Our Finance European team is looking for a Financial Controller in Ireland to support our development in the country and support the country leadership team on all finance matters.

It's a perfect opportunity to be part of a fast-growing company, to take part in the green electricity transition and have a key role in understanding it. You will have a challenging role, and a chance to learn and grow professionally, and truly impact our processes and procedures. You will work in an international company with highly skilled colleagues.

In Ireland, Neoen has 11 operating assets, 1 project under construction and several projects under development. The Irish office also shows great ambition for the future.

You will report to the Senior Financial Controller based in Dublin and will focus on financial and business reporting, internal control and corporate matters for Ireland.

As Financial Controller, you will conduct various tasks. Among other things, you will:

1/ FINANCIAL PROCEDURES AND STATUTORY COMPLIANCE 

• Coordinate financial information between local business team, external accounting team and supervise the work of the latter.
• Process invoices and payments.
• Ensure proper controls of accounting operations (Invoicing of Electricity generated, monitoring of receivables, payments, etc.)
• Enhance the accuracy of the annual financial statements and ensure that reported results comply with local GAAPs.
• Participate at the external audits for statutory or group purposes.
• Give inputs and assisting in implementing internal control.

2/ BUDGET AND REPORTING

• Assist in the budgets and forecasts preparation, including the monthly follow-up and update of the construction budget and cash position.
• Analyze variances of actuals versus forecast and budgets.
• Prepare monthly reporting and cash flow forecast, and semi-annual consolidation packages of the country (including P&L, CAPEX, cash flow and forecasts) and ensure that reported results comply with Group procedures.

3/ TAXES

• Ensure proper control of local tax returns prepared by local external accountants.
• Assist in the review of tax aspects in financial models.

• Prepare debt drawdowns during construction.
• Prepare debt covenants calculation and mandatory operational and financial reports.
• Maintain relationship with the bank agent;
• Lead distributions

4/ SUPPORT TO BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT 

• Early involvement in the projects with Development, Legal and Financing teams: reviewing the business plans with a focus on the tax analysis, participating in the financial close reviewing of the EPC, O&M contracts, preparing the equity proof;
• Support on Tax structuring and efficiency at project level;
• Review the Share Purchase Agreements and the Share Holders Agreements during Joint Ventures;
• Support the development teams in due diligences, integration in Neoen during M&As.

• You hold a degree in finance and have a 2 to 5 years’ experience in audit and/or financial roles, ideally in a multinational environment. Experience in the energy industry is a plus.
• You are reliable, autonomous, rigorous and analytical, with a good business sense and proven communication skills. 
• You fluently speak English (written and spoken). 
• You know the Irish Gaap standards, have a good knowledge of Irish taxes and reporting/budget.

Beyond competences we are looking for someone who is proactive, reliable, autonomous, rigorous and analytical, with a good business sense and proven communication skills and solution-oriented, and eager to learn with an appetite to work in a multicultural environment.

Based in Dublin (you may be required to travel to Paris from time to time).

Créée en 2008, Neoen est l’un des principaux producteurs indépendants d’énergie exclusivement renouvelable. Ses savoir-faire dans les domaines du solaire, de l’éolien terrestre et du stockage lui permettent de participer activement à la transition énergétique des pays dans lesquels Neoen produit une énergie verte, locale et compétitive. Multipliées par six au cours des sept dernières années, ses capacités en opération ou en construction atteignent aujourd’hui 8,9 GW. Présente sur 4 continents, Neoen compte parmi ses principaux actifs le plus puissant parc solaire de France (Cestas, 300 MWc), le plus grand parc éolien de Finlande (Mutkalampi, 404 MW) ainsi que deux des plus grandes centrales de stockage à grande échelle au monde, toutes deux basées en Australie : Collie Battery (219 MW / 877 MWh) et Hornsdale Power Reserve (150 MW / 193,5 MWh). Acteur de la lutte contre le réchauffement climatique, Neoen a pour mission d’accélérer la transition énergétique. Entreprise responsable dont la vision long terme se traduit par une stratégie de croissance forte et pérenne, Neoen a pour ambition d’atteindre 10 GW en opération ou construction courant 2025. Neoen est cotée sur le compartiment A d’Euronext Paris (code ISIN : FR0011675362, mnémonique : NEOEN) et appartient aux indices SBF 120, CAC Mid 60 et S&P 600.