Help us make a big green dent in the universe. We’re on a mission to drive the global renewable energy revolution, and we need loads more people to help us make our vision a reality.
We’re looking for a highly motivated accounts payable specialist, to join our fast paced and growing Finance team as an Accounts Payable Team Lead. The role is responsible for ensuring accurate and timely processing of invoices and dealing with internal and external customers.
Reporting into our Accounts Payable Manager you will have progression within the team and we will support your growth and qualifications too!
What you’ll do
- Support a team of accounts payable specialists
- Review of invoices, expenses, payments runs and creditor creations
- Ensure scheduled payments including GL allocations are correct and adhered to
- Delegate queries and tasks to relevant team members
- Support with any stakeholder escalations
- Help with adhoc general finance admin within the team
What you’ll need
- A degree in accounting, finance or equivalent with a 2:1 or finance or accounting experience
- Previous experience working in within the energy industry is ideal but not essential
- Good tech skills particularly with Excel
- To be target and deadline oriented, able to work in a fast-paced environment
- To be a real team player
- A passion or interest in our role and mission at Octopus - Our mission in energy and decarbonisation is real and we are all passionate about making it happen - you will find your colleagues share that passion
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 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! We won best company to work for in 2022, on Glassdoor we were voted 50 best places to work in 2022 and 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
- Visit our UK perks hub - Octopus Employee Benefits
If this sounds like you then we’d love to hear from you.
Studies have shown that some groups of people, like women, are less likely to apply to a role unless they meet 100% of the job requirements. Whoever you are, if you like one of our jobs, we encourage you to apply as you might just be the candidate we hire. Across Octopus, we’re looking for genuinely decent people who are honest and empathetic. Our people are our strongest asset and the unique skills and perspectives people bring to the team are the driving force of our success. As an equal opportunity employer, we do not discriminate on the basis of any protected attribute. Our commitment is to provide equal opportunities, an inclusive work environment, and fairness for everyone.
