UK&I Finance Transactional Manager

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Description

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 ambitions would be impossible without our people. Because we're tackling 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 a wide range of benefits and rewards.

The Position

As a company we are proud of our reputation as leaders in renewable energy and for demonstrating that a zero carbon future is possible, affordable and desirable. We believe that small, empowered, ambitious teams can do big things! We believe in ideas, in seeking to be the best that we can be, work life balance and a blameless culture based on empowering our people.

The UK&I Finance Transactional Manager is responsible for leading and managing the UK&I Finance Transactional team with a clear focus on delivering UK finance transactional processing routines accurately and completely and with excellent customer service to both internal and external customers.

Organisational Context

This role will be a hands-on role to lead the UK&I Finance Transactional team, who are responsible for processing the financial transactions for UK & ROI based RES companies.

The team's work includes processing: -

• Purchase Ledger >10,000 invoices per annum
• Processing Employee expenses
• Cash posting and bank reconciliations
• Sales invoicing, credit control
• Inter-company recharging of timesheets and expenses
• Use of external ERP systems including Business World and IFS
• Month end, quarter end and year end processing to agreed deadlines for Res Group

The role will involve supporting the team through a period of change, driving improvements to controls and procedures and ensuring the team is ready for the implementation of a new financial system planned for 2025.

Key Accountabilities

• Manage and support the UK&I Finance Transactional team, to develop team members and produce a high performing team in the new structure. Set and review key KPIs for the team
• Manage team workload to ensure transactions are processed in an efficient, accurate and timely manner in line with the new global P2P policy being rolled out in 2025
• Be hands on in reviewing payment runs and changes to supplier details, ensuring any discrepancies are followed up and payments made are appropriate
• Support in the testing of and implementation of the new ERP business system (IFS), including supporting the team when required
• Document business processes in the new IFS system, continuously improve the efficiency of operations and strengthen controls with respect to the transaction cycles
• Work closely with the newly established treasury team to ensure clear accountability for tasks and appropriate segregation of duties
• Support the team to run and investigate any discrepancies on the debtors and creditors listing and respond to ad-hoc queries across the business when required
• Manage the month end process for RES entities, ensuring the team are reconciling the bank accounts on a monthly basis, processing the registered invoice accrual and learning new processes in IFS
• Provide Tier 1 support to Business World users in these business areas and provide support under the new ERP being rolled out in 2025

Knowledge

• Broad knowledge of accounting is essential - including double entry book keeping, VAT, foreign currencies and accounting systems
• Knowledge of purchase ledger environments and associated processing routines
• Knowledge of accounts receivable environments and associated processing routines
• Understanding of the core functions of a finance shared services department
• Experienced in using Finance Systems
• Knowledge of Construction Industry Scheme (CIS) tax deductions

Skills

• Ability to effectively manage the day-to-day activities of a finance team
• Willingness to learn and take on new responsibilities, 'can do' attitude
• Competent and efficient, demonstrating attention to detail and ability to deliver quality output (right first time) to deadline
• Ability to focus on continuous improvements, suggesting and delivering efficiencies to transactional processes
• Adaptable and able to be flexible in approach from time-to-time to meet the needs of the business
• Sound communication skills and the confidence and credibility to communicate clearly and professionally all levels (including externally with suppliers)
• Strong Microsoft Excel and PC literacy skills are essential

Experience

• Experience of working in a finance team in a transactional capacity is essential
• Experience of managing a team
• Super-user capability in ERP software is essential

Qualifications

• Recognised accountancy qualifications are desirable (e.g. AAT)

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.

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