FP&A Analyst

We are a market-leading, mission-driven organisation focused on accelerating the transition to a net-zero economy through electric vehicle adoption. As we enter a significant period of growth having recently scaled the business to 50,000 cars on the road and ambitions of beyond 100,000 in the next 24 months. We are scaling our FP&A team to support our increasingly complex financial landscape spanning end to end operations. This is a high-growth opportunity for an analytically sharp professional looking to build a career in commercial finance. 

Joining as an Analyst, you will sit close to the data, working across financial planning, cash management, and data-driven business partnering. You won't just be populating templates; you will be translating large, complex datasets into accurate, decision-ready insights that shape how our rapidly expanding leasing business operates. 

What you'll do

- Financial Planning & Liquidity: Maintain and update short-term and long-term cash flow forecasts (3-statement modelling), monitoring cash positions across various funding facilities and operational activities.

 

- Data Analytics: Write, maintain, and optimise SQL queries in Databricks to extract and transform data from large operational datasets. You will be the first line of defence for data quality, identifying anomalies and documenting issues with clear business context.

 

- Performance Reporting: Track actual performance against budget, analyse variances, and identify key drivers. You will develop and maintain FP&A dashboards ensuring they remain accurate and fit-for-purpose.

 

- Strategic Alignment: Produce ad hoc financial analysis for the CFO and teams across the business—including Strategy, Procurement, and Operations—connecting numbers to commercial outcomes.

- Process Improvement: Partner with Tech and Product teams to ensure data infrastructure is fit for the FP&A function, translating finance requirements into clear briefs to improve forecasting accuracy and scalability.

What you'll have

- Professional Experience: 1-2 years of experience in FP&A, commercial finance, data analytics, or a similar analytical role (Part-qualified or studying towards ACCA, CIMA, or ACA is a bonus).

 

- Technical Aptitude: Strong SQL skills (you write queries confidently) and expert-level Excel / Google Sheets skills (you can build robust, auditable models from scratch). Exposure to data visualisation tools (Databricks, Power BI, Looker) or Python is a plus.

 

- Analytical Mindset: High accuracy orientation. You notice when something doesn't add up and you don't move on until you understand why. You also possess a solid understanding of how the P&L, balance sheet, and cash flow relate to each other.

 

- Comfort with Ambiguity: You are comfortable working with imperfect data. You can size the materiality of a data problem and communicate it clearly rather than ignoring it or being paralysed by it.

 

- Communication: Clear written and verbal communication, particularly when explaining data limitations or financial assumptions to non-technical stakeholders.

- Mission Focus: Be genuinely motivated to apply your financial and technical skillset to play an important role in the FP&A team and help drive a business tackling climate change.

Why else you'll love it here

• 💰 Wondering what the salary for this role is? Just ask us! On a call with one of our recruiters it's something we always cover as we genuinely want to match your experience with the correct salary. The reason why we don't advertise is because we honestly have a degree of flexibility and would never want salary to be a reason why someone doesn't apply to Octopus - what's more important to us is finding the right octofit!
• 🎉 Octopus Energy Group is a unique culture. An organisation where people learn, decide, and build quicker. Where people work with autonomy, alongside a wide range of amazing co-owners, on projects that break new ground. We want your hard work to be rewarded with perks you actually care about! 🎁 Visit our perks hub - Octopus Employee Benefits
• 🏆 Octopus Electric Vehicles, part of the Octopus Energy Group, won the Sunday Times best company to work for in 2024, 2025 and 2026. We were named 6th out of the top 100 start-ups to work for by Tempo in 2025 and on Glassdoor we were voted 50 best places to work in 2022. Our Group CEO, Greg has recorded a podcast about our culture and how we empower our people. We’ve also been placed in the top 10 companies for senior leadership

Things to note

🐶 Just to let you know, we are dog friendly company so you may see our 4 legged friends in the offices - feel free to bring yours! Rest assured though, we've taken lots of precautions for those who have allergies

🤖 We use AI to help us assess applications fairly and objectively. We’re totally fine with you using AI as a tool to help prepare too. That said, when we get to the interview and assessment stage, we’re really interested in hearing your unique perspective and real-world stories. That’s the stuff we can’t get from a bot or a prompt!