GPO Outsourced Finance Services Manager
About the role
Reporting to the Group Financial Controller, the GPO Outsourced Finance Services Manager is responsible for engaging and managing over 15 Outsource Service Providers (OSP’s) across Europe to ensure accurate and timely reporting to the Cero Group function team. You will be part of a small in-house team and work closely with Cero Group Reporting, FP&A and Tax teams. With over 300 legal entities in the portfolio, a strong focus on co-ordination and efficiency is required.
Main accountabilities
- Taking the lead to ensure that outsourced Finance Processes are clearly defined by Cero and can be delivered in a timely and accurate manner by the OSP’s
- Relationship Governance with OSP’s including
- Regular performance reviews
- Service Level Agreements
- Key performance indicators
- Drive consistency of performance across the OSP base
- OSP contract/vendor management
- Onboarding/integration and offboarding OSP’s
- Ensuring collaboration between the OSP's and respective Cero Finance Teams
- Working with the Finance Reporting Team to ensure changes to requirements are fully defined and communicated
- Facilitating cross functional workshops to resolve service issues or to define new processes
What will you need to succeed in the role?
- Experience managing several international OSP’s or finance shared service centres
- Contract/vendor management
- Experience of integrating 3rd party service providers into organisational teams to work as one
- Ability to exercise judgement, solve problems, support decision-making, and communicate financial information
- Energetic and highly motivated, able to operate in a fast-paced environment and build strong relationships across the organisation
- Pragmatic approach to measuring quality, timeliness and controls
- Demonstrate an understanding of end-to-end accounting processes
Working with Cero Generation
Our shared culture is all about doing the right thing for our company, our people and the world around us.
We’re passionate about renewable energy and the vital role it can play in safeguarding the future of our planet. That’s why we’re all committed to collaborating to achieve excellence in our field to deliver better outcomes for all.
We’re led by a simple promise to all our people: you’ll get back what you put in.
We’ll empower you to deliver on our commitments and reward you for achieving the high standards that we set.
Diversity, inclusion & privacy
Cero Generation understands the importance of diversity and inclusion. We value the innovation and creativity that diversity of thought brings. If you are capable, motivated and can deliver, we want you on our team. Cero Generation is an equal opportunities employer and does not discriminate on the grounds of age, disability, sex, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, gender identity, marriage, civil partnership, pregnancy, maternity, race (including colour and ethnic or national origins), religion or belief. We facilitate a range of flexible working arrangements within our teams. Talk to us about what flexibility may be available.
Cero Generation respects the privacy of the people we deal with, and we uphold high standards of privacy practice and security. Our privacy policy is available on our website at cerogeneration.com.
- Department
- Finance
- Locations
- London
- Remote status
- Hybrid Remote
- Employment type
- Full-time
About Cero Generation
We are Cero Generation, a leading European solar energy developer.
Our single-minded vision is to ensure this and every generation has access to clean, reliable, cost-effective renewable energy.
Cero identifies, develops, builds and energises major solar energy projects across eight European countries, and doing so responsibly, we are helping communities to thrive across Europe and beyond.
We have a 25GW solar and storage portfolio with further generation capability added each year.
We are a Macquarie Asset Management (MAM) portfolio company, operating on a stand-alone basis.
GPO Outsourced Finance Services Manager
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