Process Transformation Lead, GridBeyond
Financial Accounting
AI for the energy transition
Job no longer available
AI for the energy transition
101-200 employees
Job no longer available
101-200 employees
Company mission
To revolutionise the energy sector through the use of technologies and business models that advance the transition to the next-generation electricity industry.
Role
Who you are
- Qualified Accountant (ACA, ACCA, CIMA) is essential with appropriate post qualification experience
- Up to date, working knowledge of IFRS, FRS 102 and financial audit approaches
- Experience reviewing business processes in a large corporate or PLC setting
- Superior attention to detail
- Ability to work under time pressure during busy periods for the business
- Experienced in MS Office
- Ability to handle and protect confidential documents
- Ideally having trained within a practice environment looking for career advancement within a leading multinational environment
- A proactive approach and a “can-do” mind-set
- Committed to carrying out tasks with an emphasis on right first-time approach
- Strong inter personnel skills with an ability to support and influence senior financial and operational colleagues
- Excellent computer skills with knowledge of MS Office applications ( in particular Excel )
- Fluency in English (both written and spoken) is essential to perform this role
- Experience with data base accounting and management reporting systems together with working experience technical industries (e.g. the Financial Services sector) would be an advantage
What the job involves
- A Financial Accounting– Process Transformation Lead is a broad role which will require an in-depth understanding of all aspects of the group’s finance function
- Given the company’s geographic expansion and exciting growth trajectory, the successful candidate will play a leading role in refining our processes to ensure that they are best in class – as appropriate to support a dynamic, progressive scaling company
- In addition to the above, the successful candidate will also play a role in the day-to-day operational finance activities of the company – activities to include financial reporting, forecasting, working capital management and tax
- Reviewing, refining and supplementing the documentation which governs the group’s existing various finance processes (with support from the Group Head of Finance)
- Researching and analysing the requirements of internal and external stakeholders to define processes for new business offerings or to support our activities in new geographies
- Working with other functions (especially IT) to identify opportunities to make our processes more robust, efficient and scalable
- Support the Head of Finance in driving agreed upon process changes across the finance function and indeed the wider business
- Assisting with the preparation of management accounts, KPI files and related financial analysis
- Supporting the financial controller with cash flow forecasting and the management of cash
- Contributing to the Group’s 5 year financial plan and other financial models
- Identifying potential control weaknesses and suggesting appropriate mitigating procedures
- Preparing analyses and papers to support the group’s accounting treatment of complex transactions or areas where judgment is required
- Providing guidance to less experienced colleagues and suggesting suitable cross-training initiatives
- Supporting the financial controller with ensuring compliance with the Group’s various tax obligations
- Other ad-hoc requests depending on business need
Our take
Amidst rising concern over CO2 emissions, more and more organizations are looking to transform their energy consumption. Step up GridBeyond, a company supplying AI-enabled solutions to support the optimisation of energy generation, demand and storage for its customers.
The company's ultimate vision is to build a shared energy economy that is both resilient and sustainable, while reducing costs for energy consumers. To do this, it connects distributed energy resources to electricity markets, enabling next-gen energy storage and renewable resources to be used to balance the grid.
This approach makes the grid more flexible, while also supporting its transition to Net Zero. Customers benefit from this flexibility as it reduces price volatility and presents new options for cost savings. It is no surprise then that GridBeyond has already seen success and raised substantial funding to support its international expansion efforts.
Freddie
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Company
Funding (last 2 of 10 rounds)
Nov 2024
$13m
GROWTH EQUITY VC
Apr 2024
$60m
SERIES C
Total funding: $92.6m
Company benefits
- Annual leaves and public holidays
- Self- development funding
- Flexible and hybrid working model
- Work from anywhere once a year
- Employee referrals bonuses
Company HQ
London, UK
Leadership
Michael Phelan
(CEO & Co-founder)Co-founded and was CEO at Endeco Technologies and Wirelite Sensors. Prior to this, was VP of Sales and Marketing at Duolog Technologies.
Padraig Curran
(CTO & Co-founder)Tyndall National Institute Research Masters Graduate with 8 years’ experience developing smart grid energy optimisation solutions.
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