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We embrace flat hierarchies and an open, agile culture that fosters innovation, flexibility, and creativity.
We don’t hang our personalities up with our coats and nor should you. At Octopus, we hire great people who get stuff done, all whilst being themselves.
We are looking for a Finance Analyst to join our Strategic Finance team to support the exponential growth of our business in the UK and internationally.
You will play a key role in supporting the financial planning and analysis (FP&A) efforts across various segments of the Octopus Energy Group. You will work on building and managing financial models, preparing financial reports, and assisting in strategic decision-making processes.
This role will give you exposure to complex financial models and performance, including capital structure management, board and investor engagement, and financial reporting.
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What you'll do...- Lead on the development and maintenance of near-term and long-term financial models across the Group, assimilating entity-level models spanning four business units, two dozen-plus entities and over a dozen active country presences into Group-level outputs.
- Coordinate annual budget preparation across the strategic finance team and broader entity finance throughout the Group.
- Support the CFO to identify and manage economic trade-offs across the business (growth, returns, liquidity) through capital allocation process, including evaluating impact of new lines of business (products, services) and other investments.
- Provision of financial outlooks for the business at month end and some elements of month end reporting and analysis, including strategic overlay; support Group CFO with investor relations Q&A preparation.
- Curate monthly financial, quarterly strategic board packs and other strategic material for the Group, including ad hoc investor relations requests.
- Help manage monthly and ad hoc Group guarantees and capital allocation processes to subsidiaries and evaluate business cases for new requests/investments.
- Support debt and equity funding and other projects that affect capital structure / allocation and financial risk, including work streams such as information memorandum preparation and due diligence. Help prepare financial reports and assist in lender Q&A to support ongoing bank relationships.
What you'll need...- Experience or knowledge in financial planning and analysis (FP&A), including building and maintaining financial models.
- Familiarity with financial reporting and month-end processes (accounting degree not required).
- Strong analytical skills with the ability to manage and interpret complex data.
- Experience or exposure to board and investor reporting and financial presentations.
- Knowledge of capital structure and fundraising processes is a plus.
- Ability to work effectively in a fast-paced, dynamic environment.
- Strong communication skills, both written and verbal, with attention to deta
Why else you'll love it here- Wondering what the salary for this role is? Just ask us! On a call with one of our recruiters it's something we always cover as we genuinely want to match your experience with the correct salary. The reason why we don't advertise is because we honestly have a degree of flexibility and would never want salary to be a reason why someone doesn't apply to Octopus - what's more important to us is finding the right octofit!
- Octopus Energy Group is a unique culture. An organisation where people learn, decide, and build quicker. Where people work with autonomy, alongside a wide range of amazing co-owners, on projects that break new ground. We want your hard work to be rewarded with perks you actually care about! We won best company to work for in 2022, on Glassdoor we were voted 50 best places to work in 2022 and our Group CEO, Greg has recorded a podcast about our culture and how we empower our people. We’ve also been placed in the top 10 companies for senior leadership and most recently The Sunday Times, Best Places To Work 2023
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