Finance Asset Management Director

Finance Asset Management Director – Schroders Greencoat

Company Overview

Schroders Greencoat is the renewable infrastructure specialist for Schroders Plc, one of Europe’s 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)
• 10–15+ 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