Location: Glasgow
Salary: £23,151
Discipline: Data Science, Finance, Business
Hours: 37 Hours a week
Start: August/September 2024 for 12 Months.
 
Company Background
The company is seeking a bright enthusiastic student to support the UK Business Planning & Development Team for one full year. The company is one of the biggest energy companies in the UK. They supply energy to c5 million households and businesses. They have invested millions in wind farms and thanks to this, in January 2019 they became the first integrated energy company in the UK to produce 100% green electricity. The role is open to undergraduates or graduates working towards a degree that involves data analysis. The company has supported Year in Industry students for many years with great success stories.
 
Key Accountabilities
Work with our UK Business Planning & Development Team to provide support in preparing and reporting on all financial and commercial aspects of the business, in a business projecting spend of circa £800m per annum across various operational departments. This will mainly involve being creative and innovative with new reporting and data capture methodologies, making existing processes more streamlined and efficient.
 
Discipline
Pre-university or undergraduate planning to study/currently studying for a degree related to Data Science/Finance/Business Studies.
 
 
Activities and Responsibilities
Financial & operational reporting
Creation of financial & operational reports
Collecting, analysing and interpreting extremely large amounts of data
Analysing existing reporting and designing new reporting structures and methodologies
Implementing and communicating new reporting methodologies and enhancements
Manage data projects and communicate developments clearly
Co-ordination / updating of activities or actions
Future proof all processes so they can be handed over and run by any member of the team on an ongoing basis
 
Critical Factors
Should have reasonable business acumen awareness/knowledge, be confident with and can demonstrate strong data analytical skills and good knowledge of MS Office and in particular excellent Excel skills, including the ability to interpret and create formulae, look ups and pivots.
 
Experience
Ideally, the person would have had a part-time job previously to demonstrate business practices and awareness.
 
Interpersonal/Technical Skills
MS Office - mandatory
Analytical skills e.g. spreadsheets - mandatory
Strong analytical, written, presentational and verbal skills
Basic awareness or experience of business practices
Ability to work on own initiative
Ability to communicate, influence and negotiate effectively at all levels of the organisation
Creative mindset
Proactive problem solver
Good communicator
Team player
 
 
To apply for this role, please ensure you meet the eligibility criteria (correct level of education, any location specific requirements, nationality and specific subjects/degrees) and then once you are confident you do, click here to go to our applications page.
 
Or you can email EDTPlacements@etrust.org.uk for further information or any queries.