We are searching for a Finance Graduate to join the role of Trainee Management Accountant at our Guildford office.

Do you want to work to make Power for Good?

We're the world's largest independent renewable energy company. We're guided by a simple yet powerful vision: to create a future where everyone has access to affordable, zero carbon energy.

We know that achieving our goals would be impossible without our people. Because we're solving some of the world's toughest problems, we need the very best people to help us. They're our most important asset so that's why we continually invest in them.

RES is a family with a diverse workforce, and we are dedicated to the personal professional growth of our people, no matter what stage of their career they're at. We can promise you rewarding work which makes a real impact, the chance to learn from inspiring colleagues from across a growing, global network and opportunities to grow personally and professionally.

Our competitive package offers rewards and benefits including pension schemes, flexible working, and top-down emphasis on better work-life balance. We also offer private healthcare, discounted green travel, 25 days holiday with options to buy/sell days, enhanced family leave and four volunteering days per year so you can make an impact somewhere else.

The Role

Reporting to the Senior Management Accountant, the Graduate Trainee Management Accountant will oversee the daily financial activities of multiple legal entities (operating assets), with regular reporting to internal stakeholders and external clients. You will oversee the finances from start to finish and will ensure monthly management accounts are completed on time (including cash flows, prepayments, accruals, journal posting, reporting etc) with a focus on providing excellence to our clients. You will help with statutory accounts preparation and ensuring that they are ready for review on time and that they are compliant with the Companies Act and the respective accounting standard (IFRS, FRS 102 or FRS 101) – this will require working with internal finance team members, operational managers, external auditors and external clients.

The UK and Ireland Asset Management department looks after operating renewable projects which includes wind farms, solar farms and storage plants. Within this department, the finance team leads on commercial, financial and statutory compliance of the entities owning the projects and reports directly to asset owners and lenders.

Accountabilities

• Prepare monthly management accounts including all journal postings
• Prepare, manage and deliver cash flow forecasts by collaborating with internal asset managers and clients
• Debtor management for entities
• Prepare periodic financial reporting and variance to budget analysis for internal and external clients on an accurate basis
• Prepare periodic VAT returns for entities
• Help prepare annual budgets and quarterly forecasts
• Support in the preparation of annual statutory accounts (in IFRS, FRS 102 or FRS 101) for the audit of respective project companies, including consolidated sets of accounts
• Help with onboarding of new projects into the asset management portfolio
• Support continuous improvements to accounting and reporting processes together with the wider finance teams
• Support with regular queries from the operational business
• Complete additional tasks to meet changing business needs and departmental goals
• Business partnering with respective asset managers for internal reporting and provide information requested; Being our client's secondary point of contact for finance related queries/issues and maintaining a relationship with them daily.

Knowledge

• Robust understanding of accounting

Skills

• IT/Microsoft Excel skills including vlookups and pivot tables
• Exceptional attention to detail and strong self-review ethic
• Credibility to communicate to external parties
• A team player but with the discipline to work autonomously
• Ability to prioritise and manage multiple tasks and deadlines
• Good problem-solving skills
• Ability to articulate financial information to non-finance specialists

Experience

• Preferable to have had placement in accounting department

Qualifications

• Degree in an Accountancy-based discipline (Minimum 2.1)

At RES we celebrate difference as we know it makes our company a great place to work. Encouraging applicants with different backgrounds, ideas and points of view, we create teams who work together to solve complex problems and design practical solutions for our clients. Our multiple perspectives come from many sources including the diverse ethnicity, culture, gender, nationality, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, disability, marital status, parental status, education, social background and life experience of our people.