Overview

Position Title: Management Accountant

Company: Octopus Energy

Location: Greenside, United Kingdom

Job Description:

Octopus Renewables has recently moved over from Octopus Investments to the Octopus Energy Group. This gives our business a unique proposition in how renewable energy is generated, to how it reaches the final consumer. Due to several rounds of investment, we are looking at growing our generation teams in line with our rapidly scaling business.

Responsibilities: 

  • Project manage the fund level audits; liaising with external auditors and fund-level finance teams as required.
  • Be the business partner for the fund-level finance team – ensuring delivery of information and service in line with the service level agreement
  • People management of three management accountants
  • Ensure a robust control environment is present throughout the portfolio and, in particular, for onboarding of new assets
  • Review and challenge management accounts provided by external accountants.
  • Project manage annual budget process
  • Deal with all queries – taking ownership of requests and issues, creating stakeholder goodwill by providing appropriate solutions in a timely manner.
  • Ad hoc project work as required
  • Review consolidated quarterly management account information
  • Report on the financial performance of the portfolios at monthly Customer Board meetings.

Reqirements:

  • Comfortable working in a fast-paced changing environment
  • Excellent communication skills, with a proven ability to work well with different teams and manage a range of different stakeholders
  • Knowledge of SUN/Vision would be an advantage.
  • Good technical knowledge of UK GAAP
  • Highly organised
  • Experience of complex consolidations and acquisition accounting
  • Technical competencies:Qualified accountant (ACA/ACCA) with at least 3 years post qualification experience (preferably gained in a relevant role)
  • Good knowledge of fund accounting and fund structures preferred
  • Self-motivated and aspirational

About Octopus Energy

We're on a mission to make a big green dent in the universe by building a truly sustainable energy system globally.