FP&A Manager - Centrica Power in Windsor

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About your team: Centrica Power is a leading energy infrastructure company in the UK and Irish market with energy assets across conventional and flexible generation, renewable energy, energy storage and nuclear. Our nuclear portfolio is ~6GW and our share is 20% ~1.2 GW. At present, there is 1 PWR reactor and ~4 AGR. For the rest of our Power portfolio, across the UK & Ireland, we have c.£2bn gross capital deployed, over 600MW in operation and a further 500MW in construction. The vision is to be a world leading flexible power asset business that energises a greener, fairer future and delivers material growth for the Centrica Group and in turn, superior shareholder returns. This is coupled with aspirations to spend close to £3bn over the next 5 years, in aid of Centrica’s green investment growth strategy and continuing to build a Power business unit of materiality and significance in Centrica’s overall growth plan.

About your role: We are looking for a FP&A Manager who will form part of the Power Finance Team, with a focus on our Nuclear portfolio but a broad remit across a wide range of current and future power assets.

Location: The successful person would be required to work from our London or Windsor office 3 days per week.

Responsibilities of the role:

• Manage planning and forecasting activity, in line with Group guidance, highlighting risks and opportunities to guide a rolling latest view of performance.
• Translate financial asset performance into clear executive reporting content, ensuring financial messages are clear & consistent to drive business decisions.
• Manage the implementation & evolution of PowerTrace which is already transforming insight & automation of our reporting – extend into Nuclear & build continuous improvements across the Power portfolio.
• Manage our Sizewell C forecasting model and liaise with Financial Control team to ensure distributions & cash injections are closely managed.
• Work closely with Financial Control team to develop and maintain financial models which assess the profitability, valuation and risk of existing assets & potential projects.
• Support the Commercial Operations team to quantify financial impact of operational performance.
• Manage financial support for our Power strategy as it evolves, pulling out key financial insights / impacts to drive business decisions.
• Ensure FP&A are in a position to integrate new assets and businesses into our existing processes and reporting.
• Support wider Group programme to transform the way we manage FP&A across Centrica, ensuring Power plays a leading role in shaping the future.

Here’s what we’re looking for:

• Qualified Accountant
• Excellent financial acumen and experience with financial modelling, analysis and planning
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills
• Ability to work independently in a dynamic and fast-paced environment
• High level of integrity, strategic thinking, and attention to detail
• Demonstrable experience of applying a growth mindset to deliver significant and sustainable improvements in business performance
• Ability to operate and drive opportunities to work as ‘one team’ with the broader Centrica Group, establishing clear ‘ownership’
• Models Centrica’s core values of Care, Courage, Collaboration, Delivery, and Agility
• Evidence of embracing technology as an enabler to maximise insight and automation

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