Accounts Manager
Full Time
Job Description
- Manage all accounting/tax operations of the Group’s Renewables Division, primarily overseeing various third party service providers in African countries, consolidating in a UK parent company
- Liaise with business owners to facilitate treasury movements and to capture transactional information required for accounting and tax recording
- Ensure business transactions are communicated and recorded appropriately by service providers in subsidiary countries
- Oversight of Billing, A/R, A/P, GL, and Revenue Recognition of renewable development projects
- Coordinate and direct the preparation of the budget and financial forecasts and report variances
- Prepare and publish timely quarterly and ad hoc financial statements and group reporting packages
- Trigger and monitor bank movements of subsidiary companies
- Coordinate the preparation of regulatory reporting (including statutory accounts, UK corporate tax and VAT returns) and liaise with the company tax manager for joint activities – ensure service providers are delivering on-time tax compliance
- Research technical accounting issues for compliance
- Coordinate with group tax manager on transfer pricing matters
- Support quarter-end and year-end close process of the UK company and subsidiaries in Africa
- Ensure quality control over financial transactions and financial reporting
- Develop and document business processes and accounting policies to maintain and strengthen internal controls
- Be involved in new systems roll out and implementation, ensuring the appropriate controls are being implemented and adhered to
- Communicate regularly with Group Financial Controller and CFO to align local activities with those of the Group
- Additional duties as necessary
Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities
- Proven working experience as a Finance & Accounting Manager (African experience preferred)
- Experience in the renewables industry (solar development projects)
- 7+ years of overall combined accounting and finance experience
- Advanced degree in Accounting
- CPA or CMA preferred
- Experience in overseeing activities of third party accounting and tax service providers
- Thorough knowledge of accounting principles and procedures
- Experience with producing financial statements
- Experience with general ledger functions and the month-end/year end close process
- Excellent accounting software user and administration skills
- Proven ability to implement a range of internal controls both in a manual and systems driven environment
- Ability to keep up with a fast-moving environment and growing company which is adding new development projects in various African countries
Reference no: 100478