Finance Data Analyst

TL;DR

Finance Data Analyst: Understanding, validating, and controlling the company's cost base with an accent on building robust cost accrual models and automating invoice entry. Focus on reconciling and validating cost base reporting, identifying risks and opportunities, and rolling out cost validation solutions globally.

Location: Hybrid, based in London, UK

hirify.global is the largest energy supplier in the UK, building technology to serve millions of customers and handle billions in transactions, and is at the forefront of the net zero transition.

What you will do

• Become a subject matter expert in the UK cost base, including validation and settlement processes.
• Partner with teams (Operations, Accounts payable) to understand costs and integrate this into validation and accrual processes.
• Build a robust cost accrual model with Finance and Gross Margin teams to reconcile and validate cost base reporting.
• Identify, report, and analyze associated risks and opportunities on a monthly basis.
• Build pipelines to automate invoice entry into Netsuite from external systems and establish invoice validation processes.
• Collaborate with Global Retail teams to roll out cost validation solutions worldwide.

Requirements

• 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 to make sense of data and discover trends.
• Great communication skills to clearly articulate complex technical information to non-technical colleagues.
• Work format: Hybrid in London, UK

Nice to have

• Experience working in the energy industry or with settlement information.
• Ability to code in Python.
• Experience with building dashboards (e.g., in Databricks or Streamlit).
• Experience in modern data development, using modeling tools such as dbt, Lakehouses such as Databricks, and collaborative codebases such as git.

Culture & Benefits

• Unique culture where people learn, decide, and build quickly with autonomy.
• Recognized as the UK's top company to work for and ranked in the top ten in the Sunday Times Best Places to Work 2024.
• Access to a UK perks hub and employee benefits.
• Commitment to providing equal opportunities, an inclusive work environment, and fairness for everyone.