Job description
This is an exciting opportunity to take part in the transformation of Ecotricity’s finance function. Compliance is at the heart of what we do at Ecotricity. In a period of increased regulatory requirements in the industry, we are seeking an individual to help provide financial information and KPIs as requested by the regulatory bodies, including Ofgem and ESNZ. We’re seeking an individual who is able to work largely autonomously within the team to obtain and analyse the financial data to produce high quality information with consistency and repeatability.
- Responsibility for the compilation of regulator submissions, including the quarterly Ofgem RFI - financial stress tests
- Taking a data led approach to obtaining and analysing high volumes of data to produce meaningful output
- Provision of financial and non financial KPIs as requested on an ad hoc basis
- Compliance with all regulatory requests within the deadlines set
General Responsibilities
- Ensure all finance data provided to the business is consistent
- Understanding of key business drivers
- Performing ad-hoc analysis as required by members of the finance team
Essential Skills & Expertise
- Qualified Accountant from a recognised accounting body (ACA/ACCA/CIMA etc)
- Experience working with large data sets from a variety of sources
- Financial Analytical skills including financial modelling for P&L, balance sheet and cashflow
Desirable (but not essential) Skills & Expertise
- Advance SQL (Microsoft and Databricks)
- Utilities sector experience
- Workday experience
- Advanced Excel (Power Query/Power Pivots)
- Microsoft Power BI
Key Behaviours/Competencies
- Understanding the business
- You will have a strong understanding of the business.
- You will have a questioning mind, not accepting of answers at face value, you will seek to obtain corroborating evidence for information received.
- Making complex decisions – You will demonstrate abilities to manage high quantities of data, to make good and timely decisions.
- Financial acumen – You will have exceptional financial analytical skills. Being able to interpret financial data to calculate the appropriate financial position.
- Building collaborative relationships
- You will have the ability to hold strong relationships with other members of the business including senior financial analyst, finance team leaders, finance business partners, and other key contacts in the business
- Performance & Results oriented
- You will have a ‘can do’ attitude. Demonstrating persistence to work through complex problems independently.
- You will have flexibility to deal with different finance issues across broad spectrum of tasks
- You will hold yourself and others accountable to consistently achieve results.
What's in it for you...
Healthcare plan, life assurance and generous pension contribution
Volunteering day
Hybrid working
Various company discounts (including shops, days out and events)
Holiday of 25 days (plus bank holidays) & ability to buy/sell days
Cycle to work scheme, car pooling and onsite parking available
As a valued member of the team you will be supporting the Group Environmental policy and its associated targets to make the Green Britain Group net carbon neutral by 2025
Flexibility statement
The fast moving nature of the company's business means that from time to time you may be asked to perform duties or tasks outside of your original job description on an ad hoc basis. This allows the company to use it's people in the best possible way at all times and helps the employees to make make their contribution in a changing environment.
Ecotricity is Britain's greenest energy company. When we started back in 1995, we were the first company in the world to provide a new kind of electricity- the green kind.
Our mission was, and remains, to change the way energy is made and used in Britain- by replacing fossil fuels with clean, renewable energy.
We don't just supply green energy, we use the money from our customers' bills to make it ourselves too- we build windmills and sun parks in Britain. We call this 'bills in to mills'. In 2021, we started work on building two new solar parks, and now, in 2022, we're bringing geothermal energy to our customers' fuel mix, a first in the UK. We're also developing green gas mills which will generate 100% green gas from a source that we will never run out of- grass.
We don't just focus on energy though- we built Electric Highways, Britain's leading network of electric vehicle charging points, we helped Forest Green Rovers become the greenest football club in the world, and, in partnership with RSPB, we launched Britain's greenest mobile phone service, Ecotalk + RSPB.
Ecotricity is an equal opportunities employer and is committed to providing equality for all.