Financial Controller – Energy Firm
THE FIRM
A £300m multifuel plant at the Ferrybridge power station in West Yorkshire. The multifuel facility will generate around 68MW of electricity using a range of fuel sources, including waste-derived fuels, waste wood and biomass. The Combined Heat and Power enabled facility will take fuels from across Yorkshire and the wider region.
THE ROLE
- Management of the finance function for the plant.
- Oversee the Finance/Administration function.
- Manage the production of accounts, budgeting, forecasting, financial analysis, payroll management and all other accounting related activities.
- Timely production of all statutory and internal financial reports.
- Undertake financial modelling and analysis as required.
- Ensure that appropriate systems and internal controls are implemented and maintained.
- Ensure systems are in place to regularly review financial performance of the plant and that budget managers are supported to undertake budget monitoring within the financial control framework.
- Liaise with the management team to produce monthly management accounts and provide commentary to senior management on significant variances.
- Oversee the debtor management process to ensure that debts are recovered on time in order to minimise bad debt.
- Set up and maintain the fixed-asset register and calculate depreciation.
- Manage any inter-company invoicing required between MEL/SSE/WTI UK.
- Ensure adequate control procedures are in place and identify and implement changes / improvements where required.
- Attendance at management meetings as required.
- Manage and develop the reporting of appropriate monthly KPI’s to drive performance and actions.
- Provide clear and insightful analysis of periodic results and trends.
- Preparation of monthly management accounts including the maintenance stock account.
- Produce / review written procedures and instructions for IMS relating to financial and administrative functions. Daily, weekly and monthly reporting of key operational statistics.
- Provide advice and financial support to the Plant Manager and members of the Management Team as required.
THE CANDIDATE
- Qualified Accountant (CIMA, ACA, ACCA).
- Minimum of 5 years post-qualification experience. Strong commercial focus.
- Experience of working in a finance role at a senior level, ideally within a similar business environment.
- Good knowledge of financial regulations and understanding commercial agreements with legal issues with good commercial “feel”.
- Commercially focused and with a good grasp of business principles.
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