npower Business Solutions (nBS) is the E.ON UK Industrial and Commercial (I&C) pillar and a market leader in the B2B energy retail sector. I&C is a £6 billion revenue business serving around 60 000 customers and 300 000 meter points.
Location: Solihull (Hybrid working)
Salary: £52,620 – £66,907 plus excellent employee benefits and career progression
Fixed term: 12 months
Main Responsibilities
- Responsible for timely, accurate pricing ensuring the application of accurate known and forecasted volumes, costs, and contract margin expectations.
- Guide a team of Pricing Analysts and support the Pricing Manager in coordinating team outputs to meet Sales and Customer expectations, considering competing and often conflicting demands/viewpoints in determining and prioritising workload.
- Responsible for executing the controls in place to manage pricing validation and for the sign‑off for all the pricing activity of our Pricing Analysts, ensuring DOA authorisation is adhered to.
- Test and develop new system that will be used for volume forecasting and pricing application to ensure it is fit for purpose, ensuring accuracy for every scenario that would be encountered.
- Propose and support processes and system developments through the Change Management (CM) process to enhance business productivity and performance.
- Develop strong working relationships with Generation Services and C&S Client Leads, sharing an understanding of our pricing and forecasting techniques, working collaboratively to find the best pricing solution for current and prospective customers.
- Support complex and challenging conversations with internal and external customers, including Client Leads, Service and energy sellers.
- Manage, challenge, and interpret large, complex, often incomplete data sets from a multitude of sources within strict deadlines. This will need to be analysed and presented in a clear consistent and insightful manner.
- Support the Pricing Manager in building a capability within the team to understand the complex commercial risks, product structures and process so that continuous improvement, improved efficiency and automation are considered BAU.
- Guide the Pricing Manager in prioritisation of workflow and resource allocation of a team of Pricing Analysts ensuring pricing is concluded in accordance with the deadlines set out in SLAs, route to market agreements and customer contracts.
- All pricing is subject to a minimum 4‑eyes check with the role holder executing a personal DoA to complete final sign‑off on pricing up to a contract volume of 100 GWh. Analysts within the team hold no DOA for final approvals but will conclude the provisional approval on all pricing concluded. The role holder will provide analyst feedback and training where errors have been identified.
- Ability to make decisions with conflicting priorities with various senior stakeholders – strategic customers, Sales Managers and Client leads, Change and IT.
What we need from you
- Proven exposure to dynamic, commercial environments with a track record of ongoing success.
- Of graduate calibre with technical or vocational qualifications and experience to match the needs of the role (e.g. Mathematics, Business Studies, Finance).
- An understanding of the UK Energy Market including wholesale, retail, renewables, distribution, conservation and generation market spaces.
- Ability to analyse and interpret complex, multiple sources of data and insight to optimise financial performance, provide intelligent commentary and make strategic recommendations to inform critical business decisions. Detailed knowledge and understanding of gross margin and EBIT drivers.
- Strong understanding of commercial, financial and generation services functions.
- Ability to manage multiple stakeholders with competing perspectives, needs and priorities in an increasingly time‑constrained environment with a passion for delivering financial value, customer and operational excellence.
- In‑depth understanding of valuation and risk analysis methods and statistical analysis.
- Have good IT skills MS Office suite (especially Excel), VBA, statistical packages.
- Demonstrate ability to transform theoretical knowledge to practical, real‑world situations and be able to articulate complex issues in a concise and compelling fashion up to and at ELT/SLT level.
- Be results‑oriented, able to meet tight deadlines and produce clear and concise feedback/reports to senior management.
- Excellent communication skills and the ability to influence senior individuals across teams / functions.
Benefits
Award‑winning benefits include 26 days holiday plus bank holidays, a generous pension scheme, life cover, bonus opportunities, and access to 20 flexible benefits with tax and/or NI savings. Recognised with the Personnel Today Reward, Recognition and Benefits Award 2022.
Family‑friendly and hybrid policies: In 2024, we earned double recognition at the Personnel Today Awards for our exceptional family‑friendly and hybrid working initiatives.
Inclusive Employer: As the only energy company in the Inclusive Top 50 UK Employers (currently ranked 8th), we’re committed to equal opportunities, diversity and fairness for everyone.
Support for Disabled Applicants: As a Disability Confident Employer, we guarantee an interview for all disabled candidates who meet the minimum role criteria.
At a glance
Reference no.: 244215
Closing date: 28/05/2026
Salary: £52,620 – £66,907
