Energy Debt Finance Analyst

Job Description

We are Centrica! We’re so much more than an energy company. We’re a family of brands revolutionising a cleaner, greener future. Working here is #MoreThanACareer - we’re powered by purpose. Together we can make an impact that will truly change tomorrow. Whether you’re developing cutting-edge green tech, helping customers on the front line or simplifying operations behind the scenes.

Your work here isn’t just a job – it’s a mission. We all play a vital role in energising a greener, fairer future.

Role Overview

• With continuing high energy bills customer debt within Centrica is an area of high importance, with significant senior management and audit focus.
• Reporting to the Energy Debt Manager, this high-profile role is responsible for the end-to-end accounting processes covering Business Gas Business (BGB) and Centrica’s New Energy Billing Platform (NEP) with a combined valuation of: Trade Receivables (c£3bn); Bad Debt Provision (c£1bn); P&L Bad Debt Charge (c£0.5bn).
• Analysis and communication of P&L, Balance Sheet, Cash and Working Capital results to key stakeholders.
• To be ‘best practice’ leader across Centrica in Financial Control, using automation tools to continually develop processes / analysis required for decision making.

Location - Flexible hybrid working with offices in Windsor / Leicester / Stockport

Role Responsibilities

Responsible for key month end accounting processes, including:

• Provide support to Energy Debt Manager and the Director, Financial Control on all financial accounting and regulatory matters across Energy Supply.
• Consolidation and reporting of the bad debt provision and bad debt charge, including reconciliation of write offs.
• Ownership of the complex debt month end for BGB, liaising closely with the following teams: Business Finance; Finance Systems; Revenue Assurance and Debt Analytics to ensure the variety of inputs into the process are understood and accurately treated.
• Play a key role in the consolidation and reporting of debt within the fast-growing New Energy Platform.
• Opportunity to develop automation skills to enhance debt accounting processes across two business units.
• End-to-end management and delivery of all financial controls relating to BGB and NEP customer debt.
• Ensure all financial processes are robust, well controlled/documented and adapt to the changing needs of the business. This will include working with Risk & Controls team to ensure effectiveness of controls, as well as regular submissions.
• Building close working relationships across Finance teams ensuring alignment in thinking and consistency of presentation.
• External reporting and audit support – taking ownership of the numbers & dealing with related auditor queries, as well as working with the wider Financial Control team to complete half yearly submissions.
• Close contact with offshore General Accounting team to ensure balance sheet reconciliations prepared are robust and complete.
• Ad hoc projects and analysis as required.

About You: Knowledge and Experience

• Preferably Qualified Accountant (ACA, CIMA, ACCA)
• Degree (or equivalent) level education
• Strong Excel skills
• Accomplished in working with and manipulating large amounts of data
• Strong systems skills to preferably include SAP ERP/ISU/Power BI
• Strong analytical skills with ability to communicate complex matters effectively (written & verbal)
• Proven ability of working at a high level of accuracy against tight deadlines
• Excellent interpersonal skills
• Strong organisation and prioritisation skills
• Track record of taking the initiative to deliver improvements and new insight into financial/performance analysis in order to further the businesses success
• Team player who can adapt to changes as they occur

Our people are the beating heart of our business. We are incredibly proud of our commitment to being FlexFirst. From childcare to furry friends, we listened to our people and understood that they work best when they are comfortable and have a flexible working model that suits their individual needs. We embrace the opportunity to give our colleagues a choice to work from anywhere whilst still ensuring they can connect and engage with their teams through office days, employee networks and virtual events.

We have tailored our well-being & benefits package around our employees as follows;

• Competitive salary and bonus potential
• Employee Energy Allowance at 15% of the government price cap
• Pension scheme
• Company Funded Healthcare Plan
• 25 days holiday allowance, plus public holidays, and the option to buy up to 5 additional days
• Excellent range of flexible benefits, including technology vouchers, electric car lease scheme & travel insurance

At Centrica we embrace diversity and actively seek to attract individuals with unique backgrounds and perspectives. To build a more sustainable future, we need the best team – a team with a diverse mix of people and skills, where everyone feels welcome and able to succeed. We are dedicated in helping to close the diversity gap and would love to see more females, people of colour and LGBTQ+ employees, as well as those from a variety of cultures and ethnicity to veterans and the differently abled. Supporting diversity and inclusion is a big part of who we are, we are not looking for people to fit into our culture but to add to it!

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This role is being handled by the Centrica recruitment team and NO agency contact is required.