Financial Analyst

at  EP UK Investments

Due to the ongoing expansion of EPUKI within both the UK and Irish energy markets, along with the increasing challenges of global commodity markets and the UK/EU regulatory environment, an opportunity has arisen to recruit a Financial Analyst, to expand and develop the market and commercial analysis capabilities of our London based Markets team.
This successful candidate will support the ongoing development of EPUKI’s financial and commercial analysis capabilities. With a particular focus on the UK and Irish energy markets, the role will support the business in ensuring that optimal value is derived from its assets. The role will also provide analysis to support, trading activities, business development activities, including capital investment opportunities, and M&A activity.
This will include the analysis and interpretation of complex data to develop robust market forecasts which feed into hedging and investment decisions of EPUKI’s portfolio of assets as well as external acquisitions and development projects.
Key Responsibilities
Reporting to the Senior Financial Analyst, the key responsibilities and duties will include:

Market Analysis and Data Interpretation:

• Analysing and interpreting complex market and financial data to prepare actionable summaries for hedging and investment decisions
• Staying up to date on changes and developments in the energy market, such as new entrants, renewable subsidies, and demand shifts, and assessing their impact on our Combined Cycle Gas Turbine (CCGT) assets and potential investments

Advanced Financial modelling:

• Building and enhancing complex models to aid in market forecasting and decision-making
• Conducting detailed reviews and reconciliations of proprietary and 3rd-party price forecasts. Supported by third-party tools such as Genscape and KYOS
• Analysing the impact of regulatory changes on EPUKI’s generation portfolio

Ad-hoc Financial and Commercial Analysis:

• Performing ad hoc financial and commercial analysis to support key decision-making across the business
• Provide insightful analysis and recommendations for business planning and strategy

Collaborations and Coordination

• Working closely with the Trading team providing forecasts to be used as part of trading strategies
• Collaborating with the Corporate Finance Team to support M&A activities
• Co-ordinating with a wide range of teams across the business including Finance, Trading and Operations to ensure cohesive strategy and operations

Stakeholder Communication and Presentation

• Communicating findings effectively to key decision-makers, including Head of Trading, Business Unit Leads and the CEO
• Preparing and delivering clear, concise presentations that translate complex financial data into actionable insights

Skills, Knowledge and Expertise

Skills

• Strong problem-solving skills with emphasis on attention to detail (essential)
• Ability to cope with pressurised situations and adhering to deadlines (essential)
• Effective communication skills – able to accurately summarise and explain complex analytical outputs (essential)
• Excellent time management skills (essential)
• Effective team worker but with the ability to work independently as and when required (essential)
• Highly numerate with strong analysis and spreadsheet skills (essential)
• Modelling expertise (desirable)

Experience:

• 1-year PQE ideally within transaction advisory services; valuations; modelling (essential)
• 3 years PQE within the power / energy sector including market modelling (desirable)

Knowledge

• Good knowledge and understanding of the UK energy industry, including gas and power market experience, or a similar commodity driven industry, however this is not an absolute requirement (desirable)
• Demonstrable interest in the UK energy industry, including gas and biomass (essential)

Qualifications

• Fully Qualified Accountant (preferably ACA)
• Minimum of final year of accountancy qualification (preferably ACA) (essential)
• Degree Qualified (minimum 2:1) in a numerate subject (preferably economics or mathematics) (essential)

About EP UK Investments Ltd
EPUK Investments Ltd (EPUKI) is the UK division of Energetický a průmyslový holding (EPH), a leading energy group of over 70 companies that owns and operates assets across Europe. EPH group employs circa 24,000 people internationally, owns €30.5bn of assets, generating €37.1bn of revenue and an EBITDA of €4.3bn.
EPUKI was established in 2015 as the strategic platform for expanding the EPH group into the UK energy market. Since launching, EPUKI has made several acquisitions and developed a number of new opportunities and now owns multiple renewable and flexible power generating assets in the UK and Ireland.
EPUKI has grown rapidly to revenues ~£3.5bn and EBITDA ~£300m. We pride ourselves on an entrepreneurial culture and flat leadership structure where individuals (wherever they are in the organisation) can make a real impact on our business.

Our aim is to enable the UK and Ireland low carbon transition through provision of flexible and reliable energy supply. To achieve this, we will:

• develop, construct and acquire the right assets to support the transformation of the energy system;
• invest in our people and our assets to best respond to the changing needs of our sector;
• continuously challenge ourselves to identify opportunities, build our knowledge and develop innovative solutions.

EPUKI is one of the largest independent generators in the UK and Ireland, with an asset base that covers multiple technologies and a range of revenue streams; these include fully merchant baseload and peaking plant and index traded baseload plants, providing a range of system services across the energy and balancing spectrum.
Despite its significant market presence, EPUKI has a flat structure with fast paced decision-making ability enabling better optimisation of market positions. The market continues to evolve and develop as the UK and Irish governments drive towards Net Zero with increasing challenges of renewables penetration, introduction of hydrogen and other new technologies.

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