Senior Finance Operations Manager (12 month FTC)
KaluzaLondon, England, United Kingdom · Posted 18 days agoDescription
Job title: Senior Finance Operations Manager
Location: London
Salary: £80,000- £90,000
Reporting To: Financial Controller
This role is based in the London and requires existing right to work in the UK. At this time, we are not able to offer visa sponsorship for this role. We are committed to building a diverse, global team and our sponsorship policy is evaluated on a role-by-role basis. We encourage you to keep an eye on our careers site to stay informed about future opportunities where we are able to offer visa sponsorship.
Kaluza is the Energy Intelligence Platform, turning energy complexity into seamless coordination. We help energy companies overcome today's challenges while accelerating the shift to a clean, electrified future. Leveraging Data, AI, and real-time decision-making we turn energy complexity into growth opportunities for our partners.
By combining predictive algorithms with human-centred design, Kaluza makes clean energy dependable and affordable.
With teams across Europe, North America, Asia and Australia, and a joint venture with Mitsubishi Corporation in Japan, we power leading companies including OVO, AGL and ENGIE, as well as innovators like Volvo and Volkswagen.
What will I be doing?
The Senior Finance Operations Manager is an experienced people leader who oversees management accounting and financial reporting across Kaluza’s international footprint. The role is broad by design: you will work on issues of a diverse and complex nature, spanning multiple jurisdictions and business functions in the UK, Portugal, France, Japan and the US.
The key objectives of the Kaluza FinOps team are:
- Financial Control; to ensure resources are directed, monitored and measured in an accurate and timely manner and to maintain a ‘No Surprises Environment’
- Value creation through more efficient processes and AI frameworks.
You will be the primary contact for internal teams on all finance operations matters, responsible for the smooth running of the function and for driving process improvements across our global teams.
Key responsibilities:
Financial reporting
- Month-end and year-end close management, including preparation of monthly management accounts and contribution to Board reporting packs.
- Consolidation of Kaluza’s global results with meaningful analysis for the Board, Executive team and external stakeholders.
- Balance sheet reconciliation review and preparation, including creation and maintenance of technical accounting papers under IFRS.
- Managing and monitoring compliance across all international tax obligations, including VAT, payroll taxes and other employee-related taxes, working alongside the Tax Manager.
- Preparation and review of workpapers for the annual statutory accounts; acting as key contact for the external auditor and supporting the Group audit process.
- Support for the set-up of new international business financial systems and processes, including support and review of international entity reporting into the Group.
Finance operations
- AP/AR oversight, journal posting and accruals review, and balance sheet ownership in support of the wider FinOps team.
- Ongoing maintenance of the financial internal controls environment and production of monthly KPI reporting.
- Payroll controls framework ownership alongside the Payroll Manager, including oversight of the Global Payroll Operations function and management of provider relationships across all locations.
- Process automation review and support for the FinOps team, including assistance with one-off projects and workflow monitoring to ensure workplans are adequately resourced.
People and leadership
- Coach, lead and develop the FinOps and Payroll team, including effective performance management and career framework development.
- Set clear goals for the team, aligning people and resources to solve complex problems.
- Work closely with other people leaders and counterparts in People Operations, championing alignment in ways of working and cross-functional collaboration.
- Actively contribute to building a great culture at Kaluza, including organising or leading activities for your squad or wider community.
About you
We are looking for someone who:
- Is a qualified accountant (ACA, CIMA or ACCA) with at least five years of post-qualification experience.
- Has experience of accounting and company administration across multiple jurisdictions under IFRS.
- Has a commercial, entrepreneurial mindset with a high degree of initiative, and is comfortable proposing, justifying and implementing change in a fast-moving environment.
- Has strong presentation, relationship-building and conflict resolution skills with senior stakeholders.
- Can apply analytical skills beyond traditional finance functions and bring them to bear on a broad range of commercial issues.
- Is a diligent, detail-oriented team player who can also step back, see the bigger picture and present information clearly to a non-finance audience.
- Communicates openly, keeps colleagues informed and shares knowledge without prompting.
What will set you apart
- Industry experience, ideally in a Series C to E environment.
- Experience of Workday.
Where you'll work
We offer flexible working, with an expectation of 3 days a week in the office. This gives us the best of both: real time together to collaborate and build relationships, with the flexibility to work in the way that suits you best the rest of the week.
Kaluza Values
Here at Kaluza we have five core values that guide us as a business:
Play to win, Solve the real problem, Build trust every day, Own the outcome, Go further together.
Our Perks
- Pension Scheme
- Discretionary Bonus Scheme
- Private Medical Insurance + Virtual GP
- Life Assurance
- Access to Furthr - a Climate Action app
- Free Mortgage Advice and Eye Tests
- Perks at Work - access to thousands of retail discounts
- 5% Flex Fund - to spend on the benefits you want most
- 26 days holiday
- Flexible Bank Holidays - Giving you an additional 8 days which you can choose to take whenever you like
- Progressive Leave Policy - With no qualifying service periods, including 26 weeks full pay if you have a new addition to your family
- Personal Learning Budget - Upskill, learn and grow!
- Home Office Budget
And more!
We want the best people
We’re keen to meet people from all walks of life — our view is that the more inclusive we are, the better our work will be. We want to build teams which represent a variety of experiences, perspectives and skills, and we recognise talent on the basis of merit and potential.
Find out more about working in Kaluza on our careers page and LinkedIn.
You can also find our Applicant Data Protection Policy here.
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