Finance Director

Octopus Energy

4300

Brighton (GB), USA

Posted on: 2026-02-12

Category: energy

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Employment type:

Full time

Experience required:

Director

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About the company:

We're on a mission to make a big green dent in the universe by building a truly sustainable energy system globally.

That means making power greener, smarter, and more affordable for everyone.

We put customers at the heart of everything we do: with always-fair prices, transparency and outrageous customer service.

We drive system change: with transformative tech to make renewable energy the norm and end global reliance on fossil fuels.

Octopus Energy Group is made up of 10 businesses spanning 6 countries across 3 continents, including: Octopus Energy Retail, Kraken Technologies, Octopus Energy Generation, Kraken Flex, Octopus Electric Vehicles, and the Octopus Centre for Net Zero. More on OEG @ octopusenergy.group

We have an opportunity for an qualified Finance Leader, experienced as an FD and track record in operational high volume businesses to join our Senior Leadership Team at Octopus Energy Services, ready to finance the energy transition at real scale!

In this role, you will lead our core finance functions - Financial Management & Accounting, Financial Operations, Financial Risk, and Pricing. You will also support our Strategic Finance team in financial planning. You'll sit on the leadership team and report into our OES CEO, partnering with other senior leaders across our low carbon tech teams, flexibility and manufacturing. Octopus energy is our shareholder and funds significant deployment through OES so you'll need to think like an owner whilst building for growth! It's a high complexity team we're serious about investing into low carbon installations and creating propositions that are new to the market for our customers.

You'll balance margin, cash, whilst gaining scaling volume fast and protecting unit economics as we grow is critical. You’ll be responsible for performance, planning and development across each area in finance including leading a team of exceptional people to unlock their full potential.

Operationally this isn't just a desk job, think about engineers across the country, supply chains to manage, depots to stock and all of that must flex with demand; you'll need to be comfortable challenging conventional thinking. Octopus Energy Services is spearheading the transition to greener, cheaper energy through the installation of in-home technologies; from smart meters and EV chargers; to low carbon heating, home batteries, solar, and beyond. We deliver smart energy, low carbon solutions for our customers.

Financial Leadership & Strategy

Set and execute financial strategy to drive sustainable growth and margin improvement

Lead planning, budgeting, forecasting, and performance management across all divisions

Drive improvements in pricing, working-capital efficiency, and financial control

Commercial & Operational Finance

Partner with operations and sales Directors to translate operational data into actionable financial insight

Improve unit economics and reduce cost-to-serve across installation and logistics operations

Support new propositions to drive further scale and opportunity

Governance & Risk

Ensure strong financial controls, compliance, and reporting

Oversee cashflow, capital planning, and risk management

Act as a key interface with auditors, regulators, and the wider Octopus Energy Group

Leadership & Culture

Build, develop and inspire a high-performing finance team embedded across the business

Drive collaboration between finance, operations and technology to drive data-led decision-making

Be a key member of the OES executive team, shaping strategy, culture and long-term growth

About you

You’ll be a qualified accountant (ACA, ACCA or CIMA) with senior leadership experience in a complex, high-growth or operationally intensive business.

Highly commercially savvy with a track record of delivering results and influencing at executive level

Hands-on, pro-active and analytical, able to move seamlessly between boardroom strategy and operational detail

Passionate about renewable energy, sustainability and building organisations that do good while doing well

Thrive in a fast-paced, mission-driven, tech-enabled culture

Have experience in high growth multifaceted organisations, drivingchange, innovation and disruption of status quo

Able to guide the operational leaders on which activities are most impactful

Be on the pitch - this isn’t a role of analysis from the sidelines

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