Gross Margin Manager - #2162667

Gross Margin Manager

Birmingham | Hybrid Working (2 days/week in office)

£65,000 - £75,000

Permanent, full-time, 37.5 hours per week

We are working with an established and forward-thinking organisation within the UK energy sector to recruit a Gross Margin Manager to join their Finance team.

This is a key role responsible for the accurate measurement, reporting and analysis of gross margin across electricity supply activities. You will play a critical role in ensuring the integrity of revenue and costs, identifying opportunities for improvement and providing meaningful commercial insight to the wider business.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead month-end gross margin reporting, ensuring accurate matching of industry costs and revenues.
• Calculate and review unbilled revenue, including underlying assumptions.
• Validate customer billed volumes against settled volumes and investigate discrepancies.
• Analyse achieved margins against pricing assumptions and identify potential revenue leakage.
• Review and improve existing gross margin reporting processes.
• Work closely with third-party system providers to implement reporting and process improvements.
• Partner with Commercial, Operations, Sales and IT teams to ensure processes and systems impacting gross margin are effective.
• Support the development of reporting and analysis for emerging energy transition products, including batteries, solar and dispatchable load.

About You

You will be a highly analytical and commercially minded finance professional with:

• Strong gross margin experience in a similar role.
• Experience within the UK energy supply industry.
• Full accountancy qualification (CIMA / ACA / ACCA).
• Excellent numerical and analytical skills, with strong Excel capability.
• Proven experience improving processes, controls and reporting.
• Strong stakeholder management skills, with the ability to influence and negotiate across different teams.
• A proactive, hands-on approach with excellent attention to detail and problem-solving ability.

This is an excellent opportunity for an experienced finance professional to take ownership of a critical area of the business while contributing to the development of reporting, processes and products within a changing energy market.

Does this sound like the role for you? Send your CV to Lily at Viqu Energy today.