Gazprom Hiring for FINANCE ANALYST Job at Manchester, England Full Time

Our History

We began our journey as an ambitious, independent gas supplier in the North West of England, Pennine Natural Gas. Since joining the Gazprom Group in 2006 and beginning our transformation as Gazprom Energy we have gone from strength to strength, always reaching for better, to become one of the leading B2B gas suppliers in the UK and expanding into France and Netherlands. We now supply gas, power and environmental products to thousands of business customers across Europe.

Manchester is home to our European headquarters and our locations are united by our ethos: making customers happy, doing the basics brilliantly and finding new ways to go above and beyond their expectations.

Our Future

The energy world is ever changing, driven by forces of decarbonisation, competition, digitalisation and shifting customer expectations. Our strategy equips us to expertly seize the opportunities present in these big advancements.

We are growing in Electricity, in Green and in Gas. We’re strengthening our foundations – placing data and technology at the heart of our business model. Gazprom Energy is a place where you can be yourself. We are friendly, enthusiastic and purposeful. We encourage everyone to have a learning mindset, challenge respectfully, have a bias for action and to make evidence-based decisions. You can expect to receive a valuable mix of challenge and support for your role, your wellbeing and ambitions.

Since 2012 we have been accredited with the Investors in People Gold standard and Ecovardis Silver accreditation this year. We pride ourselves in providing an inclusive home for a diverse group of highly talented individuals.

The key purpose of the role will be to interpret and analyse industry, commercial and financial data as well as validating and approving key supplier invoices. The role holder will be expected to make a pro-active contribution to the business’ financial performance by identifying potential areas of gross margin leakage. In addition, the role will also support the wider Finance team as and when required.

• Conduct variance analysis between industry costs, published rates and customer billing.
• Investigate reasons for under-recoveries and gross margin leakage and liaise with internal departments and external parties to resolve issues.
• Production of monthly reporting on activities.
• Operate a continuous improvement approach making ongoing improvements to the accuracy and efficiency of the volume variance processes to match growing operational requirements of the business.
• To aid in the development and improvement of models to assist with the invoice validations process.
• Assist in providing analysis and support for the monthly financial accounts.
• Production of commercial consumption & trade reporting to meet key customer requirements.
• To maintain documentation of applicable working processes and to keep a full audit trail of all workings.
• Other ad hoc work including responding to information requests from across the company.
• Completion of all tasks in a timely manner and to a high standard of quality.
• To be aware of and comply with all company policies and procedures, including but not limited to the Gazprom Energy Data Protection policy, Equal Opportunities policy, and the Email and Internet Acceptable Usage Policy, in addition to Fire and Health and Safety Regulations.
• The role holder may also be required to carry out any other duties within the scope and purpose of this role as requested by their line manager and in line with business needs.

Our closely knit teams are core to our success, working both individually and together to deliver value through solutions tailored for Gazprom Energy’s needs. The characteristics that we feel contribute to this are

• A positive can-do attitude.
• Excellent analytical skills, with excellent attention to detail and a problem solving attitude.
• Data driven and analytical whilst also being able to articulate results clearly to others.
• Able to build productive working relationships with other areas of the business.
• A good level of computer skills; including –high level of Excel is a necessity.
• Good communication skills – both written and verbal, with the confidence to communicate effectively with parties within & external to the business.
• Highly motivated and proactive individual and team player, with a desire to learn new skills.
• Self-sufficiency and confidence to put your ideas forward.
• Organised, diligent and reliable.
• Fluency in English.

• Ability to explain complex information in a clear and concise way.
• Excellent IT skills, particularly Microsoft Excel. Ability to manipulate large data sets within Excel to identify variances and discrepancies.
• Good understanding of financial processes and driving through process improvements.
• Displays excellent analytical skills & attention to detail.
• Strong desire and ability to learn new skills.
• Experience of using the SAP accounting package.
• Knowledge of SQL & Power BI would be advantageous, training will be provided where required.

• Strong academic A’levels
• Degree qualification of 2:1 or higher from an established university, preferably in a numerate discipline