Project Financial Controller / Accountant - Renewable Energy

Great opportunity to work as a Project Financial Controller for a leading Renewable Energy Company that designs and develops long-duration energy storage solutions for utility and distributed power systems. My client is working on the construction of a milestone project in the North-West, on a new Renewable Energy Storage Power Station. The Role: My client is looking for an enthusiastic Financial Controller / Accountant accountant to join the Finance team supporting the project team with the construction of their first full scale plant in the UK. This role requires resilience, an enquiring mind, and a can-do attitude. You will work alongside the construction team, reporting to the Head of FP&A based in London, ensuring that the project financial information is accurate and timely. The company needs to rapidly introduce new processes and systems so you will need a logical mind with enthusiasm for new processes and a good understanding of financial systems, ideally with implementation experience. Responsibilities Ensuring that financial information for projects is correctly recorded Maintaining the correct project data structure within SAPbyDesign Ensuring that the value of work done has been correctly recorded in SAP by procurement and project cost controller Own fixed asset register in SAP, transferring project costs to assets under construction in line with the Fixed Asset Policy, maintaining clear reconciliations to reported project expenditure and descriptions that allow appropriate tax analysis Producing expenditure reports for their next project pre FID Ensuring that appropriate expenditure approval levels are maintained Preparing Construction Industry Scheme returns Analysing project expenditure to claim capital allowances Running depreciation calculations and forecasts Maintain records for the VAT Capital Goods Scheme Cash flow forecasts and cost analysis for the projects Supporting the year end audit Requirements To be successful in this role you should have: The highest degree of integrity Excellent inter-personal skills that will allow you to liaise with stakeholders across the Group Good Excel and PowerPoint skills Construction industry experience (in practice or in industry) An accountancy qualification – ACA, ACCA or CIMA 3+ Years of Post Qualified Experience Ability to navigate ERP systems eg. SAP, SAPByDesign, Oracle, ideally with some implementation experience Leadership potential Our role in supporting diversity and inclusion As an international workforce business, we are committed to sourcing personnel that reflects the diversity and values of our client base but also that of Orion Group. We welcome the wide range of experiences and viewpoints that potential workers bring to our business and our clients, including those based on nationality, gender, culture, educational and professional backgrounds, race, ethnicity, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, disability, and age differences, job classification and religion. In our inclusive workplace, regardless of your employment status as staff or contract, everyone is assured the right of equitable, fair and respectful treatment