Centrica Hiring for Finance Data Analyst Job at London, England Full Time

Centrica Energy Marketing & Trading (EM&T) is the trading arm of Centrica. We trade LNG, gas, power and energy attributes – and connect independent producers, suppliers and corporate off-takers in the wholesale energy markets.

We are recruiting for a Junior Finance Data Analyst to work within our commodity trading business focused on providing support to the Finance Managers to create value by improving the quality of data for reporting and ensure delivery of the highest financial benefit at an acceptable level of risk. The role will ensure the provision of robust financial data structures and outputs for reporting, analysis, planning and forecasts to the business and Group. The role will work as part of the core finance teams, facilitating interaction and knowledge transfer where required between the technology, data and wider finance teams.

This is a training role to develop highly skilled accountants with expert data capabilities. There will be a significant amount of training and development in both accounting and data science.

Location – London

The Role:

• Ensure correct data in the reporting platform
• Develop prototypes of reconciliations and reporting for financial control, product control and business facing reporting and control needs
• Develop deep understanding of data flows from trading platform through to group reporting
• Assist in the design and development of optimal reporting solutions
• Ensure alignment of dashboarding, reconciliation and reporting data usage with finance
• Maintain clear self-service data environment for use by wider finance teams
• Support Product Owner in prioritisation of DTS enhancements
• Develop full understanding of trade lifecycle and bookings
• Develop deep understanding of product control, financial control and planning and Analysis processes and data needs
• Develop complete understanding of existing reporting dashboards and processes
• Progress accounting qualifications

The Person

• Focused on accuracy and details regarding data for interfaces, APIs, journals, trade details, meta data and pricing data
• Strong commercial awareness
• Flexible and able to manage multiple projects simultaneously
• Able to work efficiently in a dynamic environment and are comfortable managing multiple tasks at once
• Ability to work under pressure and deliver on strict deadline
• Have a strong focus on operational risks and the role you play to minimize incidents
• Analytical skills
• Familiar with financial workflows and principles of energy trading
• Keen to develop expertise in energy trading across UK, and EU markets
• Interest in developing data science tools and approaches
• Committed to a career in Finance & control
• Work with excel on intermediate level
• Ability to interact across the organization
• Able to initiate better controls and faster working methods
• Bachelor’s degree within finance, economy is desirable or other financial education

At Centrica we embrace diversity and actively seek to attract individuals with unique backgrounds and perspectives. To build a more sustainable future, we need the best team – a team with a diverse mix of people and skills, where everyone feels welcome and able to succeed. We are dedicated in helping to close the diversity gap and would love to see more females, people of colour and LGBTQ+ employees, as well as those from a variety of cultures and ethnicity to veterans and the differently abled. Supporting diversity and inclusion is a big part of who we are, we are not looking for people to fit into our culture but to add to it!