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About the Role
Join our global team dedicated to sustainability and green tech, where energy is good for the planet and your soul. We embrace flat hierarchies and an open, agile culture that fosters innovation, flexibility, and creativity. 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 building and managing financial models, preparing financial reports, and assist 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.
Responsibilities
- Lead 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, effectively summarize and convey monthly financial and other strategic material for the Group, including ad hoc investor relations requests and quarterly board content.
- 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.
- Help manage monthly and ad hoc Group guarantees, LC issuance and capital allocation processes to subsidiaries and evaluate business cases for new requests/investments.
Requirements
- 2+ years of experience or knowledge in financial planning and analysis (FP&A) and / or corporate finance, including building and maintaining financial models
- 3-statement financial modelling (P&L, Balance Sheet, Cash Flow interconnections) and epic Excel skills
- 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
- The ability to summarise and present effectively to senior internal and external stakeholders financial and strategic information about the group or parts of it
- Ability to work effectively in a fast-paced, dynamic environment
Skills
- Financial planning and analysis (FP&A)
- Corporate finance
- Financial modelling
- 3-statement financial modelling
- Excel
- Financial reporting
- Month-end processes
- Analytical skills
- Data interpretation
- Board reporting
- Investor reporting
- Financial presentations
- Summarization
- Presentation skills
- Capital structure
- Fundraising processes
Experience Level
- 2+ years
Salary/Compensations
- Salary is flexible and discussed during the recruitment process.
Benefits
- Octopus Energy Group offers a unique culture where people learn, decide, and build quicker.
- Work with autonomy alongside a wide range of amazing co-owners on projects that break new ground.
- Hard work is rewarded with perks.
- Named the UK's top company to work for in 2025.
- Ranked in the top ten in the Sunday Times Best Places to Work 2026.
- Group CEO podcast about culture and empowerment.
- Placed in the top 10 companies for senior leadership.
- Access to UK perks hub - Octopus Employee Benefits.
- Support throughout the application process.
- Flexibility in the application process timeline.
- Support for specific accommodations during the interview process.
About the Company
- Octopus Energy is all about clean, green energy with transparent pricing and a relentless commitment to customer experience.
- We embrace flat hierarchies and an open, agile culture that fosters innovation, flexibility, and creativity.
- We hire great people who get stuff done, all whilst being themselves.
- 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!
Equal Opportunity
- As an equal opportunity employer, we do not discriminate on the basis of any protected attribute.
- Our commitment is to provide equal opportunities, an inclusive work environment, and fairness for everyone.
- Whoever you are, if you like one of our jobs, we encourage you to apply as you might just be the candidate we hire.
- Across Octopus, we're looking for genuinely decent people who are honest and empathetic.
- Our people are our strongest asset and the unique skills and perspectives people bring to the team are the driving force of our success.