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EDF Energy is a British integrated energy company with operations spanning electricity generation and the sale of natural gas and electricity to homes and businesses throughout the United Kingdom.
(more about EDF Energy)Senior Analyst - Financial Accounting Services
Career Area:
Finance, Trading & Risk
Senior Analyst – Financial Accounting Services
Join the Financial Accounting Services team where you will have the opportunity to contribute to the success of the function by supporting change and striving to achieve high levels of customer satisfaction.
The Opportunity
The Finance Shared Services (FSS) organisation is integral to the development and success of the wider Finance function and delivers a wide range of services to the business including Financial Accounting Services, Accounts Payable, Purchasing and Systems Support.
The role of a Senior Analyst within the Financial Accounting Services team is to support and lead on delivering a comprehensive range of financial accounting services to all business units. This will involve leading and supporting the transition of activity from other business units into FSS and from our team onshore to our partners offshore. The team is focused on delivering high quality services and driving efficiency into our operations ensuring all processes and systems are standardised, effective and located correctly.
Pay, benefits and culture
Alongside a competitive salary and a market-leading pension scheme, we offer a range of flexible benefits to support our people across all aspects of their lives.
Your rewards package includes a choice of benefits, such as electric vehicle leasing, enhanced parental leave, health insurance, discounts, and employee pricing.
Flexible working means you can work from home (if you wish) and we’ll provide a suite of IT equipment to ensure that you can work remotely comfortably and effectively. The Financial Accounting Services team travel to our Glasgow office once a week. You will also be required to travel to the office more frequently for the initial training period.
Daljit Purewal, FAS Analyst, says “From my experience EDF is a great place to work. I started off as a temp and EDF were fully supportive of me and provided me with a route to become a permanent employee. I was also given opportunities to progress in my career and given training to support me. There is a good working environment and culture where everyone works well as a team. There are many social events which are great to meet other EDF employees. I would recommend working for EDF as I am provided with a good work life balance and clear career path.”
At EDF, everyone’s welcome. We strive to create an inclusive and diverse environment where everyone has a voice and where you feel confident being yourself. We’re committed to equality, diversity and inclusion. We’d like our future workforce to have an equal gender balance, represent a broad mix of people from minority ethnic backgrounds, LGBTQ+, those with a disability and supporting social mobility.
We’re a disability confident employer and we’ll do all we can to help with your application, making adjustments as you need.
We’ll value the difference you bring and offer opportunities for you to thrive and succeed.
What you’ll be doing
There are a broad range of activities you will undertake in supporting the management and integrity of the General Ledger and delivering a comprehensive range of financial accounting services to all business units, including:
- Deliver a comprehensive range of financial accounting services to all business units.
- Complete reconciliations and provide supporting evidence to designated customers within agreed timescales.
- Deputise for the Team Leader in their absence and support with managing transition activities and take the lead where requested.
- Support the Team Leader to manage improvement initiatives within the Financial Accounting Services team and take the lead where requested.
- Ensure the team maintains service levels at our above agreed SLA targets.
- Build strong working relationships with the various FSS teams and wider stakeholders to seek opportunities to improve existing service levels.
- Support or lead on various projects that seek to simplify or improve our operations or manage work into or out of the team as required.
Who you are
You will have previous experience of working in a customer service environment, as a Senior Analyst you will be able to utilise this experience to quickly identify the customer needs and provide an efficient and accurate solution. You will also be able to demonstrate relevant and proven experience preferably within the energy and finance sectors, as well as an understanding of both industry and business processes. You will ideally be educated to degree level in a finance discipline or be working towards a professional accounting qualification (CA, ACA, CIMA or ACCA).
You will have advanced knowledge of Microsoft Word and Excel and knowledge of SAP system or equivalent financial system. Strong numerical, modelling, and analytical skills and the ability to implement and drive improvement initiatives, service levels and reporting.
This role requires a proactive, enthusiastic, methodical, and adaptable team player with excellent interpersonal and customer focused skills and with an eye for detail. Able to communicate effectively throughout the organisation and work collaboratively in a team and on own initiative.
A willingness to take responsibility and assume ownership and ability to work under pressure and meet deadlines while handling multiple tasks. You can exercise good judgment in recognising scope of authority and maintain a challenging and questioning attitude.
Closing date for applications: Friday 6th October
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