Finance Manager

Our purpose

We're turning the traditional energy model on its head. For a start, we don't earn more money when our customers use more power. We provide our customers with much-needed transparency in an industry that's famous for confusion. We also proudly support some world-leading companies, including Sonnen and Tesla, to give customers products that will change the way they produce, store and use power.

About the role

This is a new role and we reckon it's the most diverse, challenging and action-packed finance role in the new energy industry. The successful candidate will work on numerous groundbreaking projects, all while keeping the basics - such as management accounting - under solid control. This isn't an average day job. It's something that will challenge you beyond what you're probably used to and in the process, you'll receive a vast amount of learning that will fast-track your finance career.

Key responsibilities

• Management accounting
  • Manage methodology and run reports monthly for billed revenue and unbilled revenue
  • Set up and run monthly process to accrue for unbilled expenses
  • Production of monthly management accounts
  • Production of financial report for Board
  • Oversee the production of complex reports for key commercial partners
• Planning and forecasting
  • Lead the business planning process
  • Produce 3 year financial forecasts
  • Model cashflow on a monthly and intra-monthly basis
• Credit management
  • Own the customer credit management policy (with implementation via the operations team)
  • Measure the effectiveness of collections performance and recommend changes to optimise collections
  • Ensure that doubtful debts are provided for or written off each month based on the credit policy
• External reporting & auditing
  • Oversee BAS returns, company tax returns and audits in conjunction with external accountants
• Purchasing controls
  • Oversee internal controls for company purchases
  • Report on opex vs budget in detail on a monthly basis
• Market purchases
  • Oversee a process to validate external COGS, particularly wholesale, network and metering invoices
  • Ensure that wholesale, network and environmental purchases are always made on time and that they always comply with the Board-approved hedging strategy
• Customer pricing
  • Lead the customer pricing function. Monitor key external dates and ensure customer tariffs remain accurate and relevant to market changes
  • Lead reprice projects twice each year to ensure price changes are implemented accurately and on time
  • Support the partnerships team to develop and implement new products
  • Ensure that our commercial partners receive an efficient and timely service when requiring pricing support
• Compliance
  • Lead the company's compliance function by ensuring key regulatory obligations are kept up to date at all times
  • Oversee internal controls to ensure adherence to key obligations
  • Maintain a rolling calendar of key regulatory changes and regulatory/government reporting
  • Produce accurate regulatory/government reports ahead of the required submission dates
• Company leadership
  • As a key member of the company's management team, add significant value to debates and decisions by ensuring all decisions are grounded in sound commercial and financial judgement

About you

• You're a qualified accountant with at least 8 years post-graduate experience
• You understand the cost stack of energy retailers and you've spent time producing high quality management accounts for a retail energy organisation
• You've built up good experience of analysing opportunities, projects and financial statements
• You're hungry for a career move that will broaden your skillset and accelerate your ability to gather the experience that will set you up for senior finance leadership roles

Bonus points if:

• You have a skill for communicating with facts in a clear manner to senior stakeholders
• You've spent at least two years in a business partner role for a busy commercial business unit
• Your primary graduate - and possibly post-graduate - field of study was in finance/accounting

Your fit with our culture

• While you may have experienced life in a traditional corporate, you're energised by the idea of working in a smaller, nimble and hungry company where your actions will have a positive impact across the whole company very quickly
• You won't be afraid to get your hands dirty and will revel in the challenge of taking on multiple new projects concurrently
• You'll see the personal growth potential associated with being at the heart of a rapidly changing industry and you're excited to be part of accelerating the transition to simple renewable energy
• You'll love the transparency we offer our customers and will operate in a similar way in your own management style
• You'll find a straight-shooting work environment refreshing and love the ownership that you'll have in your role

Interested? Email our Founder at adrian.merrick@energylocals.com.au, outlining why you're hungry for this challenge.