Finance Manager, Edinburgh

Overview

Background to Aukera Aukera is a leading pan-European renewable energy developer and Independent Power Producer (IPP), dedicated to accelerating the energy transition across the continent. Headquartered in Belgium, we have offices in Brussels, Bucharest, London, Edinburgh, Rome, Berlin, Madrid and Seville. Aukera manage a diversified pipeline of over 15 GW in onshore wind, solar, and battery energy storage system (BESS) projects. We pride ourselves on our values and our collaborative, supportive working environment. Our team is friendly, caring, highly professional, and deeply committed to making a real impact on the planet. As a rapidly growing company, we seek high performers from all backgrounds who are self-motivated, take ownership, and are passionate about driving improvements. We value diversity and are proud to have an international team representing 14 nationalities, with approx. 30% female employees. At Aukera, mutual respect and effective collaboration are at the heart of everything we do.

About the Role

Job Location: Edinburgh ideally, or London. The Aukera Finance team is a small, close-knit group with team members in London, Berlin, Bucharest, Rome and Brussels. They support local operations in their respective countries, but most importantly, they work together as one finance team, ensuring consistent and efficient processes across all of Aukera, driving continuous improvement and supportive, communicating and cooperating with each other all the time. We are looking for a highly capable UK Financial Accountant to join the team in Edinburgh or London, to take on the group reporting and consolidation for our UK business. Aukera is a dynamic and fast‑scaling renewable energy business, and this role sits at the centre of our financial reporting, consolidations, technical accounting and operational finance processes, offering exposure across the entire Group, including SPVs, JVs, lenders and senior leadership.

The Candidate

We are looking for somebody with 3-5 years post qualification experience who is keen to take on more responsibility and grow with the business. The role reports into the Group Financial Controller, based in London, but will work closely with the whole finance team. The person in this role will have plenty of opportunity to learn and progress, hopefully taking on full UK financial control in the future, and potentially widening their scope outside the UK and increasing their financial expertise.

Responsibilities

• Prepare monthly consolidated management accounts, including balance sheets, P&L, cash flow and key performance analysis.
• Deliver ad hoc reporting to senior stakeholders, JV partners, investors and lenders.
• Support improvements in reporting processes, systems and internal controls.

• Prepare Company and Group financial statements under IFRS and UK GAAP.
• Assist with annual statutory audits, liaising directly with external auditors.
• Ensure timely completion of all statutory and regulatory deliverables.

• Apply and document technical accounting across areas including interest capitalisation, EIR calculations on intra‑group and external loans, IFRS 16 leases, and decommissioning provisions.
• Research and implement changes in accounting standards where required.

• Work closely with the accounts payable team to ensure accurate invoice processing and coding.
• Review weekly payment runs to ensure compliance with approval workflows.
• Calculate intra‑group recharges and maintain intercompany reconciliations.
• Support VAT return preparation and other compliance reporting.

• Assist in managing project‑level and corporate debt facilities.
• Maintain loan amortisation schedules and interest calculations.

• Manage relationships with outsourced asset management service providers.
• Engage regularly with JV partners, providing clear financial communication and reporting.

Qualifications & Experience

• Qualified accountant (ACA, ACCA, CIMA or equivalent), with 3-5 years PQE
• Strong knowledge of IFRS and UK GAAP.
• Experience in group consolidation and multi‑entity structures.
• Competent with NetSuite or similar cloud‑based ERP systems.
• Strong analytical, technical and Excel skills.

Preferences

• Experience within the renewable energy, infrastructure or project‑finance sectors.
• Exposure to SPVs, JVs and intercompany loan frameworks.
• Familiarity with lender reporting and debt financing structures

Business Skills

• Collaborative, with excellent communication skills.
• Well organised and adept at delivering to deadlines.
• Used to taking ownership and working autonomously.
• A positive attitude, able to adapt to change and a creative problem solver.

What We Offer

• Opportunity to be part of a mission‑driven business shaping the future of renewable energy.
• Exposure to complex, high‑growth international operations.
• Career development and progression opportunities.
• Collaborative, supportive and high‑performance culture.
• Flexible and hybrid working, ideally based in the office 3 days per week.

Employee Benefits

• 25 days Annual leave plus public holidays
• Private Healthcare for you and your dependents
• Private Pension (12% of qualifying earnings)
• Life Insurance

Interview Process

• Initial call with HR Team
• Interview with Hiring Manager
• Interview with CFO & meet the team

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