FTC Assistant Accountant (Energy) - Leeds

Whatsoninleeds; Leeds; Hybrid; GBP 25,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job summary

A dynamic finance and business performance function in Leeds is seeking a high-caliber graduate for the Assistant Accountant position until December 2025. The role offers excellent development opportunities, focusing on financial analysis, reporting, and collaboration with internal and external stakeholders in a hybrid work model.

Qualifications

• Required: Degree level or higher qualification.
• Proven ability to produce accurate work under tight deadlines.
• Experience with Microsoft Power BI is advantageous.

Responsibilities

• Validate cost of sales invoices and manage recovery of exposed TPIs.
• Assist in producing monthly management accounts and conduct variance analysis.
• Support month-end reporting cycle and maintain process documentation.

Skills

Accuracy

Organizational Skills

Communication

Teamwork

Numeracy

Excel

Microsoft Office

Process Delivery

Data Analysis

Education

Degree level or higher qualification

Tools

Microsoft Power BI

Job description

Full Time

Location: Leeds, Yorkshire and the Humber, United Kingdom

Organization: Energy Job Search

Posted: today

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Full Job Description

Role

We have an exciting fixed-term contract opportunity for a high-caliber graduate to join a large and dynamic finance and business performance function in Leeds city centre as an Assistant Accountant until December 2025.

The role offers excellent development opportunities and is responsible for preparing various types of financial information for internal and external stakeholders.

This is a hybrid role based in our Leeds office, where the successful candidate will work two days a week.

Key Responsibilities:

• Validate cost of sales invoices against industry data.
• Resolve queries with industry counterparties.
• Create and validate TPI (broker) invoices and resolve related queries.
• Manage recovery of exposed TPIs by calculating and processing accurate reconciliations.
• Reduce balance sheet positions related to ended contracts by identifying necessary reconciliations and providing accurate information.
• Support the month-end reporting cycle.
• Assist in producing and delivering monthly management accounts.
• Conduct variance analysis of revenues and costs, and follow variances through to recovery.
• Understand the sales order book and identify data discrepancies.
• Understand our cost data, industry data flows, and volumes.
• Develop profitability reporting through price component revenue analysis.
• Prepare documentation for the BSR review.
• Maintain process documentation for role-related processes.
• Perform reconciliations for major cost components.

Skills

• Proven ability to produce accurate work under tight deadlines; organized, methodical, and adaptable to change.
• Excellent process delivery and improvement skills.
• Proficiency in Excel and Microsoft Office.
• Experience with Microsoft Power BI is advantageous.
• Strong teamwork skills suitable for various situations.
• Highly numerate.
• Effective communication with both Finance and non-Finance teams.

Qualifications

• Degree level or higher qualification required.

Business Unit: GEMS

Division: GEMS - BP UKSUPPLY

Legal Entity: ENGIE POWER LIMITED

Professional Experience: Skilled (more than 3 years, less than 15 years)

Education Level: Other