Accounts Payable

ABOUT ZENOBE

Our mission is to make clean power accessible. We are passionate about making a positive impact on communities and the environment where we work.

We’re designing, financing, building and operating the world’s most sophisticated battery systems to enable the take up of more renewable power, electrifying fleets for cleaner air, and providing clean, portable power including repurposed electric vehicle batteries. Our proprietary software and data analysis optimises operational performance for our customers to reduce emissions and costs.

Since we began in 2017, we’ve raised over £2.7 billion in debt and equity funding and transformed it into >1.2GW of grid-connected batteries live or under contract and c.3,400 electric vehicles supported. We have operations in the UK, Europe, Australia, New Zealand, and the US and Canada, with a global headquarters in London.

We’re the leading owner and operator of battery storage in the UK, supporting the National Grid with the uptake of renewable power. We also work with c.90% of the UK's major bus companies, powering 25% of the UK e-bus market. We’re also the number one owner and operator of e-buses in Australia and New Zealand, and are quickly expanding into light commercial vehicles and trucks.

Our rapidly growing company is looking for highly talented and motivated people to join us.

THE OPPORTUNITY

Following Zenobe’s rapid growth story, an exciting opportunity has arisen in our Finance team. Finance is at the core of all Zenobe’s activities so this is a great first role to gain unrivalled business exposure in one of the UK’s most highly capitalised scale ups.

The successful candidate will report into the Accounts Payable and Receivable Manager, and will have a range of responsibilities in Zenobe’s ‘Engine Room’ assisting with both accounts payable and accounts receivable functions. The candidate will be exposed to both internal and external stakeholders. Given the ever-changing nature of Zenobe due to its rapid growth, the successful candidate will need to be both proactive and adaptable to thrive in the business.

A TASTE OF THE DAY TO DAY

• Working with our suppliers across our more than 50 group companies to make sure we process our invoices according to company policy and pay our bills on time. Work closely with the business development teams to on-board new suppliers and with the teams delivering and operating our assets.

• Support the timely recording and release of our sales invoices, ensuring they reflect the reality of underlying contracts and are released in accordance with commercial team expectations. Support ad-hoc invoicing as required, particular for our construction projects.

• Support the AR Manager with credit control, chasing overdue invoices. Build good relationships with the Accounts Payable teams of our customers to head off issues before they arise.

• Supplier statement reconciliations and Payables Ledger maintenance.

• Working directly with the Accounts Payable Manager and wider Finance Team to assist with the monthly close process, including managing accruals.

• Analysis and review of payables data to help decision making, and receivables data to ensure timely cash collection from customers.

• Preparation of weekly payments runs, ensuring this is reviewed and payments are accurate and made in a timely manner.

• Assist with administering payment related tax – Construction Industry Scheme and Value Added Tax in particular.

• Assist with auditing expense claims that are submitted to ensure they are in line with company policy

• Providing real time financial information to various internal and external stakeholders to support global projects. In particular, supporting the effort of the finance team to increase automation within the AP and AR…