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About the Role

This role involves collaborating with stakeholders to develop compelling insights and presentations that influence decision-making towards value creation. You will provide pragmatic problem-solving, act as a finance thought leader, and challenge the business on course correction. The role requires forward-thinking to anticipate and plan for changes in financial outlooks, self-sufficiency in making judgment calls, and understanding the competitive landscape to apply a financial lens to strategic decisions.

Responsibilities

Partner with C-suite and LTs providing financial insight and challenge into strategic and tactical decisions and past business performance.
Maintain a monthly cadence for an outlook, integrating R&Os to ensure a "no surprises" environment for the LT.
Connect with Forecast & Planning, People & Procurement teams for full, well-rounded reviews.
Advise the business on course correction if actual costs stray from budget.
Work with the OVO leadership team to devise plans to converge back to budget.
Lead the Monthly Business Review (MBR) process, presenting financial performance, outlooks, and strategic recommendations to the C-suite and LT.
Support the C-suite and LT in tracking and aligning their financial outlooks against OKRs.
Collaborate with senior business leaders to prepare analysis to support and constructively challenge financial decision making.
Contribute to the financial annual budgeting process, working between the Business and FP&A to ensure robust financial plans.
Work with the people partnering team on production and delivery of company-wide resource plans.
Develop 3-5 year forecasts with business leaders through annual medium-term strategic outlook processes.
Support business leaders in developing industry-leading team structures for best-in-class operational leverage.
Identify and devise opportunities for cost base improvements.
Present cost improvement opportunities to the finance leadership team and the OVO leadership team.
Own and manage the investment appraisal process, including business casing, pre-investment appraisal, and post-investment reviews.
Set return on investment hurdles and ensure cost governance over material projects.
Maintain governance over incremental spend and investment asks originating from LT.
Represent the finance team in regular conversations with the business.
Liaise with specialist areas of the finance team on matters arising from the business.
Update the finance leadership team on matters impacting the finance team.
Strive to improve business and finance processes for better insight and focus on value-adding activities.

Requirements

Finance professional with experience of solving business issues of similar scale and complexity.
Ability to interpret and assimilate multiple data sources to provide meaningful insight and appropriate recommendations and clear actions.
Ability to effectively communicate financial performance to operational colleagues to embed financial understanding within the business.
Ability to influence strategy and translate this into actionable programmes, opportunities or activities that result in improved profitability or risk mitigation.
Able to manage multiple complex projects/processes simultaneously.
Commercially focused on the ability to make fair returns from customers.
Unfortunately we are unable to offer sponsorship for this role.

Skills

Communication
Organisation
Resilience
Financial insight
Presentation skills
Problem solving
Financial planning
Budgeting
Investment appraisal
Cost governance
Strategic decision making

Location

Bristol
London

Work Type

Fixed Term Contract
Hub based (office at least once a week)
Travel between hubs expected

Experience Level

Mid-level

Salary/Compensations

£60,000 - £80,000
On-target bonus of 15%

Benefits

9% Flex Pay (4% auto-enrolled into pension, 5% flexible)
34 days of holiday (including bank holidays)
Healthcare cash plan or private medical insurance
Critical illness cover
Life assurance
Health assessments
Gym membership
Travel insurance
Workplace ISA
Will writing services
Dental insurance
Extra holiday buying
Discount dining
Home & tech loans
Give-as-you-earn donations
Up to £400 towards any OVO Energy plan
Discounts on solar, smart thermostats and EV chargers
Ultra-low emission car leasing
Cycle to work scheme
Public transport season ticket loans
Belonging Networks

About the Company

OVO is on a mission to solve one of humanity's biggest challenges, the climate crisis.
Everyone belongs at OVO.
Teamworking for the planet.
Everything we do here spins around Plan Zero and every role we’re hiring plays their own part in our mission.

Equal Opportunity

We'd be thrilled if you tick off all our boxes, yet we also believe it’s just as important we tick off all of yours.
If you think you have most of what we’re looking for but not every single thing, go ahead and hit apply. We’d still love to hear from you!
If you have any additional requirements, there’s a space to let us know on the application form; we want to make the process as easy and comfortable for you as possible.