Location - flexible

We launched in 2009 with a mission to change energy for the better. Since then, we’ve welcomed over a million members, planted a million trees, and set our sights on helping save the planet.

As a Group, we’re working to become a net zero carbon business by 2030, while helping our OVO Energy members halve their carbon footprints at the same time. 

Green energy and technology are great tools to fight the climate crisis with. But it’s people power that will rewrite history.  

So we’re building a zero carbon team inside and out. Of people who share our values, feel inspired by our mission, and want to make change happen. When you work for OVO, it’s not just a job. It’s the work of a lifetime. And we want the sharpest minds to help. 

Up for the challenge?

Where in the world of OVO will I be working? 

This role will be a key member of the Accounting & Reporting team, and will report into the Bad Debt Accounting & Reporting Manager. You will help to ensure that we have a consistent, accurate and on-time approach to bad debt reporting, and will support both the Finance team and the wider business in understanding the impact of debt and bad debt on the business. You will be a big part of the transition to a One Finance approach to bad debt reporting and will help to ensure that we build great processes which support the future of the business. 

The Finance Team’s objectives are:

• Get the Basics Right: Pursue opportunities to drive synergies, economies of scale and service delivery improvement through centralisation of common activities across the businesses. Drive better processes and governance to create a culture of personal responsibility over spend 
• Drive Simplicity: Develop and implement a single Finance Operating Model to aid the simplification and harmonisation of activities and processes. Drive informed investment decisions, performance and capital allocations across the group
• Deliver Plan Zero: Create lean and effective organisations with renewed focus on talent investment to empower people considering development and career potential 

What will I be doing?

In this role you will be responsible for:

• Debt & Bad Debt Provisioning, helping to understand the debt books across the OVO Energy brands, how operational activity impacts debt, and crucially the risk profile associated with different types of debtors and how internal and external information can be used in provisioning for bad debt.
• Month End Reporting, taking responsibility for making sure journals are calculated and posted correctly at the month end Undertaking reconciliations across the relevant parts of the balance sheet and P&L account to ensure that the numbers are well understood, accurate and credible.
• Communicating with clarity, helping to create insightful month end packs to deliver key messages to senior leaders from across the business.
• Transformation & Simplification, supporting simplification and the transition to a One Finance model for managing debt and bad debt.
• Work with the wider finance team to integrate financial reporting, driving efficiency through standardisation and automation

Is this the job for me? 

• A qualified accountant (ACA, CIMA or ACCA) with at least 2 years PQE
• Team player - good open communicator and collaborator - keeps colleagues up-to-date, shares and learns without prompting
• Diligent with a preference for attention to detail, and be willing to dig and investigate at depth to resolve problems
• Skilled in both Excel and Sheets and comfortable working with complex financial models which consume data from multiple sources
• Experience working with ERP systems, preferably Workday
• Confident generating reports from Big Query and working with complex data
• Comfortable working in a rapidly changing environment 
• A proactive and inquisitive approach demonstrating initiative
• Being creative and solution orientated driving value creation through simplification
• Challenge ways of working and drive to best practice
• A desire to continually seek out improvements in all areas of the role

From us you’ll get*

• An annual discretionary bonus
• 4% of your salary to spend on flexible lifestyle benefits
• 5% matched employer contribution to your pension
• 25 days holiday + 1 for your birthday
• And many more... 

(*) Please note that certain benefits kick-in once you have passed probation which can be up to 6 months after your start date.

We want the best people 

At OVO, we empower our people to have choice around where and when they work - flexible working arrangements can be discussed for all of our roles. Please speak to the Talent Acquisition team for more info.

We’re keen to meet people with varied backgrounds - our view is the more inclusive we are, the better our work will be. We want to build teams which represent a variety of experiences, perspectives and skills, and we recognise talent on the basis of merit and potential.

We understand some people may not apply for jobs unless they tick every box. If you're excited about joining us and think you have much of what we're looking for, even if you're not 100% sure… we'd love to hear from you.

Learn more about working in the OVO family of companies on our careers page and Glassdoor. We’re also delighted to have received a Top Employers certificate in 2018, 2019 and 2020!