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Akuo

Global agrivoltaic solar energy provider

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Corporate Finance & FP&AConfirmed live in the last 24 hours
Full-timeSaint Pierre, Réunion

About the Job

Requirements

  • At least five years of experience in management control, financial control, or corporate finance.
  • Confirmed experience in analytical management control is mandatory.
  • A background beginning in accounting is acceptable if followed by significant progression into management control.
  • Ability to work in environments that are not fully industrialized, are undergoing transformation, and have a strong operational dimension.
  • Excellent Excel skills, including pivot tables, VLOOKUP, structuring, and analysis of large data volumes.
  • Good understanding of ERP systems and ability to navigate an integrated system to extract, reconcile, and analyze data.
  • Familiarity with data and querying tools and ability to use existing data extracts or queries, such as Power BI.
  • Strong fundamentals in management control, including budgeting, forecasting, variance analysis, reading financial statements, and clearly presenting analyses.
  • Accounting knowledge sufficient to communicate effectively with stakeholders and understand accounting-related issues.
  • Autonomy, rigor, organizational skills, analytical thinking, attention to detail, adaptability, problem-solving resourcefulness, and ability to work in matrix organizations with many internal interfaces.

Responsibilities

  • Monitor the finances of two local operating holding companies and the services provided by these entities.
  • Produce and analyze monthly reports.
  • Compare actual performance with budgets, forecasts, and historical results.
  • Analyze variances, identify anomalies, and propose appropriate corrective actions.
  • Contribute to the reliability of management data and continuous improvement of indicators, reporting, and management tools.
  • Track external expenses related to projects in development.
  • Verify that costs are correctly allocated analytically in the accounting system.
  • Check expenses against annual and multi-year budgets and commitment authorizations.
  • Produce regular reporting of development costs by project.
  • Clarify the economic performance of the projects being monitored.
  • Prepare analyses that explain business performance.
  • Identify significant variances and investigate them down to the relevant documents or transactions when necessary.
  • Help operational teams understand financial figures and economic issues.
  • Coordinate with accounting and tax teams and relevant internal group stakeholders.
  • Work closely with project development teams in Réunion, local maintenance and operations teams, maintenance supervision teams, regional asset controllers, finance and tax teams, SSO, and external accounting and tax partners.

Desired Qualifications

  • Knowledge of the local tax environment, including French overseas departments and territories.
  • Ability to build queries independently in a tool such as Power BI.
  • Knowledge of the renewable energy sector.

About the Company

Akuo

Global agrivoltaic solar energy provider

Akuo Energy is a global renewable energy company that combines solar power with agricultural practices, using agrivoltaics to generate electricity while supporting farming. It operates in over 20 countries, serving communities, governments, and businesses with solar installations complemented by advanced battery storage for energy self-sufficiency and reliability. Its approach blends geographical diversification with agrivoltaics and storage to link renewable energy with local agriculture and economic activity. Its goal is to accelerate regional deployment of renewable energy, promote organic farming, create jobs, and improve energy independence worldwide.

Company size
501-1,000
Company stage
Debt Financing
Total funding
$213.4M
Headquarters
Paris, France
Founded
2007

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