Financial Analyst

The organisation develops, owns and operates large-scale battery storage assets, and also optimises third-party battery capacity using its own proprietary trading models to create value across trading, balancing and ancillary power markets.

Key Responsibilities

Contract Onboarding & Settlement Setup

• Translate contract economics into documented settlement rules, calendars, data requirements and control checks.
• Maintain the contract register, billing instructions, pricing parameters and contractual deadlines.
• Coordinate the financial onboarding of new contracts with Trading, Data, Technology, Legal and Finance colleagues.
• Test settlement logic ahead of go-live and document all manual adjustments and exceptions.

Settlement Production

• Produce periodic settlement calculations using operational, metering and market data.
• Reconcile source data, contractual formulas, settlement outputs, invoices, accounting revenue and cash receipts.
• Investigate discrepancies and keep a clear exception and resolution log.
• Calculate and document monthly revenue accruals and provisions for the Finance Director and accounting team.

Billing & Receivables

• Prepare customer invoices and supporting statements in line with contractual deadlines.
• Monitor accounts receivable, expected payment dates and overdue balances.
• Coordinate operational queries and provide factual input for disputes, escalating contractual interpretation and financial exposure to the Finance Director.
• Maintain a forward-looking forecast of aggregation cash receipts.

Automation & Data Quality

• Act as operational product owner for settlement tooling and automation.
• Define business requirements, acceptance criteria, control points and exception workflows together with Data and Technology.
• Prioritise automation initiatives based on volume, risk and manual effort, with sign-off from the Finance Director.
• Monitor data completeness and lineage, ensuring calculations stay reproducible and auditable.

Reporting & Controls

• Supply revenue, accrual, receivables and cash-collection inputs for monthly closing, forecasts and Board reporting.
• Prepare the settlement and revenue-risk review, with clear metrics and open issues.
• Maintain procedures, evidence and control documentation for every material contract.
• Support audits and counterparty reconciliations relating to settlement and revenue.

Candidate Profile

• Two to five years of experience in energy settlement, back office, revenue operations, trading operations, billing, controlling or another data-intensive finance role.
• Strong numerical ability and advanced Excel or equivalent analytical skills; experience with SQL, Python or BI tools is a strong plus.
• Able to read contracts and translate commercial terms into repeatable calculations and controls.
• Familiarity with European electricity markets, balancing, flexibility or battery storage is preferred.
• Fluent in the local working language plus professional-level English.
• Highly rigorous and process-minded, comfortable challenging inconsistent data.