Senior Management Accountant – FTC

Octopus Energy

Senior Management Accountant overseeing financial reporting and analysis for renewable energy portfolios. Collaborating with internal and external stakeholders in a dynamic finance team environment.

Posted 7/7/2026contractLondon • 🇬🇧 United KingdomSeniorWebsite

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Business partner for the fund-level finance team – ensuring delivery of information and service in line with the agreed Service Level Agreement.
Review and challenge management accounts provided by external accountants.
Report on the financial performance of the portfolios at monthly Customer Board meetings.
Deal with all queries – taking ownership of requests and issues, creating stakeholder goodwill by providing appropriate solutions in a timely manner.
Project manage the portfolio statutory audits; liaising with external auditors, external accountants and fund-level finance teams as required.
Project manage the annual budget process.
Review consolidated monthly management account information.
Review statutory financial statements and ensure all statutory filing requirements are met.
Prepare and review technical accounting papers for acquisitions, disposals, restructures and other significant transactions.
Support hedge accounting, impairment reviews and acquisition accounting.
Prepare and review cash flow forecasts and funding requirements.
Support banking covenant reporting and bank reporting requirements.
Oversee the review of key balance sheet reconciliations, including intercompany balances, shareholder loans, bank reconciliations, fixed assets, provisions and other significant balance sheet items.
Manage payment approvals as appropriate.
Ensure a robust control environment is present throughout the portfolio. This could involve insisting on the utilisation of OEGEN’s systems for new assets/projects.
Be a valued business partner and build and maintain good working relationships with internal and external stakeholders
Identify system improvements and take ownership of driving change across the team. This will involve working closely with external accountants to improve current processes across the portfolio.
Ad hoc project work as required.

Requirements

What you’ll need

Qualified accountant (ACA/ACCA) with at least 3 years post qualification experience (preferably gained in a relevant role).
Good technical knowledge of UK GAAP.
Experience of complex consolidations and acquisition accounting.
Experience managing statutory reporting and external audits.
Highly organised, able to plan ahead to deliver accurate information to tight reporting deadlines
Excellent communication skills, with a proven ability to work well with different teams and manage a range of different stakeholders
Self-motivated and aspirational, comfortable working in a fast-paced changing environment

Benefits

Comp & perks

Wondering what the salary for this role is? Just ask us! On a call with one of our recruiters it's something we always cover as we genuinely want to match your experience with the correct salary. The reason why we don't advertise is because we honestly have a degree of flexibility and would never want salary to be a reason why someone doesn't apply to Octopus - what's more important to us is finding the right octofit!
Octopus Energy Group is a unique culture. An organisation where people learn, decide, and build quicker. Where people work with autonomy, alongside a wide range of amazing co-owners, on projects that break new ground. We want your hard work to be rewarded with perks you actually care about! We were recently named the UK's top company to work for, and we ranked in the top ten in the Sunday Times Best Places to Work 2024. Our Group CEO, Greg has recorded a podcast about our culture and how we empower our people. We’ve also been placed in the top 10 companies for senior leadership

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Hard Skills & Tools

Financial ReportingConsolidation AccountingAcquisition AccountingCash Flow ForecastingBudget ManagementStatutory Financial Statements ReviewBalance Sheet ReconciliationHedge AccountingImpairment ReviewsTechnical Accounting Papers Preparation

Soft Skills

Excellent CommunicationHighly OrganisedSelf-MotivatedStakeholder ManagementProblem Solving

Certifications

ACAACCA