Financial Accountant, GridBeyond
AI for the energy transition
Be an early applicant
AI for the energy transition
101-200 employees
Be an early applicant
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 or equivalent) ideally with 2-3 years post qualification experience
- High attention to detail and commitment to accuracy
- Strong communication and interpersonal skills with ability to collaborate across teams and support and influence senior financial and operational colleagues
- A proactive growth mindset with a focus on continuous improvement
- Ability to manage deadlines and work in a fast-paced environment
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
- Comfort in taking ownership of tasks and working off your own initiative
- Excellent computer skills with knowledge of MS Office applications (Excel) and experience with management reporting systems
What the job involves
- We are looking for a highly motivated Financial Accountant to join our growing finance team. This role will play a key part in delivering accurate financial reporting, maintaining strong financial controls, and supporting the business through insightful financial analysis
- The successful candidate will be involved in month-end reporting, balance sheet management, statutory accounts preparation, and audit coordination
- This is an excellent opportunity for a qualified accountant who enjoys working in a collaborative, fast-paced environment and wants to contribute to building scalable finance processes within a growing business
- Own the month end close timetable ensuring an efficient and standardised close process
- Prepare monthly consolidated financials for the Group ensuring financials are in accordance with relevant accounting standards and policies
- Assist in the preparation of financial reports and commentary for senior leadership and board
- Take ownership of key balance sheet areas including reconciliations, reviews, and resolution of outstanding items
- Support complex accounting areas such as revenue recognition, capitalisation, intercompany transactions, and accruals
- Support the preparation of annual statutory financial statements across relevant jurisdictions
- Act as a key point of contact for external auditors during annual audit processes ensuring audit deliverables and supporting documentation are provided in a timely and accurate manner
- Support tax filings and compliance obligations across relevant jurisdictions. Liaise with external tax advisors and internal stakeholders to ensure timely submissions
- Lead on implementation of new accounting standards and policies and ensure adequate documentation of the Groups Accounting policies
- Maintain accurate accounting policies for the Group and ensure compliance
- Work collaboratively with colleagues to support budgeting and cash flow forecasting as required
- Support colleagues to track financial performance against budget
- Maintain appropriate internal controls to ensure completeness and accuracy of financials
- Identify enhancements and automation to improve current systems and processes, using AI tools as appropriate
- Work collaboratively across the team and Company and perform other ad hoc duties as required to support a scaling business
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
$60.1m
SERIES C
Total funding: $92.9m
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-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)Tyndall National Institute Research Masters Graduate with 8 years’ experience developing smart grid energy optimisation solutions.
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