Finance Asset Management Director

Finance Asset Management Director - Schroders Greencoat Role Overview

A senior leadership role responsible for financial asset management across a large, complex portfolio of renewable SPVs.

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.

• 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

• 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.
• 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.