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Entrepreneurship in the territories: is it the right time?
Company Description
Founded in 2007, Akuo is an independent renewable energy producer with operations in over twenty countries worldwide.
The Group is present across the entire value chain: development, financing, construction and operation of solar, wind and storage power plants.
Akuo's teams combine technological relevance, environmental added value and social benefits to develop exemplary, meaningful projects in local areas.
The Group is a pioneer in agrivoltaics and storage solutions, and was the first to develop large-scale floating solar power plants in France.
True to its values and convictions, Akuo is a responsible company, committed to the diversity of its teams and determined to ensure the inclusion of all.
Job Description
Your missions will be as follows :
- Management of the Greek finance team (2 employees).
- Lead financial strategy by developing data-driven business models to support profitability and growth.
- Review and update business plans/forecast model.
- Manage relations with banks and insurance companies.
- Cash management on day to day basis: reinforce & supervise the call of funds & payments process of the companies.
- Tax Relief and Allowances, provided strategic advice on optimizing tax relief and allowances to improve tax efficiency and minimize overall tax liabilities.
- Tax Computations and Returns: Prepared comprehensive corporate and group tax computations and returns, ensuring accuracy and compliance with tax regulations.
- Tax Audits, experienced in handling tax audits, particularly for VAT refund claims.
- Review of credit & equity documentation on corporate finance aspects.
- Manage relations with auditors, accounting, tax & law firms.
- Prepare cash forecast of holding and project companies on monthly basis.
- Support Business team and Treasury team to negotiate, issue and follow-up the guarantees.
- Budget for the companies.
- Rolling Forecast Preparation.
- Monitoring of Actual & Overhead Costs.
- Working with H/Q on the preparation of board updates and quarterly board papers and the budget.
- Identifying and implementing improvements and efficiencies to processes.
- Accuracy of analyzed financial data and information reported to management.
- Participate in a M&A process, in the structuration of the operation in coordination with Legal, Finance and Operational teams(due diligence review, accounting and cash impacts, SPA review or other Legal documentation negotiation)
Qualifications
Personal Experience :
- At least 7years of working experience related to management accounting or audit, of which 2 years on managerial position
- With preferred background in renewable energy or project financing
- As a minimum bachelor’s degree in finance and/or accounting
- Good information system skills
- IFRS and Greek GAAP accounting knowledge
- Tax knowledge
- Very good ability to analyze, interpret and discover correlation between financial, business and accounting data
Personal Skills :
- Languages: Fluent English required, French nice to have
- Very good organization and planning
- Ability to multitask, prioritize and work in high-pressure situations
- Ability to summarize to quickly conceptualize issues and solutions
- Anticipation and reactivity capacity
- Ability to work in an informal environment (growing group)
Additional Information
- Location : Kifisias 22, Marousi, Greece
- Type of contract : Permanent
Confidentiality of your data - RGPD :
The data collected at the time of your application is for the purpose of managing your application for the job offered. The AKUO group and its recruiter are responsible for processing your data. For more information on how your data is used, please consult our recruitment privacy policy: Politique de confidentialité d'Akuo Recrutement.
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