
Production of consolidated quarterly management accounts together with supporting financial analysis and commentary;
Contribution to internal and external reporting requirements;
Preparation and review of VAT returns;
Co-ordinate and prepare annual audit pack for external auditors; and
Answering ad hoc queries from both internal and external stakeholders.
Collaboration with various other business units within the Elgin group.

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Candidate Requirements:

The ideal candidate will have:

ACA/ACCA qualification with 5+ years of Post Qualified Experience;
Experience in quarterly / annual management accounts preparation through to consolidation extremely desirable;
Strong foundation in financial accounting;
Experience in tax compliance;
Advanced Excel skills;
Excellent communication skills and a willingness to engage immediately across a variety of teams; and
Ability to work on own initiative as part of a growing team and company overall.

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About us

Elgin Energy is a full-service, utility scale, solar+storage platform bringing projects from origination through to energisation. Elgin is active across the project lifecycle from project origination through to construction management and operational asset management. The company has over 12GW of solar and storage projects across our three key markets of the UK, Australia, and Ireland.

As of 2022, Elgin Energy agreed to sell the UK’s largest solar PV transaction to date consisting of a portfolio of 12 projects with a combined capacity of 519MW of projects including 70MW of collocated energy storage capacity to Scottish Power Renewables (UK) Limited, a wholly-owned subsidiary of global utility Iberdrola Group.

In 2021, Elgin Energy secured financing with Berenberg Green Energy Fund for the development of solar PV projects totalling 1.36GW in the UK and Ireland and also raised £25 million via Focus Capital Partners to fund its growth strategy across its core markets. In 2020, the company partnered, in separate transactions, with both Foresight Group and Metka-EGN in relation to two portfolios to deliver a total of 276MW of UK solar development projects and was successful with two Irish solar projects in Ireland’s first solar auction, RESS-1 – Renewable Energy Support Scheme (RESS). In addition to the above, Elgin Energy delivered 21 solar projects, totalling 230MW, before the UK Government’s Renewables Obligation (ROCs) scheme ended in 2017.

Elgin Energy works with long-term strategic partners to deliver projects to the energization and provides asset management services through their operational life. The company has expanded internationally over the last 14 years with a professional team of engineers, accountants, and lawyers located in its London, Dublin, and Sydney offices. Elgin has a 98% success rate through planning across all its markets.

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