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Senior Financial Accountant, Melbourne
Senior Financial Accountant
We are growing, and we are looking for a self-driven individual responsible for providing financial information to departments on a timely basis to enabling managerial planning and commercial decision making that will ensure future growth and profitability across the ZEN Energy group.
You will be working in a small team of motivated and creative people from ZEN Energy spanning most aspects of an energy business breaking the mold.
Office arrangements are typically flexible requiring independent initiative and good communication habits.
Key Responsibilities and Accountabilities
- Prepare relevant and timely management reports
- Oversee the annual reporting/audit process
- Prepare monthly/quarterly forecast
- Prepare year end statutory accounts
- Provide Strategic accounting advice to the business
- Business partner with the business to achieve monthly budgeted results
- Consolidate monthly financial reports for the Group
- Provide Strategic accounting advice to the business
- Partner with the business to achieve monthly budgeted results
- Work with the business to prepare business cases
- Prepare tax compliance obligations – BAS
- Preparation and lodgment of payroll tax. FBT, R&D and ITR with external Tax advisors
- Prepare monthly consolidated deferred tax accounting entries
- Effective management of cashflow
- Build and maintain a cashflow model
- Work with collections to improve receipting forecast
- Work with Wholesale team to accurately forecast energy payments
- Process monthly payroll journals
- Ensure ZEN is up to date with all payroll compliance
- Submit annual payment reconciliation
- Process improvements as and when required
- Assist with the management and supervision of Finance team
- Work collaboratively with management in identifying, scoping, and delivering key improvements to support key business objectives.
- Assist in the management of AR/AP queries
- Drafting accounting policies as required
- Assist the Financial Controller as required
Above all else, you will be experienced in leading team and applying well developed problem solving skills and have passion and initiative
You’ll have:
- Years’ work experience (10+)
- At least 3 years at as a senior accountant in a large corporation
- Tertiary qualifications in Accounting, Commerce or Finance
- Strong attention to detail and ability to deliver on strict deadlines
- Experience understanding complex problems and able to design innovative solutions
- Ability to multi-task and possess strong commercial acumen
- Excellent oral and written communication skills and the ability to engage relevant internal and external stakeholders
- Staff management
- Membership of Charted Accountants Australia & New Zealand or CPA Australia
You may have
- Energy industry experience
- Financial modelling skills
- Audit background preferred
Want to join our team
If you are ready to be a part of an exciting renewable energy company looking for innovative solutions to produce clean energy and have a passion for making a difference, we want to hear from you.
For more information or to register your interest, please contact Craig Brooks, craig.brooks@zenenergy.com.au
Applications close – Friday 26th November 2021
At ZEN, we welcome applicants from all backgrounds. We embrace diversity in gender, age, ethnicity and culture, faith, sexuality and gender identity, and disability. We are committed to providing a safe environment and we believe in flexibility as a smarter way of working.
Business Analyst, Melbourne
Business Analyst
We are growing, and we are looking for self-driven individuals to help us build the renewable energy business of the future. We are committed to investing in you to give you the skills, knowledge and experience required to grow with the company. You will be joining us at a critical stage with plenty of opportunities to work across multiple core areas of the business and rapidly develop your career during this exciting time of growth.
As a Business Analyst, you will be part of the small innovative team. Office arrangements are typically flexible requiring independent initiative and good communication habits. Current public health restrictions make these attributes even more important.
Key Responsibilities and Accountabilities
- Conduct required business analysis for various project. Business analysis requirements will be quite varied. Some common areas will be:
- Technical options analysis
- Market studies
- Commercial analysis
- Stakeholder analysis
- Extract, synthesize and communicate relevant insights from business analysis conducted
- Develop recommendations for various project related decisions
- Build and maintain Project documentation framework
- Develop standard document templates for various types of analytical tasks in a project
- Generate regular reporting required by internal stakeholders, such as Project teams, Senior Management and Board
- Provision of reporting and ongoing process improvements for internal and external stakeholders, such as Board Reports, Management Accounting Reports
- Prepare reports and/or presentations that document the analysis and/or the research conducted.
You’ll have
- 3 to 5 years’ work experience
- Tertiary qualifications, in a quantitative or technical discipline (but other disciplines would be considered)
- Curiosity, imagination, and a keenness to share your findings
- Industry experience: Experience and understanding of issues relating to the capital projects, with renewable energy-based projects preferred
- Technical abilities: Proficient Excel capabilities
- Communication skills: Ability to engage effectively with relevant internal and external stakeholders, with clear presentation and explanation of complex information
- Passion and initiative, an eye-for-detail, and be outcome driven
- Proven ability to negotiate and think on your feet in tough situations and deliver positive business outcomes and customer experiences
- Strong attention to detail and ability to deliver on strict deadlines
Want to join our team
If you are ready to be a part of an exciting renewable energy company looking for innovative solutions to produce clean energy and have a passion for making a difference, we want to hear from you.
