What we do. Electric Car Leasing
Why we do it. Greener. Fairer. Future.
In response to continued, rapid growth in our EV leasing business, we’re expanding our Finance Operations Team. The team is right at the heart of everything we do, managing high volumes of vehicle purchases, our relationships with banks / funders and of course ensuring that our customers are looked after.
We approach Finance Operations from a tech-first perspective, automating wherever possible and focusing our people on driving efficiencies and adding real value to the business. The Finance Operations Manager will play a key role in taking this function to the next level.
Reporting to our Head of Finance Operations, you will support the operational finance activities related to Octopus EV’s fleet of vehicles on lease to consumer and business clients. Non-fleet finance activities (all overheads, payroll, R&D etc) will be the responsibility of our Group Finance team.
What you’ll do...
- Ensure transactions related to vehicle purchases, finance agreements with third-party banks, customer rentals etc. are managed correctly and any reported requirements
- Manage and process amendments to customer contracts when vehicles are returned early or where clients contract request changes (e.g. to mileage, term etc.)
- Oversee the production of invoices for monthly rentals and other ad-hoc payments from clients (automated via our finance system, but requires oversight)
- With support from our Tech Team and Group Finance Team, maintain our finance system such that it produces the correct transaction outputs for monthly accounts for each product and lease type we offer
- Review the payments we make to finance houses each month to ensure they are accurate and reflect the vehicles we have funded
- Support ad-hoc requirements; customer queries, FCA/ONS reporting, analytical exercises – e.g. cashflow forecasting
What you’ll need...
- A numerate / finance background, but not necessarily a fully qualified accountant (may be part-qualified or have gained experience on the job)
- Experience in an operational finance role
- Ideally will have worked in a car rental or leasing finance team
- Ideally will have worked with integrated fleet management and accounting systems
- To be keen to get stuck in and build new processes from scratch in areas like debtor management, client invoicing, month end processing, maintenance budgeting etc.
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
- Visit our 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.
