Debt Finance Analyst

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Energy Debt Finance Analyst

Salary £55000

Job Description

Duration: temp to perm

Location: Flex/Remote working with occasional monthly visits to one of the offices in Windsor, Leicester, or Stockport.

Energy Debt Finance Analyst

KEY for this role

Month End

Attention to detail stakeholder management.

Analysis Data

SAP ERP

ACA QUALIFIED

Used billing systems.

Financial reporting

Worked on projects.

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 the business and the 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.

• 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

Candidates will ideally show evidence of the above in their CV to be considered. Please be advised if you haven't heard from us within 48 hours then unfortunately your application has not been successful on this occasion, we may however keep your details on file for any suitable future vacancies and contact you accordingly. Pontoon is an employment consultancy and operates as an equal opportunity's employer