For more information or to register your interest, please contact Ani Chakraborty, ani.chakraborty@sunshotindustries.com.au
Application close –15th October 2021
Customer & Supply Chain Officer, Adelaide
Customer & Supply Chain Officer
We are growing, and we are looking for a self-driven individual responsible for driving strategies to bring additional value to the customer through continual process improvement, efficiency gains and realisation of the benefits delivered from ZEN Energy’s broad suite of products and solutions.
You will be working in a small team of motivated and creative people from ZEN Energy spanning most aspects of an energy business breaking the mold.
Office arrangements are typically flexible requiring independent initiative and good communication habits.
Key Responsibilities & Accountabilities
- Provide an exceptional customer experience over the customer supply chain, from contract signing, product management pricing, availibility and contract renewal,
- Product maintenance. Manage product catalogue, item description, models, compliance, pricing, availability;
- Communicate changes with stakeholders;
- Utilise weekly & monthly reports to keep Vendors aligned with installation pipeline;
- Report to internal stakeholders on any challenges, immediate or forthcoming, that will affect installation ability or capacity.
- Manage pending PO pipeline, raise PO’s, manage sales orders, review sales order for material correctness, recommend switch out products for best delivery, advise order amendment as directed by other stake holders, due to industry standards or changes incurred since time of sale;
- Manage the material delivery of large and complex commercial installs;
- Review logistic models, including local, national and overseas;
- Inventory management;
- Identify areas for improvement and communicate these with the Head of Delivery & Supply Chain.
- Review of existing suppliers, stock capacity, price competitiveness and ethical trading behaviors;
- Regularly review and audit existing supply chain for compliance against contract;
- Engage and review new suppliers and OEMs;
- Liaise with internal stakeholders to enable improved efficiencies and services;
- Generate tenders for the provision of services for ZEN Energy.
- Support the coordination of installation resources and services to meet the needs of ZEN customers;
- Support the completion, upload and submission of customer related documentation, distributor approvals/meter applications and mandatory installation paperwork processing;
- Support the scheduling of activities and generation of field bookings including associated information packs to ZEN contractors.
Above all else, you will be customer focused, have passion and initiative and be able to fit into a dynamic team
You’ll have:
- Qualifications in logistics and/or supply chain is advantageous
- A high level of energy, vitality and customer focused
- A collaborative, warm, easy-going personality
- Passion and initiative, and be outcome driven
- Minimum 3 years experience in a supply chain/procurement/logistics role – essential
- Strong attention to detail and ability to deliver on strict deadlines
- Experience understanding complex problems and able to design innovative solutions
- Ability to multi-task and possess strong commercial acumen
- Excellent oral and written communication skills and the ability to engage relevant internal and external stakeholders
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office and CRM Applications
If you are ready to be a part of an exciting renewable energy company looking for innovative solutions to produce clean energy and have a passion for making a difference, we want to hear from you.
For more information or to register your interest, please contact Craig Brooks, craig.brooks@zenenergy.com.au
Application close – Friday 5th November 2021
At ZEN, we welcome applicants from all backgrounds. We embrace diversity in gender, age, ethnicity and culture, faith, sexuality and gender identity, and disability. We are committed to providing a safe environment and we believe in flexibility as a smarter way of working.
Strategy & Commercial Analyst, Melbourne
Strategy & Commercial Analyst
We are growing, and we are looking for a self-driven individual responsible for conducting business and market analysis, preparing business cases and developing recommendations for various projects or operating models across the ZEN Energy group. You will be working in a small team of motivated and creative people from ZEN Energy spanning most aspects of an energy business breaking the mold. Office arrangements are typically flexible requiring independent initiative and good communication habits.
Key Responsibilities and Accountabilities
Conduct required business analysis for various project. Business analysis requirements will be quite varied. Some common areas will be:
-
- Technical options analysis
- Market studies
- Commercial analysis
- Stakeholder analysis
- Extract, synthesize and communicate relevant insights from business analysis conducted
- Develop recommendations for various project related decision
- Identify potential business opportunities that will help grow ZEN’s profile.
- Coordinate with key internal stakeholders to implement effective and timely communications for projects as required.
- Identify potential business opportunities that will help grow ZEN’s profile.
- Coordinate with key internal stakeholders to implement effective and timely communications for projects as required.
