Hybrid Finance Manager – NI Reporting

at EPUKI

• Job title: Finance Manager – NI Reporting
• Job type: Full Time
• Experience level: Mid level, Senior
• Salary: Not specified
• Degree requirement: Professional Certificate
• Location requirements: Hybrid, United Kingdom

About the role

• Finance Manager leading financial reporting for NI assets in the finance team. Engaging with various projects, managing monthly accounts, and overseeing the NI Assistant Accountant.

Responsibilities

• Co-ordination of initial reviews of NI monthly accounts including interlinking closely with the Finance Manager – All-Island Trading & Commercial and ensuring timely delivery of results.
• Ensure appropriate management of accounts packs in line with recognised accounting standard.
• Support finance cost managers on maintaining accounts, improvements etc. with focus on appropriate treatment of balance sheet cash flow items and reporting adjustments.
• Co-ordinate gross margin and working capital monthly results and re-forecasting.
• Support on financial modelling/ analysis as required.
• Initial review /feedback on balance sheet reconciliations for NI assets, ensuring accurate and timely completion and action of any feedback.
• Consolidation and co-ordination of Gross margin and Cost business plan materials, packs and commentary, ensuring timely delivery.
• Action tracking, support on overall slide consolidation for EPH Group.
• Identification and development of risks and opportunities and support and co-ordinate sensitivity analysis.
• Drive improvements in cashflow and working capital movements ensuring accurate cashflow forecasts (business plan and monthly forecasts) for Gross Margin and cost items, hedging items and EUA payments.
• Support on specific areas of forecasting as required, such as new unit commissioning, makesafe site closure, outage optimisation and ensuring these areas are reported and manged appropriately.
• Responsible for all group reporting submissions for the NI assets.
• Responsible for submission of NI financial KPIs as required, preparation of monthly 'key issues' packs.
• Be the face of the NI team for audit, including internal team co-ordination, progress tracking, interfacing with external auditors and driving query resolution in a timely manner.
• Support the site team in ensuring all external submissions are done in an accurate and timely manner, including fuel oil rebates, DECC returns, landfill tax.
• Ensure accurate and timely reporting of central items such as pensions, tax within the NI assets.
• Drive continuous improvement across NI reporting processes including Onestream, build strong relationships with the EPH reporting team.
• Support with statutory accounts preparation as required, including associated disclosures and provisions.
• Line management and mentoring for one team member (NI Assistant Accountant).
• Assist the Head of Finance - NI and overall team with other requirements as necessary including business cases.

Requirements

• Previous experience in a similar reporting finance role (essential).
• Excellent Excel skills, with the ability to build and use Excel models and analyse data (essential).
• Strong knowledge of accounting standards and their appropriate application (essential).
• Basic understanding of UK taxation (essential).
• Experience of SAP (desired).
• Financial modelling experience (desired).
• Experience of working in an energy, manufacturing or production focussed environment (desired).
• Highly credible and able to quickly build effective working relationships (essential).
• Can engage, challenge and influence others at a senior stakeholder level through verbal and written communication (essential).
• Pragmatic and flexible in approach (essential).
• Self-starter and able to work autonomously (essential).
• Strong time management skills and the ability to prioritise (essential).
• Qualified accountant (ACA/ACCA/CIMA) and considerable post-qualified experience (essential).
• Qualified to degree level or equivalent (desired).