Senior Finance Manager, ARC

We are Lightsource bp – and we’re on a mission to become a global leader in onshore renewables, anchored by our proven track record in solar development.
For over a decade we’ve been actively working to diversify the way our world is powered with sustainable and responsible renewable power. We work to safely deliver affordable, reliable, large-scale onshore renewable and energy storage solutions to help the world decarbonize.
Our growing business is constantly innovating and investing to help drive the energy transition. Our people and projects are focused on supporting long-term sustainable growth and energy security. Lightsource bp was fully acquired by bp in 2024.
Summary
The Senior Finance Manager will be supporting the US Senior Finance Director with activities under the Development and Construction business units including line management of 6 current employees and corporate accounting. The development pipeline is a growing elemental piece of Lightsource bp, and the projects that move through construction are complex. This position will lead a team that can see the project through to operations. The Senior Finance Manager will be responsible for the accounting, reporting, and control of all legal entities/projects within these business units, and will be a key internal and external business partner.  
Key Deliverables
•    Financial Accounting & Performance Management 
•    Financial Compliance & Control
•    Business Partnering & Support
•    Team Leadership & Development
Duties and responsibilities
Management Accounts 
•    Review monthly management accounts falling under the Development and Construction Business Units including corporate accounting
•    Help drive a smooth month end close process by supporting team members through questions, review of journal entries, and enforcing deadlines
•    Help Senior FD with monthly technical reviews and reporting commentary by understanding the detail behind the numbers and be able to form a narrative 
•    Have ownership over business units  - be proactive in reviewing
•    Enforce group policies and work with group finance where necessary for technical accounting support and to ensure consistencies in accounting, reporting, and control
•    Review material and sensitive balance sheet reconciliations; provide training and feedback to team on same.  
Development and Corporate Accounting 
•    Business partner with various teams to understand growing pipeline and what finance implications that may have with respect to procurement, liquidity, or future financing arrangements 
•    Work closely with group finance to ensure corporate accounting is in line with all policies and pay close attention to results 
Construction Finance Operations
•    Lead the team through construction KPI reporting processes
•    Experience speaking to budget and forecast variances to actual results
•    Partner with the commercial team building and financing the project to develop an understanding of monthly activity, and construct a concise performance narrative to executives and decision makers on the same
•    Manage and train team to speak to all capital categories and have support for changes therein
•    Understand commercial aspects of the financing agreements and how they translate to accounting – supporting the finance managers to perform the complex accounting during financial transactions  
•    Read and familiarize self with all material documents created for the project, including debt, tax equity, supply, and partnership documents
•    Take on special projects as assigned and proactively plan with business partners on new structures and agreements with respect to financing projects
Audit and other
•    Lead team in local and group audits
•    Help drive improvement processes by empowering the team to take the lead and be a part of the change
•    Prioritize developing team members and be a voice to their opinions 
•    Business partner internally and externally with various groups
Who We're looking for
Knowledge
•    The ability to work in a fast paced, dynamic environment interfacing with internal teams and external clients.
•    Ability to produce management accounts and analysis over a high volume of legal entities •    Understand how to manage a team effectively  
Qualifications 
•    CPA preferred, US GAAP and IFRS knowledge
•    Ability to organize workload and prioritize to maximum effect
•    Excellent attention to detail when checking information with an ability to recognize and question anomalies
•    Set high standards of performance for yourself and the broader finance team
•    Demonstrate excellent MS Excel skills
Experience
•    8-15 years of experienc