What You’ll Be Doing
* Partner with Capital Delivery Business Leads to support and challenge the delivery of capital programmes through insightful financial and performance analysis.
* Lead month‑end reporting for key business areas, including budgets, forecasts and variance analysis.
* Monitor and report capital spend and delivery outcomes, ensuring alignment with regulatory, financial and efficiency targets.
* Develop, produce and present clear and balanced capital performance reporting to senior leadership teams, Portfolio Boards and other approval bodies.
* Identify key risks and opportunities impacting annual and AMP performance, working proactively with delivery teams to mitigate risks and maximise opportunities.
* Support and continuously improve capital programme governance, accounting processes and compliance with budgetary controls.
* Facilitate robust forecasting across CAPEX, IRE and OPEX and provide clear insight into performance trends.
* Lead and contribute to projects that enhance Management Information (MI) and reporting capability across Capital Delivery.
* Provide high‑quality regulatory and performance reporting, including supporting submissions to Ofwat where required.
* Build strong working relationships across Finance, Strategy, Strategic Asset Planning and Capital Delivery to support long‑term capital planning.
* Support and mentor the Capital MI Analyst, helping to drive ongoing improvements in data quality and reporting.
* Deliver ad‑hoc analysis and reporting to support performance management and decision‑making.
How We Work
You’ll be based at our Severn Trent Centre in Coventry and will work 37 hours a week. The role is a critical part of the Capital Delivery & Commercial Finance team and offers flexibility to work from home as needed.
What We’re Looking For
Essential experience and skills
* Strong experience in performance analysis, with a track record of driving improvement through insight and challenge.
* Excellent technical accounting knowledge, with the ability to explain accounting standards clearly to the business and external auditors.
* Ability to understand and connect complex data sets, focusing on priorities that support organisational objectives.
* Strong stakeholder management skills, with the confidence to influence and challenge at all levels.
* Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to tailor messages for different audiences.
* Advanced MS Office skills, alongside experience of SAP ECC and BI tools.
* Strong commercial and financial awareness.
Desirable
* Knowledge of capital programme governance processes.
* Understanding of AMP7 outcomes and their link to capital delivery.
* Experience of delivering improvement projects or programmes of work.
Your Capabilities
* Enjoys working with complex information and can translate it into clear, meaningful insights.
* Understands the wider financial, performance and regulatory landscape.
* Adapts influencing style to different situations and stakeholders.
* Builds credibility through strong relationships, collaboration and constructive challenge.
* Manages competing priorities effectively and remains organised under pressure.
* Brings a strong team ethos and a commitment to sharing best practice.
Qualifications
* Qualified Accountant.
* Full UK driving licence.
* GCSEs (or equivalent) in English and Maths at grade C or above, or demonstrable numeric and verbal competence through relevant experience.
How We’ll Reward And Care For You
We offer a range of benefits to support your well‑being and career development.
Here’s Some Of Our Favourites
* 28 days holiday + bank holidays (and the ability to buy/sell up to 5 days per year)
* Annual bonus scheme (of up to £2,250 per annum based on company performance)
* Leading pension scheme – we will double your contribution (up to 15% when you contribute 7.5%)
* Sharesave – the chance to buy Severn Trent Plc shares at a discounted rate
* Dedicated training and development with our ‘Academy’
* Electric vehicle scheme and retail offers
* Family friendly policies
* Two volunteer days per year
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