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Regional Financial Controller

Location: Frankfurt, Germany or London, UK
Work pattern: Full-Time - 40 hours/week
Department: Finance - Control and Assurance
Reporting to: Sr. Regional Financial Controller

The Opportunity

This is a full-time role for a German-speaking Financial Controller. The Regional Financial Controller will support the provision of institutional level assurance on the efficiency and effectiveness of ASE financial controls, undertaking such work as required to deliver truly value-adding improvements to internal controls and governance to protect its value, the function is pivotal in successfully delivering these objectives, driving effective changes as well as designing, embedding and delivering processes for our future control and assurance needs.

Job Responsibilities

  • Financial control, report and audit
    • Prepare and maintain accurate financial records, including prepayments, accruals, depreciation/amortisation, as well as intercompany transactions.
    • Monthly financial reconciliations, ensuring all balance sheet accounts are fully reconciled at the end of each month with individual balance properly explained/documented by BD 10 after end of each month
    • Assisting monthly consolidation to provide an insightful information for management reporting, include sub-consolidation where necessary
      • Create and maintaining entity and group consolidation templates
      • Ensuring compliance with ledger reporting rules setup to ensure uniformity across jurisdiction
      • Manage transition from legacy system to Oracle NetSuite (applicable only during 2024)
    • Assist with Group consolidation in accordance with IFRS and/or local GAAP where applicable for external reporting, communicate between team members on reclassification and/or adjustments to ensure a correct GAAP conversion
    • Maintain shadow IFRS reporting with guidance from Snr Regional FC
    • Assist with audit process, ensure queries are resolved within a reasonable timeframe with necessary evidence provided
    • Preparation for filing of statutory accounts for both individual entity and consolidated group accounts as per local compliance requirements
  • Taxation
    • Assist with indirect tax matters management, include import/export, VAT returns and associated VAT administrative works, liaise with local tax authority when needed
    • Support Snr Regional FC on local employment taxes matters, include dealing with queries from both internal staff and external stakeholders such as tax authorities
    • Support filing relevant tax returns on time for all group companies
  • Other responsibilities
    • Support preparation of borrower company accounts for project financing as per hard closing timeline
    • Other local statutory filings, such as UBO registers, confirmation statement et
    • Provide support and training to junior staff and to Treasury, P2P and O2C team members when needed
    • Manage IBV (Independent Bank Verification) entry for all bank accounts, validate new and/or changes prior to system update
    • Other ad-hoc tasks when required

Requirements

  • Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, or other professional accounting qualification
  • Minimum 4 years of experience in accounting or finance
  • Knowledge of German VAT and employment taxes around payroll and benefit
  • Fluency in German and English
  • Excellent working knowledge of Excel, Word, Outlook
  • Experience using NetSuite accounting software advantageous
  • Keen eye for detail and analytical skills
  • Proactive work style with ability to work independently and meet tight deadlines
  • Experience in renewable energy industry is a plus
  • Right to work in the UK (if hired in the UK) or Germany (if hired in Germany)

Apply

To apply, send an up-to-date CV and a cover note to careers@ampyrsolareurope.com

About us

AMPYR Solar Europe (ASE) was created in 2021 through the merger of NaGa Solar with the existing AMPYR Energy UK solar joint venture between AGP Group and Hartree Partners. The merger created a major European Solar Enterprise with a combined pipeline of over 4GW of large-scale ground- mount and rooftop solar projects in the UK, Germany and the Netherlands and a team of over 30 experienced renewable development professionals.

The ASE team has recently secured a €400 million facility with CarVal Investors to support their plans to bring over 2GW of solar power capacity into operation by 2025. It is an exciting time in the evolution of the business, and we are looking for energetic, committed people to help us deliver our vision and help to decarbonise the European electricity market.

What we offer

  • Competitive compensation, including performance bonus
  • Hybrid working
  • Pension plan
  • Health care and dental insurance
  • An active environment in a fast-growing market
  • Great opportunities for growth within an international and dynamic organisation
  • Good balance of independence and teamwork
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