Financial Accountant

Financial Accountant

Location: London, England

About the Role:

Our client is a renowned global operator with a presence in major cities worldwide.

We are seeking a highly motivated and experienced Financial Accountant to join our dynamic team. This role will play a crucial part in ensuring the accurate and timely financial reporting of our renewable UK business.

Responsibilities:

• Gather and collate data to produce and analyze accurate reports for the budget, forecasts, and monthly year-to-date management accounts reporting (Shuttle).
• Support the preparation of statutory accounts, accompanying notes, and assist with any audit queries.
• Coordinate with other service providers for various activities, including group funding requests, quarterly VAT submission, tax returns, branch returns, stats accounts, legal, and board requirements.
• Ensure appropriate cash calls are made according to interests in each entity and joint venture, and ensure correct reporting of joint venture billing.
• Oversee and monitor the month-end closing process, including review and preparation of accruals and cost allocation.
• Serve as the primary point of contact for all JV matters, preparing monthly management accounts, chairing the finance committee meeting, and ensuring action points are agreed upon and delivered on a timely basis.
• Support the execution, confirmation, and settlement of CFD and other energy derivatives.
• Execute daily cash duties, including processing outgoing payments, incoming cash transaction recording, and daily cash position analysis.
• Support ad-hoc projects.

Qualifications and Experience:

• Considerable financial experience
• Part-qualified accountant
• Fluent in English; French would be advantageous
• Highly organized, rigorous, and reliable
• Ability to work in transverse environments

Our role in supporting diversity and inclusion
As an international workforce business, we are committed to sourcing personnel that reflects the diversity and values of our client base but also that of Orion Group. We welcome the wide range of experiences and viewpoints that potential workers bring to our business and our clients, including those based on nationality, gender, culture, educational and professional backgrounds, race, ethnicity, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, disability, and age differences, job classification and religion. In our inclusive workplace, regardless of your employment status as staff or contract, everyone is assured the right of equitable, fair and respectful treatment.