Financial Director for E.ON's Energy Infrastructure Solutions

E.ON UK PLC; Metropolitan Borough of Solihull; On-site; GBP 120,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

A major energy company is seeking a Finance Director for its Energy Infrastructure Services in the UK. This influential role involves leading financial strategy, optimizing performance, and managing a high-performing finance team. The ideal candidate will have a strong financial management background, excellent leadership capabilities, and a track record of driving business change. This position plays a critical role in the company's energy transition ambitions and offers competitive compensation.

Qualifications

• Proven experience influencing at a senior level and leading business change.
• Strong commercial acumen with advanced analytical skills.
• Excellent interpersonal skills with proven leadership capabilities.

Responsibilities

• Lead and develop the EIS UK Finance team with strong succession planning.
• Shape business strategy and convert forecasts into operational KPIs.
• Drive commercial optimisation across projects and support decision-making.

Skills

Financial management

Commercial acumen

Analytical skills

Leadership

Performance management

Job description

As Finance Director for E.ON's Energy Infrastructure Services (EIS) business in the UK, you will take full ownership of the business unit's financial agenda and act as a strategic partner to its leadership. In this pivotal role, you will shape and execute financial strategy, provide insight-driven guidance, ensure robust risk management and compliance, and play a key part in driving sustainable, long-term value creation across the organisation.

With the UK EIS business delivering an EBITDA of approximately £200m in 2024, you will be leading the financial stewardship of a high-impact unit that represents a significant contributor to the overall EIS segment reported to the capital markets.

You will join the Commercial Services Leadership Team and report directly to the CFO of the UK business, while also being an integral member of the Group EIS finance community with a functional reporting line to the CFO of the EIS Group. This is a highly visible, influential position at the heart of E.ON's energy transition ambitions.

Responsibilities

• Lead and develop the EIS UK Finance team- 5 direct reports and c.20 employees- building a high-performing organisation with strong succession planning.
• Serve as a strategic partner to the COO, Executive Team and wider business, shaping behaviours that strengthen execution and elevate performance.
• Develop and implement financial strategies that support growth, profitability and alignment with capital-market commitments.
• Optimise performance through a rigorous performance dialogue process, transparent KPI measurement and proactive issue escalation.
• Lead the Mid-Term Planning process, shaping business strategy and converting forecasts into operational KPIs that steer the organisation.
• Lead growth projects and provide challenge, insight and direction to the Future EIS Transformation programme, ensuring effective stakeholder management.
• Drive commercial optimisation across projects and support decision-making through investment approval processes.
• Champion efficiency, digitisation and process optimisation to ensure Finance leads by example and accelerates change.
• Serve as Non-Executive Director for several companies, including Lighting for Staffordshire.

Qualifications

• Proven experience influencing at a senior level and leading/driving business change across a large organisation
• Broad financial management background covering reporting, planning and performance management
• Strong commercial acumen and advanced analytical skills
• Excellent interpersonal and leadership capabilities, with the ability to build trust at all levels
• An innovative approach, driving imaginative solutions to problems and capable of challenging conventional business thinking
• Demonstrable ability to coach, motivate and develop high-performing teams
• Strategic thinker with a track record of translating financial insight into clear business direction