Senior Accountant at NextEnergy Group

NextEnergy Group is seeking a Senior Accountant to lead finance asset management services for a key client in Italy. The ideal candidate will be passionate, collaborative, and detail-oriented, with strong communication skills to build relationships with internal and external stakeholders. The role involves managing financial matters for a portfolio of renewable energy plants, overseeing deliverables from outsourced service providers, and ensuring consistency, accuracy, and high customer service.

Responsibilities include:

• Onboarding: Managing checklists, aligning financial reporting standards, and handling KYC documentation.
• Reporting: Reviewing management accounts, delivering financial reporting packs, and managing relationships with auditors.
• Cash Management: Managing invoicing and payment processes, tracking cash flow, and maintaining liquidity forecasts.
• Systems and Processes: Implementing and maintaining finance Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs).
• Tax: Managing local tax compliance matters, supporting tax advisors, and ensuring timely tax payments.
• Stakeholder Management: Collaborating with other Wise delivery functions.
• Ad-hoc: Handling various tasks to support the team's agility.

Requirements:

• 5+ years’ finance experience.
• Experience in using the accounting system Profis/E-solver.
• Process improvement and operational efficiency skills.
• Experience working for scale-up businesses.
• Experience in overseeing third-party service providers.
• Interest in the renewable sector.
• The right to work in Italy.
• Excellent communication skills (in English or/and other European languages).
• IT Literacy.
• Strong critical thinking and problem-solving skills.

The role offers:

• A busy role in a supportive team with learning opportunities.
• International scope.
• Hybrid working (at least twice a week in the central Milan office).
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• Annual discretionary bonus