Everything you need to know
We’re looking for a Performance Analyst (Finance) to join our Finance Business Partnering team and support our Water Treatment operations. Reporting to the Senior Finance Business Partner, you’ll play a key role in producing clear, accurate and insightful financial and non‑financial performance information that helps leaders make confident, well‑informed decisions.
Working closely with operational teams and senior stakeholders, you’ll take ownership of management information, continually improving its quality and usefulness to ensure it provides genuine, actionable insight.
* Producing and presenting high‑quality financial and non‑financial management information for Water Treatment, ensuring it is timely, accurate, well‑structured and decision‑focused
* Delivering monthly financial and operational performance reporting, clearly explaining drivers, trends, risks and opportunities
* Developing forward‑looking, multi‑year insight aligned to AMP plans, going beyond in‑year variance analysis
* Owning risks and opportunities (R&O), ensuring movements are robust, evidence‑based and clearly understood
* Preparing monthly forecasts, budgets and business plans for assigned cost centres, ensuring plans accurately reflect operational outputs
* Ensuring cost allocation and regulatory adjustments are applied accurately and in line with regulatory accounting guidelines and price control requirements
* Using data, AI and analytics to enhance forecasting accuracy, reporting efficiency and insight quality
* Developing and maintaining Power BI dashboards (or working closely with BI teams) to automate reporting and surface meaningful insight
* Building strong relationships with operational leaders and confidently presenting insight to senior stakeholders, translating complexity into clear, compelling stories
How we work
You’ll be based at our Severn Trent Centre in Coventry. With this being such a critical role, we’re looking for someone who can join us 37 hours a week.
You’ll join a caring culture that collaborates to achieve, grow, and develop. Our employee engagement scores are among the highest globally in energy and utilities. That’s why, we value in‑person moments to keep our culture alive but also understand the flexibility working from home can bring. So, you’ll usually find us in the office, but working from home is supported, when you need it.
What we’re looking for
Experience
* Significant post‑qualification experience in a finance, reporting or performance role
* Strong understanding of management accounting, forecasting and performance reporting
* A proven ability to dig beneath the numbers, linking financial and non‑financial performance with a multi‑year perspective
* Experience of regulatory frameworks, cost allocation or price controls in a highly assured environment (desirable)
* Demonstrable experience improving reporting processes, controls or insight through technology or automation
Technical skills
* Advanced Microsoft Excel skills with strong PowerPoint capability
* Comfortable working with Power BI and large, complex data sets to produce clear and insightful outputs
* Experience with SAP ECC and BI tools (or equivalent systems)
* An interest in, or experience using, AI‑enabled tools to support analysis, forecasting and insight generation
Personal capabilities
* Highly organised, able to manage high‑volume workloads while maintaining accuracy and presentation quality
* Naturally curious and analytical, with the confidence to challenge data and assumptions
* Comfortable applying professional judgement rather than relying solely on process
* A confident communicator, able to present clearly and credibly to senior operational leaders
* Proactive and forward‑thinking, with a passion for improving ways of working through technology and innovation
Qualifications
* A recognised financial or accountancy qualification (e.g. ACA, CIMA or ACCA)
Skills and experience are important, but character, positivity, and a caring attitude matter too. We welcome and celebrate diverse individuals, knowing they help us better serve our communities. We seek people who get involved, want to be part of something bigger, and make a difference because they care.
How we’ll reward and care for you
It’snot just a jobyou’llgethere,you’llget a career too.
We have a range of benefits that reward and recognisegreat workand award-winning training to ensure you reach your potential. Andwe’llalso help you play your part in looking after the environment and the community in which we live.
Here’ssome 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
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