Vice President Finance

Our client is one of the world’s fastest growing renewable energy companies at the forefront of the energy transition. A pioneer in advancing the clean energy sector and global leader in sustainability and climate action, promoting innovation in solar, wind, and energy storage.

As part of their UK and European strategic plan, the CFO is building a best-in‑class finance team to business partner and grow the business.

The VP Financial Planning and Reporting (FP&A) is a critical hire managing a small commercial and analytical team and interfacing directly with operational leadership providing timely, accurate and relevant financial and operational information.

Duties include:

• Develop a comprehensive analysis and reporting process to track business performance vs annual scorecard targets, operational business plans and KPIs.
• Manage the preparation of board reports and monthly business reporting consulting with operational teams.
• Develop and monitor key financial performance dashboard to provide valuable financial insight and support across the business.
• Oversee preparation of annual budgets for the UK and support the preparation of the asset specific budgets for UK investments.
• Oversee the preparation of ad hoc financial analysis & reports as required.
• Create and improve long term financial models for the business, working closely with the operational asset management team.
• Work closely with the VP Finance and Accounting to ensure the maintenance of the control environment and integration between FP&A and financial reporting procedures.
• Manage the quarterly re‑forecasting process and any ad‑hoc requests for forecasts.
• Provide support as required when securing approvals for capital drawdowns with respect to Opex, Devex, and CAPEX.

Ideally you will be a qualified accountant (ACA/ACMA) with a strong technical grounding, in an accountancy practice and then at least four years of progressive commercial experience in businesses that are growing quickly or going through change.

You will have strong analytical and financial modelling skills for long tail projects and be able to quickly build strong relationships across the business.

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