Jobs at SmartestEnergy

Manage small to medium-sized IT projects through planning, delivery, implementation, handover, and business acceptance. Maintain project plans, governance, budgets, resources, risks, issues, dependencies, reporting, and supplier coordination. Collaborate with cross-functional stakeholders to ensure projects meet time, cost, quality, security, and governance requirements while supporting operational improvements and business change.

Own product control activities across valuation, P&L, risk, and reporting for gas and power trading businesses. Analyze financial positions, explain P&L movements, assess risk, support new products and markets, and provide actionable recommendations to stakeholders. Build and test models while automating and improving processes using Excel, VBA, SQL, Python, Power BI, and related systems. This fixed-term role requires strong financial product knowledge, analytical judgment, and the ability to influence business outcomes.

Manage debt recovery portfolios, coordinate with debt collection agencies and meter operators, handle customer queries, and administer disconnection and reconnection processes. Monitor third-party collection performance, collaborate with Finance and Technical teams, develop recovery strategies, produce stakeholder reports, maintain accurate records, and support continuous process improvement.

Leads enterprise-wide transformation governance across a global energy organization. Establishes governance frameworks, decision rights, stage gates, assurance, risk and controls, investment oversight, benefits realization, and portfolio visibility. Partners with senior executives across Finance, Technology, Risk, Legal, and Operations to improve delivery predictability and transformation maturity. Uses PPM platforms, governance data, and Power BI to support data-driven investment and delivery decisions.

Leads enterprise process excellence and business change, managing process owners and change professionals. Establishes governance, continuous improvement, process optimization, KPIs, benefits realization, and change adoption practices using Lean, Six Sigma, Agile, and structured change methodologies. Partners with senior business, transformation, and IT stakeholders to deliver scalable, measurable, and sustainable transformation outcomes.

Leads a complex, multi-year transformation programme spanning people, processes, data, technology, and behavioral change. Establishes and runs the Transformation Management Office, builds delivery teams, creates governance and performance frameworks, manages executive stakeholders, and ensures delivery within scope, budget, and timelines. Oversees benefits tracking, value realization, and coordination across functions and delivery partners.

Provides sales and administrative support to Sales Account Managers through tender creation, pricing and renewal administration, customer query handling, reporting, CRM maintenance, and accurate sales data management. The role coordinates with Sales, Operations, and internal teams, supports GDPR and information security compliance, and ensures customer requests are handled promptly and accurately.

Leads US marketing strategy, annual planning, budgeting, campaigns, content, digital channels, PR, events, communications, and brand development. Partners with sales, trading, subject matter experts, agencies, and global marketing teams to support growth, lead generation, customer engagement, and market entry. Manages newsletters, websites, social media, reports, sustainability communications, industry events, and performance metrics while maintaining consistent brand messaging and compliance.

Provides structured sales and administrative support to Sales Account Managers by managing tenders, pricing, renewals, customer queries, reporting, CRM records, and transactional sales activity. The role ensures accurate customer data, timely follow-up, GDPR and information security compliance, and effective coordination across Sales, Operations, and internal teams. This is a fixed-term contract or secondment through October 31, 2027, with hybrid working and occasional travel to other offices.

Develop and manage strategic partnerships with Third Party Intermediaries, identify new business opportunities, promote energy products and services, negotiate commercial agreements, build senior stakeholder relationships, and deliver profitable growth. The role requires strong knowledge of the UK energy market, energy products, wholesale risk management, solution-based sales, contract management, and CRM systems.

Lead the Group’s technical accounting function, providing authoritative guidance on complex transactions, acquisitions, financial instruments, fair value accounting, and evolving IFRS standards. Partner with senior Finance leaders, commercial teams, and external auditors; prepare technical accounting policies and papers; establish consistent global accounting practices; and support scalable processes, strong controls, and continuous improvement across the organization.

Provides day-to-day technical and functional support for business-critical applications, owning issues through resolution and coordinating with stakeholders, application owners, and third-party partners. Responsibilities include troubleshooting, system enhancements, upgrades, testing, documentation, audits, performance analysis, service desk metrics, user training, and implementation support. The role requires substantial IT support experience, ITIL knowledge, and Gorilla package experience in a collaborative hybrid environment.

Test Analyst responsible for analyzing requirements, creating test plans and cases, executing end-to-end software testing, managing UAT, tracking defects, monitoring testing progress, and reporting quality and release readiness across multiple projects and supplier releases.

Deliver data and analytics for SME and mid-market customers, translating complex information into actionable recommendations. Analyze risks, opportunities, customer journeys, operational performance, and cost-to-serve drivers. Partner with Sales, Commercial, Operations, Digital, and Data/BI teams to define requirements, improve processes, support compliant change, and drive measurable business value through stakeholder engagement and clear presentations.

Leads SEBL’s finance strategy as statutory Finance Director and enterprise CFO. Owns long-term planning, budgeting, forecasting, capital, liquidity, financial controls, reporting integrity, risk, commercial decision support, and finance transformation. Provides independent Board assurance, shapes enterprise strategy, oversees a layered Finance organization, and ensures resilience, governance, and sustainable value creation across the energy business.

Manage customer accounts through credit control and debt management, including overdue debt collection, payment arrangements, Direct Debits, credit terms, customer tracing, aged debt, and issue resolution. Collaborate with internal teams to support smart meter installations and recover outstanding balances while maintaining accurate records and high-quality customer service.

Own derivative accounting, valuation, reconciliations, and financial reporting for financial hedges, PPAs, and intercompany power contracts. Develop and support the Group’s hedge accounting framework, including hedge designation, documentation, effectiveness testing, OCI accounting, fair value measurement, and financial instrument disclosures under IFRS 9, IFRS 13, and IFRS 7. Collaborate with Finance, Risk, Trading, and Front Office teams in a global energy environment.

Lead medium to large-scale business and IT change projects from planning through operational handover. Manage timelines, budgets, governance, risks, resources, vendors, stakeholders, and change while ensuring quality delivery. Develop business cases, assess feasibility, maintain project controls and reporting, and support strategic objectives. Provide leadership, coaching, and mentoring to project teams while driving operational improvements across the organization.

Drive B2B sales to UK SME energy customers by building and managing a pipeline, converting opportunities, meeting targets, and delivering value-focused customer experiences through renewal. The role involves identifying growth opportunities, maximizing customer value, following compliance procedures, and collaborating with internal teams. It is based in the Manchester office and offers commission opportunities for strong performance.