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**Finance Asset Management Director** at Schroders Greencoat in London oversees financial management of a large renewable SPV portfolio, spanning wind farms, solar parks, and bioenergy facilities. Lead a finance team, drive process optimization, and ensure high-quality reporting across funds and jurisdictions. Collaborate with senior stakeholders, auditors, and tax advisors. Leverage FRS102/IFRS knowledge, process improvement skills, and strong stakeholder management. Requires a qualified accountant with 10-15+ years' experience in infrastructure or asset management. If you're a strategic finance leader seeking to impact renewable energy investment, apply now.
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- London
- Country
- United Kingdom
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Full Job Description
Location: London, United Kingdom
Finance Asset Management Director Schroders Greencoat
Company Overview
Schroders Greencoat is the renewable infrastructure specialist for Schroders Plc, one of Europes leading independent asset management groups. Schroders Greencoat is a fund manager focused on clean energy infrastructure. The business manages large-scale investments in renewable energy assets, such as wind farms, solar parks, and bioenergy facilities, primarily across the UK, Europe, Asia and the U.S.
Role Overview
A senior leadership role responsible for financial asset management across a large, complex portfolio of renewable SPVs.
- Oversight of hundreds of SPVs across multiple funds and jurisdictions, supported by outsourced administrators and asset managers
- Accountability for financial integrity, governance and reporting quality across the platform
- Leadership of a finance team and ownership of process standardisation, scalability and transformation
- Key finance partner to senior internal stakeholders, fund boards and external counterparties
Key Responsibilities
Leadership & Operating Model
Lead and develop a team of Financial Managers, driving performance, accountability and consistency
Define and implement a scalable finance operating model to support continued portfolio growth
Embed best practice across the function, ensuring standardisation across assets and funds
Portfolio Financial Oversight
- Own financial oversight of a large-scale SPV portfolio, ensuring high-quality, timely reporting across all entities
- Review and challenge outputs from outsourced service providers (administrators / asset managers)
- Oversee delivery of:
- Budgets and forecasts
- Statutory accounts and audits
- Debt and lender reporting
- Maintain strong financial control environment across cash, payments and governance processes
Audit, Tax & Compliance
- Lead audit processes across the portfolio, acting as senior contact with auditors
- Oversee VAT and corporate tax compliance in collaboration with external advisors
- Ensure compliance with relevant accounting standards (FRS102 / IFRS) and regulatory requirements
Process Improvement & Transformation
- Own and drive continuous improvement of finance processes across a high-volume SPV environment
- Deliver:
- Standardisation of reporting and controls
- Automation and use of digital tools
- Improved data quality and accessibility
- Enhance scalability of finance processes to support increasing portfolio size and complexity
Stakeholder Management
- Act as senior finance contact for:
- Fund boards and SPV directors
- Lenders, auditors, tax advisors and administrators
- Internal investment, finance and technical teams
- Build strong external relationships and drive accountability across service providers
Commercial & Strategic Contribution
- Provide financial insight to support:
- Asset performance optimisation
- Portfolio-level decision-making
- Contribute to broader strategic initiatives across the platform
Governance Oversight
- Oversee SPV governance frameworks, including:
- Board cycles and reporting requirements
- Policies and procedures across the portfolio
- Ensure consistent, high-quality board materials and compliance with governance standards
Key Requirements
Essential
- Qualified Accountant (ACA, ACCA, CIMA or equivalent)
- 1015+ years experience in infrastructure, asset management or similar environments
- Proven leadership of finance teams in complex, multi-entity / SPV structures
- Strong experience working with outsourced service models
- Deep knowledge of financial reporting standards (FRS102 / IFRS)
- Demonstrated ability to drive process improvement, standardisation and scaling
- Strong stakeholder management and influencing skills
Desirable
- Experience in renewable energy / infrastructure investing
- Experience in finance transformation or operating model design
- Knowledge of financing structures and corporate tax
- Familiarity with data and reporting tools (e.g. Power BI, Python)
Why Join
- Leadership role within a large-scale, growing renewable infrastructure platform
- Opportunity to shape the finance operating model across a complex SPV portfolio
- Combination of technical oversight, team leadership and transformation mandate
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Finance Asset Management Director
Compensation
Not specified
City: London
Country: United Kingdom
**Finance Asset Management Director** at Schroders Greencoat in London oversees financial management of a large renewable SPV portfolio, spanning wind farms, solar parks, and bioenergy facilities. Lead a finance team, drive process optimization, and ensure high-quality reporting across funds and jurisdictions. Collaborate with senior stakeholders, auditors, and tax advisors. Leverage FRS102/IFRS knowledge, process improvement skills, and strong stakeholder management. Requires a qualified accountant with 10-15+ years' experience in infrastructure or asset management. If you're a strategic finance leader seeking to impact renewable energy investment, apply now.
