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Financial Controller – PERE – OUR CLIENT are a vertically integrated real assets business, combining traditional acquisition, development and leasing activity with operational capabilities including sourcing, securing and delivering smart energy systems and related asset marketing and management with a broader vision to deploy extensive (£Billions) of capital to grow a consolidated portfolio across the UK and Europe – expanding the portfolio both through acquisition and development and optimizing existing assets for greater value and growth. 

The newly created Finance Controller role will primarily focus on financial management of the UK portfolio and related SPVs and reviewing the current outsourcing providers and accounting software to optimise processes in a cost-effective manner. Additionally, it will act as the thought partner to the COO/CFO, leadership team, and other business stakeholders on matters related to Finance.

THE ROLE RESPONSIBILITIES of the FINANCIAL CONTROLLER will include:

•Ensuring that the reporting, loan structuring and coordination of outsourced service providers and financial management works smoothly to support the effective operation of the portfolio.

•Supporting the broader leadership team with analysis, interpretation, and insights regarding the financial condition of the assets.

•Accounting / Audit: Ensuring accurate and timely maintenance of accounting records of the portfolios’ entities according to relevant accounting standards (e.g. UK GAAP); managing any outsourced providers in a cost effective and timely manner.

•Managing the processes to prepare for and execute the audit(s) of the group’s financial activities to ensure audit(s) completed on time with no major issues.

•Ensuring that all amounts due are collected, and amounts owing are paid accurately and in a timely manner.

•Financial Reporting: Managing the preparation of all financial reporting including statutory, Board, investor, and business-related. Ensuring that all reports are accurate, timely and meet the needs of the relevant stakeholders.

•FP&A: Working closing with the Asset Management team, managing and maintaining the financial and cash flow plans, budgets and reforecasts, monthly and quarterly variance reporting, and detailed analysis of the financial performance of the portfolio to drive improved outcomes. Orchestrating a collaborative process, with relevant signoffs at key milestones, for periodic reforecasting to adjust the plan.

•Treasury: Overseeing the banking, cash position, cash forecasting, loan management and lender reporting including covenant compliance and financing activities of the portfolio to ensure that the business has adequate financial resources to operate.

•Valuation: Managing the finance aspects of the valuation process and the corresponding management controls.

•Tax and Compliance: Ensuring tax and transfer pricing structures optimised and entities complete VAT and corporate tax filings, and maintaining compliance with relevant laws and regulations, liaising with external advisors where necessary. Ensuring financing controls in place and accurate and timely filings.

•Transaction Support: Providing financial and tax transaction support and ensuring financial risks mitigated and structures are optimised.

•Finance Technology: Driving enhancements in financial systems, controls, and reporting processes to improve efficiency and accuracy, selecting and managing the implementation of a suite of tools and vendors to support finance-related processes and data with leading class digital capabilities and automation.

THE PERSON SKILLS REQUIREMENTS for the Financial Controller including:

•Strong academics with a relevant accounting qualification (ACCA/ACCA) and at least 4 years relevant post-qualification experience. 

•Experience with UK GAAP, IFRS, creating financial statements and consolidations. 

•Cross-border funds, multi-entity and with European jurisdictions preferred.

•Familiarity with complex tax structures, SPVs and fund reporting is a plus.

•Experience within real estate, private equity, or investment management sectors.

•Proficiency in using accounting software and other IT tools to enhance efficiency (e.g. Dynamics).

•Deep experience in transforming and improving the calibre of processes and onboarding new accounting systems

•Effective communication skills to liaise with multiple stakeholders with experience in managing outsourced teams.

•Experience working in a high-performing team and ideally of working in a fast-paced private equity environment.

•An individual who has the mental agility and expertise to handle the PE investor contacts and be part of a senior finance team.

•Impeccable ethics and integrity in handling financial matters.

•Ability to think strategically and provide financial insights that guide executive decision-making.

•Desirable - European language skills.

BENEFITS:

•The company is growing quickly and plans to expand rapidly, and this role will be pivotal in that journey.

•The role allows the successful candidate to get involved in an ambitious scale up with capital and help to shape the growth and culture of the business. 

•Ability to gain exposure to complex, cross-border real estate transactions. 

•New/Nascent Asset Class with Private Equity Backing: The Candidate will have the chance to shape the future of a new business in a nascent sector that is well-positioned to become a major institutional real estate asset class.

•Being part of a highly dynamic, entrepreneurial and fast-paced environment with institutional backing.

•Discretionary Bonus.

•Hybrid working.

•Benefits including pension, health and life insurance.

•Lunches.

Please note that due to volume we cannot get back to everyone, however every application is looked at and considered and will be held on Trident International’s database for review. If you have not heard back from us within 5 working days you should assume your initial application has been unsuccessful, however if suitable roles arise in the future