Finance Manager

As a market leader within the Asset Management sector, this high-growth long term developer, investor and operator of public sector infrastructure assets supports a broad range of projects encompassing Property, Renewable Energy, Construction, Infrastructure and Waste Recycling. Continued and successful expansion through winning bids, financial close and new projects has created a new opportunity for a qualified accountant to undertake a Finance Manager role within the Projects Finance team. Responsible for providing effective finance business partnering and delivering key financial information on a portfolio of European projects, your brief includes:

• Act as Finance Director & Company Secretary for several high profile newly acquired projects
• Ongoing review of contractual & funding agreements; monitoring SPV risk to ensure mitigation
• Advising the Board on operational & financial risks & opportunities
• Management of business planning & model processes for Board & shareholder presentations
• Ensuring financial models reflect contractual, statutory, regulatory & commercial provisions
• Preparation of annual operating budget & Board presentation for approval
• Ensuring financial controls are implemented for each SPV & monitoring compliance
• Management of individual SPV tax obligations & audit processes
• Delivery of SPV financial reporting requirements

As a 2:1/1st class graduate qualified accountant with a strong academic track record, you will be seeking to develop your existing technical accounting expertise within a commercial business environment. The role demands experience of management and financial reporting, budgeting, forecasting and variance analysis alongside intermediate/advanced Excel skills. Knowledge of the PFI, or PPP sector and/or SPV-Special Purpose Vehicles is advantageous. A professional attitude, self-motivated approach and excellent interpersonal skills are prerequisite. It is envisaged that 1 days travel per week to project sites is likely with an option for home working on occasion.

Harcourt Matthews is acting as an Employment Agency in relation to this vacancy. Our divisions include Accounting & Finance; HR - Human Resources & Personnel; IT - Information Technology; Pfi/PPP & FM; Procurement & Purchasing; Project Management & PMO; Sales & Marketing.