Management Accountant

Company Profile: candi is a dedicated solar partner for businesses across Asia and Africa. Combining the international capital of our Swiss-based platform with local expertise in these regions, we’re able to provide a unique offering to this underserved sector. In doing so, we aim to have a big social impact, reduce carbon emissions, create jobs, increase energy access, and save money for businesses of all sizes in emerging markets.

Our approach is to take the risk so our partners don’t have to, providing businesses with flexible, end-to-end solar and battery solutions that are built to last. Our shared value model leverages our experience in customisable finance and performance offerings, quality engineering, and data-enabled asset management to help guarantee optimised systems, lowering the barrier to entry and maximising returns. www.candi.solar

Job Summary: The company is looking to recruit an ambitious and energetic junior level professional within the Accounting & Finance team, who will help candi to lead the revolution of solar. Given that candi is taking solar into a new realm with a new set of tools, the role will require creativity, innovation and a new way of thinking. 

Specifically, the job requires taking ownership of the following for the Dutch and Swiss team:

• Monthly vendor invoicing and expense claim booking in Xero / Zoho.
• Daily bank booking for all Dutch entities and Swiss entity.
• Preparing the bi-weekly vendor and employee payments in our banking system.
• Monitoring the invoicing email and Slack channel.
• General ledger administration for some specific Dutch entities.
• Weekly and monthly reconciliation on major accounts.
• Month-end close and balance sheet reconciliations and reporting on variances.
• Financial and management reporting.
• Support in the yearly auditing process.
• Support in budgeting, forecasting and cash management.
• Taxation and VAT submission.
• Update company secretarial and statutory documents.
• Other ad hoc tasks as required.

Location: Hoofddorp – The Netherlands, combined with working from home.

Hours: Part / Full time. 

Job Requirements:

• Minimum: Bachelor’s degree in Accounting & Finance or its equivalent
• Previous work experience is advantageous, but not essential.
• Strong technical, financial and management accounting skills, good communication and reporting skills, good project management and the ability to communicate and interact with a team of people through reporting cycles and change processes.
• Should feel comfortable working in a fast-paced environment
• Being a self-starter with an entrepreneurial spirit is paramount.
• Advance knowledge in Microsoft Excel.
• Strong English both spoken and in writing
• Good grasp of the Dutch language is an advantage but not essential.

Working Culture:

• You agree to live out the candi values every day of your employment: this includes to put empathy before ego, being authentic no matter what, that we work as one and follow the candi principle that less is more
• A dynamic, cross-functional team player, willing to take initiative on projects in the context of a multicultural scale-up trying to execute big, bold ideas.
• Having experience working for an international company, or having studied or worked abroad, is considered a plus.
• You must be open, honest, trustworthy, a strong communicator, and understand that what we get done as a team surpasses what we get done individually.
• candi is an equal opportunities employer.

candi is unique because...

• We focus on helping businesses of all sizes in emerging markets get access to cheap, clean rooftop solar energy.
• We have a strong emphasis on a client-centric & innovation-driven working culture.
• We are an international team where remote working is commonplace, where we trust our team members to actively carve out a role for themselves according to their skillset.

Only qualified candidates will be contacted.