Finance Partner, Home Solutions

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About your team: 

At British Gas, our mission is to sell it and mend it.   

We’re the household heroes powering 1 in 3 homes in the UK – but supplying energy is just part of what we do. We’re making the UK’s homes greener and more energy efficient, together with our friends at Hive. By using their clever tech like thermostats, heat pumps, solar panels and EV chargers, we’re making it cheaper and easier to reduce your home’s carbon-footprint. And with our Peak Save programme, we’re actively rewarding better energy use too.

We’ve been keeping Britain warm for over 200 years. Today we power 1 in 3 homes in the UK – but supplying energy is just part of what we do.

We’re on a mission to make the UK’s homes greener and more energy efficient. With clever tech like Hive thermostats, heat pumps, solar panels and EV chargers, we’re making it cheaper and easier to reduce your home’s carbon-footprint and with our new PeakSave programme, we’re actively rewarding better energy use too.

That’s why we need a brilliant Finance Partner for Home Services to help us get to where we’re going. it is a great opportunity to be in a role where you can engage with Key Stakeholders and really make your mark in the team and be part of the process improvement. By getting deeply involved in the operation of the business, you will support the Home Service leadership team on all financial matters, as well as supporting on new growth opportunities.

Location: With our Flexible First working arrangements we empower our colleagues to work in a way that best suits them – meaning location doesn’t need to be a barrier. This role can be mostly based at home with occasional meetings required at our Centrica sites.

We have tailored our well-being & benefits package around our employees as follows;

• Competitive salary and bonus potential
• Car Allowance
• Employee Energy Allowance at 15% of the government price cap
• Pension scheme
• Company Funded Healthcare Plan
• 25 days holiday allowance, plus public holidays, and the option to buy up to 5 additional days
• Excellent range of flexible benefits, including technology vouchers, electric car lease scheme & travel insurance

The Job role:

• Become trusted partner to the Home Solutions Director and the LT to grow the installations business through the fulfilment of Gas and Net Zero heating installations.
• Close working with the fulfilment, planning & dispatch, commercial and sales teams to understand the overall Home Solutions financial position and forecast and present this to senior leaders as required
• Liaise with supply chain colleagues to ensure stock position and cost of the different fulfilment methods is understood
• Support the operation in embedding and improving net zero fulfilment activity within BGS&S and in the design and operation of any intercompany requirements thereon
• Work with FP&A teams to deliver robust, well understood and challenging plans and forecasts, as well as flagging emerging changes in business performance through the LV process. Then working with the business to analyse financial and operational (value driver) variances and recommend and monitor corrective action
• Identify other performance improvement interventions then design means of implementing changes to facilitate the business to implement
• Support the wider finance team and business by providing robust, insight and analysis to drive improvements in financial performance
• Develop deep understanding of key drivers of resourcing and fulfilling home installations, including a rolling risks and opportunities list
• Understand business strategy and its translation into financial impacts, and support its effective communication across Finance
• Carry out non-standard / bespoke analysis to support business decision making as required.

Who are we looking for?

Key competencies required to carry out the role competently and effectively include:

• Accountancy qualification
• Post qualification experience
• Strong ability to summarise complex matters and communicate effectively to influence a range of audiences;
• Ability to pro-actively develop positive and highly effective working relationships, influencing management on delivery and relevant strategy;
• Strategic thinking – able to step away from the detail and combine data with external trends and market data to see the bigger picture;
• Critical thinking and analytical skills to provide check and challenge to the business in their decision making in an effective and constructive manner;
• A demonstrated ability in commercial analysis and evaluation, with strong commercial acumen to support delivery of business goals;
• Ability to identify, assess and analyse operational risks and controls.

Our people are the beating heart of our business. We are incredibly proud of our commitment to being FlexFirst. From childcare to furry friends, we listened to our people and understood that they work best when they are comfortable and have a flexible working model that suits their individual needs. We embrace the opportunity to give our colleagues a choice to work from anywhere whilst still ensuring they can connect and engage with their teams through office days, employee networks and virtual events.

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Why should you apply?  
 
We’re not a perfect place – but we’re a people place. Our priority is supporting all of the different realities our people face. Life is about so much more than work. We get it. That’s why we’ve designed our total rewards to give you the flexibility to choose what you need, when you need it, making sure that you and your family are supported not only financially, but physically and emotionally too. Visit the link below to discover why we’re a great place to work and what being part of more means for you. 
 
https://www.morethanacareer.energy/britishgas 

If you're full of energy, fired up about sustainability, and ready to craft not only a better tomorrow, but a better you, then come and find your purpose in a team where your voice matters, your growth is non-negotiable, and your ambitions are our priority.

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