Fund Accountant - Renewable Energy

SMC823 – Fund Accountant – Renewable Energy

Excellent opportunity for a qualified Fund Accounting professional, with strong knowledge/understanding of IFRS and UK GAAP to join a large, international Non-Banking Financial Institution.  The successful candidate will join an existing team and will be responsible for planning and preparing financial reports for a portfolio of Renewable Energy funds, ensuring that reporting deadlines are met.  

Responsibilities include:      

  • Responsibility for the planning and preparation of financial reports for a portfolio of Renewable Energy funds, ensuring that reporting deadlines are met and that the delivery of client accounting requirements is in compliance with the Company’s contractual obligations.
  • Ensuring that current accounting standards (UK GAAP, IFRS or US GAAP) and best practice principles are applied to the accounts production process.
  • Establishing and setting up reporting for new funds based on fund documents and client reporting requirements.
  • Calculating Net Asset Values.
  • Attending board meetings / client meetings to present accounts and discuss accounting related matters.
  • Liaising with auditors.
  • Ensuring that regulatory and statutory reporting requirements are met.
  • Ensuring that Company policies and procedures are used and adhered to within the accounts team and assisting in the continuing development of these.

 

Skills & experience required:

  • ACCA/ACA qualified (or equivalent).
  • Solid accounting skills and technical accounting knowledge.
  • Strong knowledge/understanding of accounting standards (i.e. IFRS and UK GAAP).
  • Strong attention to detail.
  • Ability to work on own initiative as well as part of a team.
  • Strong IT skills, including MS Excel.

Unfortunately, due to the large volume of applications that we receive, we are not always able to provide individual feedback on each application/CV that we receive.  If you have not heard from us within 10 days of applying for the above mentioned role, please consider your application for this role as unsuccessful.  

We may keep your details/CV, in order that we can contact you regarding other potential roles. Should you prefer that we do not keep a copy of your details, please do contact us to let us know.