About the role
National Energy System Operator (NESO) recognises the potential of bright and talented individuals, and we encourage you to join us as Great Britain's energy system undergoes an ambitious, exciting, and vital transformation. Together with industry, we are creating a cleaner, more sustainable energy future.
Reporting to the Accounting & Reporting Lead, the Management Accountant Lead oversees the provision of accurate forecast and actual data, and comprehensive financial reporting to business stakeholders, whilst managing and motivating the team to ensure it is delivered in an accurate and timely fashion. The role is responsible for building strong relationships with business leads to understand business context, and provide financial insight and guidance to inform effective decision-making and support the long-term performance of the business.
This role can be based in Wokingham or Warwick, and we continue to offer hybrid working from office and home.
Key accountabilities
* Leading, motivating and developing a team of management accountants, responsible for ensuring accuracy, integrity, and completeness of financial information for the business.
* Working collaboratively with teams across the entities/functions to build strong relationships with key business stakeholders and ensuring that effective financial reporting support is provided. Driving regular meeting cadence to provide updates on monthly performance, forecasts, risks, opportunities and insights to inform decision-making.
* Bringing together data and insights from across the team to create a clear narrative around the financial performance of the business, identifying insights, implications and recommendations accordingly.
* Overseeing the delivery of high-quality reporting, information packs, and commentary, and supporting the Accounting & Reporting Lead in providing insights to enable the business to make effective strategic and operational decisions.
* Co-ordinating the QRF (Quarterly Reporting Forecast) process across the team and providing effective narrative to internal customers to ensure the key messages are understood, and that all business budget holders understand their budgets and forecasts.
* Driving customer service excellence across the function, ensuring the team understand and incorporate business context into reporting, and that financial performance insights are delivered directly to the business. Ensuring all team members are actively liaising with internal customers so that their financial position is fully understood.
* Driving and monitoring an appropriate governance and controls environment across month end forecasting, and the provision of regulatory reporting, ensuring financial deliverables and timescales are agreed and adhered to. Ensuring that all controls for the function are properly conducted, and any deviations are escalated as appropriate and remedied accordingly.
* Managing high-quality inputs to the regulatory reporting pack through liaising with the Regulation team to ensure smooth integration of deliverables into business submissions.
* Providing ad-hoc training, as appropriate, for business customers to encourage and maintain a strong culture of financial literacy and understanding of the financial position of the business.
* Supporting the delivery of change across Finance and the business, role-modelling new ways of working and owning delivery of key outcomes to drive the improvement of long-term business capability.
About you
We're forging the path, and we know we can't do it alone. That's why we need visionary minds like yours to join us on this transformative journey. In this case, we're looking for someone who has/is:
* A fully qualified accountant (member of CIMA, ACCA, or ACA).
* Strong experience in management accounting/reporting (including data management, modelling, planning, forecasting, and budgeting).
* Experience in managing teams in a complex corporate environment.
* Experience in transaction and close management process.
* Experience in a business-facing role, ideally in a regulated business.
* Strong understanding of governance, risk, and internal control frameworks.
* Experience of using S/4 HANA is preferred.
* Excellent communication, influencing and stakeholder management skills.
* Strong customer service orientation and an ability to instil the same in others.
About what you'll get
A competitive salary between £55,000 - £65,000pa - dependent on experience and capability.
As well as your base salary, you will receive a bonus of up to 15% of your salary for stretch performance, 28 days annual leave as standard, and a competitive contributory pension scheme where we will double match your contribution to a maximum company contribution of 12%.
You will also have access to a comprehensive benefits package tailored to support your well-being and professional success. From a competitive salary to flexible work arrangements, we promote your work-life balance. Enjoy fit for purpose wellbeing and lifestyle offerings, ongoing skill development aligned to our Purpose and Values, and be part of a supportive community that values your individuality and where you can belong.
About us
The creation of National Energy System Operator (NESO) is driven by an urgent need to unify and optimise our approach to energy. A more integrated and coordinated strategy is needed to meet the unprecedented challenges of climate change, ensuring secure energy supply, and keeping costs manageable for consumers.
Join us and empower your potential, energise our team, and be part of something bigger.
Your energy, our future, together.
About the National Energy System Operator (NESO)
In Autumn of 2024, the ESO transitioned to National Energy System Operator, or NESO for short. Previously denoted as the Future System Operator (or FSO), the new National Energy System Operator is the independent body responsible for planning Great Britain's electricity and gas networks and operating the electricity system.
The NESO, including all of its existing roles, are now at the heart of the new National Energy System Operator. As NESO, we will build on our existing roles, capabilities, and ways of working significantly to create an organisation the energy system and its users' need. Our new capabilities will enable us to look across vectors, including electricity, natural gas and hydrogen, and crucially consider the trade-offs between them.
The organisation is set up as a public corporation with its own Board of independent directors, with complete operational independence from government, the regulator and any and all commercial interest. As was the ESO, NESO will be licenced and regulated by Ofgem through price control agreements and obligated to identify optimal solutions to system operations and planning in the most sustainable, affordable and secure way for all.
The time to deliver is now. As part of our team, you won't just be touching the lives of almost everyone in Great Britain - you'll be shaping the way we use and consume energy for generations to come.
More information
This role closes on 06/11/2024 at 23:59, however we encourage candidates to submit their application as early as possible and not wait until the published closing date as this can vary.
We work towards the highest standards in everything we do, including how we support, value and develop our people. Our aim is to encourage and support employees to thrive and be the best they can be. We celebrate the difference people can bring into our organisation, and welcome and encourage applicants with diverse experiences and backgrounds, and offer flexible and tailored support, at home and in the office.
We're committed to building a workforce that represents the communities we serve, and a working environment in which each individual feels valued, respected, fairly treated, and able to reach their full potential.
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