At a Glance
- Tasks: Own the accounts receivable cycle and improve processes while collaborating with partners.
- Company: Join Joulen, a dynamic software company revolutionising energy flexibility from Belfast.
- Benefits: Competitive salary, generous leave, private medical insurance, and a volunteering day.
- Other info: Experience a supportive culture with autonomy and direct feedback.
- Why this job: Make a real impact in a growing company while developing your finance skills.
- Qualifications: 3-6 years of accounting experience, strong Excel skills, and clear communication.
The predicted salary is between 29700 - 36300 £ per year.
About Joulen
Joulen is the software layer for GB energy flexibility, built in Belfast, built to matter globally. Our platform forecasts energy needs and market value, decides the optimal path, and controls assets to deliver it, maximising returns for residential, commercial and grid-scale customers. We are early-stage, ambitious, and intentional about how we build, not just the product, but the company itself. Joulen runs on six operating principles: Customer Centricity, Talent Density, Move with Urgency, Radical Candour, Disagree & Commit, and Owner-Operators, set out in our internal Culture Deck. This is a company that designs its culture as deliberately as it designs its product, and this role exists to make sure the people function lives up to that standard.
The Role
You will own the accounts receivable cycle end to end. That means reconciling our billing and settlement positions with third parties including EPEX SPOT and Elexon, calculating revenue share due to partners, resolving imbalance and settlement differences, and making sure partners are paid the right amount on time. It is a hands-on role with real ownership. You will not be working a narrow slice of a process someone else designed. You will be building and improving how AR runs at Joulen while it is still taking shape, and you will have direct visibility with our partners and our leadership team. Alongside AR, you will support the wider finance function across accounts payable, payroll, month-end, and the preparation of accounts. We are a small team and we cover for each other.
Key Responsibilities:
- Accounts receivable and settlement
- Reconcile billing and settlement data between Joulen, EPEX SPOT, Elexon, and partner systems, and investigate variances to resolution.
- Calculate revenue share across the partner portfolio, including imbalance positions and settlement adjustments.
- Prepare and issue partner statements and invoices and run partner payment cycles accurately and to deadline.
- Own aged debt, cash collection, and AR reporting, and escalate exposure early.
- Document and improve AR controls and process as trading volumes and partner numbers grow, including working with our engineering and product teams on automation.
Wider finance support
- Support accounts payable, supplier payments, and expenses.
- Support the monthly payroll cycle.
- Contribute to month-end close, balance sheet reconciliations, and the preparation of management and statutory accounts.
- Support audit and diligence requests as we mature our finance function toward public company standards.
Essential Criteria
- 3 to 6 years of hands-on accounting experience, with a substantial portion in accounts receivable, billing, or settlement.
- Part-qualified or newly qualified with ACCA, CIMA, or ACA, or qualified by experience with equivalent depth.
- Proven ability to run a reconciliation independently: you can take an unexplained difference, work out where it came from, and close it out without being walked through it.
- Strong Excel skills, and comfort working with large volumes of transactional data from multiple systems.
- Working knowledge of the wider accounting cycle, including AP, payroll, and month-end.
- Clear written communication. You will be explaining variances to partners and to people outside finance.
Desirable Criteria
- Exposure to energy, utilities, commodities, or another settlement-heavy sector.
- Familiarity with GB market settlement, BSC processes, or wholesale trading reconciliation.
- SQL, Power BI, or experience automating finance processes.
- Experience in a scaling company where the process did not exist yet.
What we offer
- Competitive salary
- 20 days annual leave plus 11 public holidays
- Option to buy additional annual leave
- Pension
- Life Assurance
- Private Medical Insurance
- Paid sick leave
- Company volunteering day
How We Work
Joulen runs on six operating principles: Customer Centricity, Talent Density, Move with Urgency, Radical Candour, Disagree & Commit, and Owner-Operators. In practice that means you will be given the outcome and the autonomy to get there, you will get direct feedback and be expected to give it, and you will be trusted to make decisions in your area without waiting for permission. New joiners go through Joulen Bootcamp, our structured onboarding programme, so you will understand the energy markets we operate in and how our product works, not just the ledger. Joulen is an equal opportunities employer.
Accounts Receivable Analyst in Belfast employer: Joulen
At Joulen, we pride ourselves on being an exceptional employer that fosters a culture of innovation and collaboration in the heart of Belfast. Our commitment to employee growth is evident through our transparent communication, competitive compensation, and the unique opportunity to shape the Talent and Reward function from the ground up. Join us to be part of a dynamic team where your contributions directly impact our journey towards a global IPO, all while enjoying the flexibility of hybrid working.
