Senior Management Accountant

at  Octopus Energy Group

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WHY ELSE YOU’LL LOVE ABOUT US

• 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 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 won best company to work for in 2022, on Glassdoor we we’re voted 50 best places to work in 2022 and our Group CEO, Greg has recorded a podcast about our culture and how we empower our people
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• Monthly management reporting for our UK software business, this includes the preparing and reviewing balance sheet reconciliations, preparing accruals, liaising with finance representatives in each entity to finalise results.
• Analyse monthly results for senior management and be able to explain any unexpected results.
• Assist with the preparation of consolidated reporting for Group and external party submissions to tight deadlines
• Identifying areas for potential improvements in the balance sheet position and working with relevant finance managers in the business team to ensure the optimum balance sheet position is understood and achieved.
• Assist with preparation of accounting memos for audit purposes on revenue recognition and other complex accounting arrangements
• Ensuring that reporting is compliant with all relevant accounting standards and keeping up to date with new reporting standards that may impact the company
• Working with various company structures and intercompany transactions including foreign exchange transactions and transfer pricing.
• Reviewing finance processes in each entity to ensure that improvements are made continuously to help the businesses run more efficiently.
• Assist with system efficiencies and rollout of Netsuite with international businesses
• Keeping up to date on the energy and technology industry and being aware of events which might impact the business.
• Preparation of invoicing schedules for SAAS agreements with UK and international customers to provide to the accounts receivable team
• Managing creditor and debtor ledgers and dealing with any queries regarding payments or receipts
• Assisting with audit queries and liaising with international audit teams
• Review of quarterly VAT returns