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Team: Future Energy - Value Team

Salary banding: £45,770 - £60,000

Experience: Mid-level

Working pattern: Full-Time

Reporting to: Senior Value Manager

Sponsorship: Unfortunately we are unable to offer sponsorship for this role.

This role in 3 words: Commercial; Analytical; Data-Driven

Top 3 qualities for this role: Influencer; Organised; Adaptable

In the words of the team, you should leave your current role for this one because….

You’ll be at the forefront of the UK’s renewable energy transition, making a real difference for our customers and our planet!

Depending on the needs of your business area, we expect hub based people to be in the office at least once a week, and to go to OVO Connection events in-person. 

You’ll be assigned to the closest one of our three hub offices, Bristol, Glasgow, or London; unless your role requires field-based work. Each hub has accessible spaces to park your laptop, is designed to inspire people, help them connect and bring big ideas to life.

Everyone belongs at OVO

At OVO, we are on a mission to solve one of humanity's biggest challenges, the climate crisis. And we know it takes all of us to change the world. That's why we need diverse people from all gender identities, ethnicities, ages, sexual orientations, life experiences and backgrounds to join us.

Teamworking for the planet

Everything we do here spins around Plan Zero. So, naturally, the team you’ll be joining plays a gigantic role in making that happen. Here’s how:

Working within OVO’s Energy Markets and Optimisation (EMO) function, this role sits within the Energy Value area of the Future Energy team. We’re a team of experts on the energy market who help to develop market leading propositions and tariffs for customers.

This role in a nutshell:

You’ll work with teams across OVO to provide first class reporting and insight that will support smart, data-driven and value-led commercial decisions across all our tariffs and propositions. You will have direct responsibility for addressing and leading complex changes. 

Your key outcomes will be:

• Lead on Ovo’s unit economics modelling for domestic flexibility.
• Provide trusted value modelling for new and existing customer propositions, including those involving EV charging, heat pumps, domestic battery systems, solar export, and more.
• Collaborate with commercial teams across the business to support commercial decision making such as tariff pricing, structuring or advising on design features for innovative propositions.
• Develop and maintain accurate and insightful reporting on the risks to Value to Ovo and its influence on Gross Margin.

You’ll be a successful Value Analyst at OVO if you…

Essential:

• An analytical degree, such as Maths, Physics or Engineering.
• Have 2+ years work experience in a commercial, analytical, or science based role within the energy industry.
• Have the commercial awareness to support prioritisation and communication at a senior level.
• Be comfortable working with ambiguity and not see it as a blocker to progress.
• Have the ability to learn quickly in order to develop a detailed understanding of existing models and processes.
• Are highly analytical with strong data manipulation skills.
• Are a self-starter, comfortable working both autonomously and with colleagues to deliver value in a small, high-functioning team.
• Have demonstrable high attention to detail and strong communication skills.
• Our primary tooling includes: BigQuery, Tableau/Looker, Python, Github. You will need to either have experience in these tools, or be keen and confident to learn them in-role.

Desirable:

• Have experience in value modelling of domestic flexibility.
• Have the ability to cut through the noise and provide actionable commercial insight in an arena where there are many unknowns.
• Have some experience of using BigQuery or SQL to create robust reporting and analysis.
• Have experience in statistical and optimisation Python libraries such as Pandas.

You won’t like this role if you…

• Like to have defined tasks provided to you - we are a small team and the successful applicant will need to use their initiative in solving defined problems in innovative ways.
• Are uncomfortable with ambiguity or working in a fast paced and dynamic environment.

Let’s talk about what’s in it for you

We’ll pay you between £45,770 and £60,000, depending on your specific skills and experience. 

We keep our pay ranges broad on purpose to give us, and you, flexibility to match your experience to our zero carbon mission.

You’ll be eligible for an on-target bonus of 15%. We have one OVO bonus plan that focuses on the collective performance of our people to deliver our Plan Zero goal. 

We also offer plenty of green benefits and progressive policies to help you feel like you belong at OVO…and there’s flex pay. We'll give you 9% Flex Pay on top of your salary – 4% of this is auto enrolled into your pension, and the remaining 5% is yours to do what you like with. You can use this to buy from our extensive range of flexible benefits, including our green benefits which we've put at the heart of our offering, add to your pension or even take it as cash.

Here’s a taster of what’s on offer: 

For starters, you’ll get 34 days of holiday (including bank holidays). For your healthWith benefits like a healthcare cash plan or private medical insurance depending on your career level, critical illness cover, life assurance, health assessments, and moreFor your wellbeingWith gym membership, travel insurance, workplace ISA, will writing services, dental insurance, and more For your lifestyle With extra holiday buying, discount dining, home & tech loans, and supporting your favourite charities with give-as-you-earn donationsFor your home  Get up to £400 towards any OVO Energy plan, plus great discounts on solar, smart thermostats and EV chargersFor your commute Nab a great deal on ultra-low emission car leasing, plus our cycle to work scheme and public transport season ticket loans Want to hear about our full range of flexible benefits and progressive people policies? Our People Team can tell you everything you need to know.

For your Belonging

To find better ways to support our people, we need to listen to each other’s experiences and find ways to build a truly inclusive and diverse workplace. As part of this, we have 8 Belonging Networks at OVO. Led by our people, for our people - so when you join OVO, you can play a part - big or small - with any of the Networks. It's up to you.

We’d be thrilled if you tick off all our boxes, yet we also believe it’s just as important we tick off all of yours. And if you think you have most of what we’re looking for but not every single thing, go ahead and hit apply. We’d still love to hear from you!

If you have any additional requirements, there’s a space to let us know on the application form; we want to make the process as easy and comfortable for you as possible.