Job Description

Join a dynamic and growing finance team at EPUKI. We're looking for a motivated and detail-oriented Assistant Finance Accountant to join our Leeds office on a permanent basis.



In this key role, you'll play an integral part in supporting the GB finance team, working across a variety of accounting activities -- from compiling, consolidating, and analysing financial data to ensuring the integrity of our accounting records. You'll take ownership of core day-to-day finance processes, including journal postings, cost allocations, month-end reconciliations, and variance analysis, while also contributing to group reporting and balance sheet reconciliation at month end.



This is a fantastic opportunity to grow your finance career within an established, forward-thinking energy business that values accuracy, collaboration, and professional development.
Key Responsibilities


Reporting to the Senior Finance Manager - GB Gas, the key duties and responsibilities will be:

General Accounting

Preparing GB site specific journals, calculating and maintaining prepayments and accruals, relevant provisions etc. Calculating and agreeing intercompany balances and settlement. Assisting in the preparation of management accounts, through provision of variance analysis for specifically assigned areas. Supporting the GB Finance Managers on any required analysis including prior month cost and revenue impacts, and deep dives to understand the underlying position. Preparing assigned balance sheet recs, ensuring accurate and timely completion.

Forecasting / Budgeting

Supporting the GB Finance Managers in establishing budgets for specific cost areas as well as associated reporting and presentation. Supporting on budget and forecast uploads.

Other reporting

Supporting on the preparation of monthly, quarterly and half yearly group reporting submissions, including responding to queries from EPH. Supporting cost centre reporting/business partnering and budgeting of costs for the GB assets. Preparing external submissions in an accurate and timely manner, including ONS surveys, climate change levy, landfill tax, for review by the GB Finance Managers. Supporting the GB Finance Managers on ad-hoc data requests, collating data, outage planning etc. Assisting with the year-end audit, providing analysis, supporting evidence and explanations as required. Preparing the GB financial KPIs as required for review by the GB Reporting Manager. Assisting transactional team with invoicing queries, allocation of payments and setting up direct debits/standing orders. Skills, Knowledge and Expertise

Background

Excellent excel skills and ability to understand complex models and analysis - essential*.
Confident in analysing large volumes of data - essential*.
Basic understanding of UK taxation - essential*.
Enthusiastic about developing skills and progressing within a dynamic organisation - essential*.
Knowledge and application of accounting standards - desirable*.
SAP system knowledge - desirable.*
Experience of working in a similar role - desirable*.
Experience of working in an energy, manufacturing or production focussed environment - desirable*.

Behaviours

Effective time management organised and the ability to prioritise tasks - essential*.
Effective communicator and good at building relationships - essential*.
Strong team collaborator with a positive, supportive attitude and a willingness to help others - essential*.

Qualifications

Qualified to degree level or equivalent - essential.*
Part qualified accountant (ACA/ACCA/CIMA) or a graduate with strong academic record looking to pursue professional qualification. About EP UK Investments Ltd


EPUK Investments Ltd (EPUKI) is the UK division of Energeticky a pr?myslovy holding (EPH), a leading energy group of over 70 companies that owns and operates assets across Europe. EPH group employs circa 24,000 people internationally, owns EUR30.5bn of assets, generating EUR37.1bn of revenue and an EBITDA of EUR4.3bn.

EPUKI was established in 2015 as the strategic platform for expanding the EPH group into the UK energy market. Since launching, EPUKI has made several acquisitions and developed a number of new opportunities and now owns multiple renewable and flexible power generating assets in the UK and Ireland.

EPUKI has grown rapidly to revenues ~3.5bn and EBITDA ~300m. We pride ourselves on an entrepreneurial culture and flat leadership structure where individuals (wherever they are in the organisation) can make a real impact on our business.

Our aim is to enable the UK and Ireland low carbon transition through provision of flexible and reliable energy supply. To achieve this, we will:

develop, construct and acquire the right assets to support the transformation of the energy system; invest in our people and our assets to best respond to the changing needs of our sector; continuously challenge ourselves to identify opportunities, build our knowledge and develop innovative solutions.



EPUKI is one of the largest independent generators in the UK and Ireland, with an asset base that covers multiple technologies and a range of revenue streams; these include fully merchant baseload and peaking plant and index traded baseload plants, providing a range of system services across the energy and balancing spectrum.

Despite its significant market presence, EPUKI has a flat structure with fast paced decision-making ability enabling better optimisation of market positions. The market continues to evolve and develop as the UK and Irish governments drive towards Net Zero with increasing challenges of renewables penetration, introduction of hydrogen and other new technologies.