Finance Data Analyst

• Become a subject matter expert in our cost base in the UK, including how these costs are validated and settled. Partner with teams across the business to understand how costs work and build this understanding into our validation and accrual process
• Work with Finance and Gross Margin teams to build a robust cost accrual model to reconcile and validate our cost base reporting, and identify, report and analyse any associated risks and opportunities on monthly basis
• Build pipelines to automate the entry of invoices into Netsuite from external systems, and partner with teams across the business to build a process for invoice validation
• Work with our Global Retail teams to roll out cost validation solutions globally

This role helps Octopus Energy understand, validate, and control their cost base as they grow, supporting their position at the forefront of the net zero transition.

• Fully or part qualified and actively studying towards an accounting qualification (CIMA, ACCA, ACA or equivalent)
• Strong SQL and Excel knowledge
• Experience working in management accounts and an understanding of month end accounting, accruals and finance systems (e.g. Netsuite)
• Highly data literate and numerate, with great attention to detail - able to make sense of lots of data, discover trends and patterns
• Great communicator - can clearly articulate complex technical information to non technical colleagues

Salary is flexible and discussed during recruitment calls. Octopus Energy Group has a unique culture where people learn, decide, and build quicker, with autonomy and amazing co-owners. They were recently named the UK's top company to work for and ranked in the top ten in the Sunday Times Best Places to Work 2024. Visit their UK perks hub for more details.

Octopus Energy is the largest energy supplier in the UK, having started 10 years ago, and is at the forefront of the net zero transition with technology to serve millions of energy customers.