- Write/coordinate and communicate complex ideas for recommendations or business cases
- Generate regular reporting required by internal stakeholders, such as Project teams, Senior Management and Board
- Provision of reporting and ongoing process improvements for internal and external stakeholders, such as Board Reports, Management Accounting Reports
- Build and maintain Project documentation framework
- Develop standard document templates for various types of analytical tasks in a project
- Prepare reports and/or presentations that document the analysis and/or the research conducted
Above all else, you will be experienced in applying well developed problem solving skills, have passion and initiative and be able to fit into a dynamic team
You’ll have:
- Undergraduate degree with outstanding academic record and/or Masters, MBA, PhD
- 3+ years’ experience in business operating models, strategy and business case development
- Proven experience in applying well-developed problem solving skills (quantitative, conceptual)
- Ability to communicate complex ideas effectively, both verbally and in writing
- Curiosity, imagination, and a keenness to share your findings
- Technical abilities: Advanced proficiency in MS Excel
- Communication skills: Ability to engage effectively with relevant internal and external stakeholders, with clear presentation and explanation of complex information
- Passion and initiative, an eye-for-detail, and be outcome driven
- Proven ability to negotiate and think on your feet in tough situations and deliver positive business outcomes and customer experiences
- Strong attention to detail and ability to deliver on strict deadlines
You may have
- Experience in Energy industry (Renewable, Oil & Gas, Mining) is highly regarded.
- Experience and understanding of issues relating to the capital projects, with renewable energy-based projects preferredIf you are ready to be a part of an exciting renewable energy company looking for innovative solutions to produce clean energy and have a passion for making a difference, we want to hear from you. For more information or to register your interest, please contact Craig Brooks, craig.brooks@zenenergy.com.auApplication close – Friday 12th November 2021At ZEN, we welcome applicants from all backgrounds. We embrace diversity in gender, age, ethnicity and culture, faith, sexuality and gender identity, and disability. We are committed to providing a safe environment and we believe in flexibility as a smarter way of working.
Marketing Coordinator, Adelaide
Marketing Coordinator
We are growing, and we are looking for a self-driven individual to assist our marketing team to deliver ZEN’s marketing strategies for our residential & commercial solar & battery installations services along with helping to drive brand awareness in ZEN’s other target markets.
You will be working in a small team of motivated and creative people from ZEN Energy spanning most aspects of an energy business breaking the mold.
Office arrangements are typically flexible requiring independent initiative and good communication habits.
Key Responsibilities and Accountabilities
- Coordinate the design and production of marketing collateral and customer-facing content for the purpose of lead generation for ZEN’s small market segment.
- Identify potential media opportunities that will help grow ZEN’s brand awareness in key target segments.
- Work with our external suppliers to coordinate the filming of customer case studies and any other content required under the ZEN’s content marketing strategy.
- Coordinate with key internal stakeholders to implement effective and timely internal communications as required.
- Write/coordinate and publish blog content for ZEN’s website.
- Compile monthly reports for all Small Market Marketing Activities and assess the effectiveness of the campaigns that have been delivered.
- Compile quarterly customer and enquiry satisfaction reports.
- Coordinate the creation and publication of content for ZEN’s owned marketing channels such as website and EDMs.
- Set up and maintain lead nurturing campaigns using Salesforce Pardot.
- Set up and maintain campaign landing pages and lead generation forms using Salesforce Pardot
- Maintain an up-to-date database of customers and potential customers
- Work with external agency support to manage ZEN’s social media channels and help to create and publish content in line with our brand guide and content strategy.
Above all else, you will be customer focused, have passion and initiative and be able to fit into a dynamic team
You’ll have:
- 2 +Years’ work experience in a marketing related role.
- Tertiary qualification in Marketing or related discipline
- Proven experience in lead generation.
- Entry level understanding of Google Analytics & Tag Manager.
- Proven ability to set up and maintain Facebook and Google Advertising campaigns
- Proven ability to develop and coordinate cross-media advertising campaigns.
- Intermediate experience managing websites using WordPress CMS.
- Passion and initiative, with an eye for detail, with a focus on outcomes
- A high level of energy and vitality
- A collaborative, warm, easy-going personality
- Experience understanding complex problems and able to design innovative solutions.
- Ability to multi-task and proven effective organizational skills.
- Excellent oral and written communication skills and the ability to engage relevant internal and external stakeholders.
- Proven skills using Adobe Creative Suite or equivalent creative tools (highly regarded).
- Experience in using Salesforce and Salesforce Pardot (highly regarded).
- Experience in the energy industry or other technical related industry (highly regarded).
