Blueleaf energy is a leading renewable energy platform of Macquarie Group, the world's largest infrastructure asset manager. Our team is driven by our mission of accelerating the energy transition centred on our core values. By choosing to join us, you can expect an exciting and fulfilling career path supported by people who are passionate about renewables technology, innovation and making the world a healthier and more sustainable place.
We are looking for a Finance Manager, FP&A, to join an experienced solar development business with world class capital backing and undergoing a period of rapid expansion. With the renewed and heightened focus on renewal energy adoption globally, and efforts to move away from traditional fossil fuel based power plants, Blueleaf is well positioned to respond nimbly and in a disciplined manner, to ensure successful delivery of each project it executes.
Reporting to the Finance Director, FP&A, the successful candidate will support the Financial Planning & Analysis function, and the management and oversight of all project related companies. The role will contribute towards the design and implementation of an appropriate framework to lead the periodic strategic review and performance reporting to the board and shareholders. With the rapid growth of projects under development, together with the Finance Director, look to embed strong development cost tracking disciplines, and ensuring complete adoption of Accounting and Tax Due Diligence recommendations as they apply to each project. As a member of the Finance function, the candidate will be a valued and integral partner with each of the development teams, advising on structuring, tax, credit risk assessment, and financing.
Finance Manager FP&A (Full time)
Your functions:
Financial Planning & Analysis
- Own the Board and CFO reporting pack.
- Own the Cashflow and Liquidity planning too support the Finance Director and CFO in robust and well documented assumptions and considerations in arriving at key decisions.
- Business plan tracking and regular re-planning build effective partnerships with each of the country investment teams to keep the plans informed and up to date.
- Facilitate robust forecasting & budget cycles operationalize the capture of actuals against budget.
- Monitor Blueleaf's FX Management landscape and ensure alignment with the FX policy .
- Help develop specific project business case development, cost benefit analysis.
- Support shareholder ad hoc senior management reporting.
Financial and Project Accounting
- Support Annual Audits across all project companies in multiple jurisdictions in Asia.
- Support the implementation of Accounting, Tax and Structuring due diligence advice.
- Track project due diligence and development expense.
- Deliver project and business line performance reporting.
- Help implement new company setup.
Finance Systems
- Together with the Finance Director, look to identify an appropriate MIS platform that facilitates ease of report development and distribution, data interrogation and integrity, and insightful analytics that is data lead.
- Deliver efficiencies and a best in class experience to all stakeholders across the Blueleaf group as it relates to FP&A work products.
- Actively participate in the company's ERP implementation journey, ensuring robust project and business line budget and actuals capture, from development through to construction and operational phases.
Financing
- Support the financing leads, and facilitate execution of portfolio financing and/or construction finance.
- Prepare financial analysis of prospect customers to inform and deliver accurate credit assessment.
People
- Effectively collaborate across the Finance family, ensuring accurate and robust financial capture, by helping to design and implement robust processes.
- Actively participate in stakeholder management with country and functional leads, following through with agreed actions and decisions as it relates to the periodic strategy reviews and budgets.
Your skills and personal traits:
- A qualified accountant (ACCA, CA, CPA) with over 8 years experience, with a demonstrated track record of supporting construction or development projects, handling of project controlling.
- Demonstrated track record of running budget and planning cycles.
- Has an interest in tax structuring, and is able to digest and apply technical Accounting and Tax advice.
- Able to build effective relationships across organizational boundaries.
- A strong and effective communicator and problem solver, with an innate ability to distill information into an easily digestible format for consumption by impacted stakeholders.
- A self-starter with a change mindset, able to succinctly articulate risks and opportunities, and effectively pitch presentations for senior management consumption.
- Proficient in MS-Office suite (MS Power Platform) and other enterprise grade reporting solutions.