Full Job Description
Location: London, United Kingdom
Finance Asset Management Director Schroders Greencoat
Company Overview
Schroders Greencoat is the renewable infrastructure specialist for Schroders Plc, one of Europes leading independent asset management groups. Schroders Greencoat is a fund manager focused on clean energy infrastructure. The business manages large-scale investments in renewable energy assets, such as wind farms, solar parks, and bioenergy facilities, primarily across the UK, Europe, Asia and the U.S.
Role Overview
A senior leadership role responsible for financial asset management across a large, complex portfolio of renewable SPVs.
- Oversight of hundreds of SPVs across multiple funds and jurisdictions, supported by outsourced administrators and asset managers
- Accountability for financial integrity, governance and reporting quality across the platform
- Leadership of a finance team and ownership of process standardisation, scalability and transformation
- Key finance partner to senior internal stakeholders, fund boards and external counterparties
Key Responsibilities
Leadership & Operating Model
Lead and develop a team of Financial Managers, driving performance, accountability and consistency
Define and implement a scalable finance operating model to support continued portfolio growth
Embed best practice across the function, ensuring standardisation across assets and funds
Portfolio Financial Oversight
- Own financial oversight of a large-scale SPV portfolio, ensuring high-quality, timely reporting across all entities
- Review and challenge outputs from outsourced service providers (administrators / asset managers)
- Oversee delivery of:
- Budgets and forecasts
- Statutory accounts and audits
- Debt and lender reporting
- Maintain strong financial control environment across cash, payments and governance processes
Audit, Tax & Compliance
- Lead audit processes across the portfolio, acting as senior contact with auditors
- Oversee VAT and corporate tax compliance in collaboration with external advisors
- Ensure compliance with relevant accounting standards (FRS102 / IFRS) and regulatory requirements
Process Improvement & Transformation
- Own and drive continuous improvement of finance processes across a high-volume SPV environment
- Deliver:
- Standardisation of reporting and controls
- Automation and use of digital tools
- Improved data quality and accessibility
- Enhance scalability of finance processes to support increasing portfolio size and complexity
Stakeholder Management
- Act as senior finance contact for:
- Fund boards and SPV directors
- Lenders, auditors, tax advisors and administrators
- Internal investment, finance and technical teams
- Build strong external relationships and drive accountability across service providers
Commercial & Strategic Contribution
- Provide financial insight to support:
- Asset performance optimisation
- Portfolio-level decision-making
- Contribute to broader strategic initiatives across the platform
Governance Oversight
- Oversee SPV governance frameworks, including:
- Board cycles and reporting requirements
- Policies and procedures across the portfolio
- Ensure consistent, high-quality board materials and compliance with governance standards
Key Requirements
Essential
- Qualified Accountant (ACA, ACCA, CIMA or equivalent)
- 1015+ years experience in infrastructure, asset management or similar environments
- Proven leadership of finance teams in complex, multi-entity / SPV structures
- Strong experience working with outsourced service models
- Deep knowledge of financial reporting standards (FRS102 / IFRS)
- Demonstrated ability to drive process improvement, standardisation and scaling
- Strong stakeholder management and influencing skills
Desirable
- Experience in renewable energy / infrastructure investing
- Experience in finance transformation or operating model design
- Knowledge of financing structures and corporate tax
- Familiarity with data and reporting tools (e.g. Power BI, Python)
Why Join
- Leadership role within a large-scale, growing renewable infrastructure platform
- Opportunity to shape the finance operating model across a complex SPV portfolio
- Combination of technical oversight, team leadership and transformation mandate
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