Financial Economist
4 weeks ago
About Us
Ofwat is the Water Services Regulation Authority, a non-ministerial government department responsible for regulating the water sector in England and Wales.
We're the economic regulator of water and wastewater companies in England and Wales, working to enable, incentivise and hold companies to account for providing the best for customers, communities and the environment. Our role is to oversee the markets in the water sector to ensure they're working for customers.
The Role
We're seeking an experienced Financial Economist or Corporate Finance Specialist to join our Risk & Return team within the Price Review Directorate. Our aim for PR24 is to align the interests of companies and investors with those of customers, making the sector attractive to investors while ensuring companies can only earn high returns from great performance.
As a member of the Risk & Return team, the successful candidate will play a key role in assisting Ofwat in responding to the CMA panel's enquiries, explaining our judgments and policy decisions, and scrutinising disputing companies' alternative proposals. Once the PR24 appeals process is concluded, there are several workstreams to which financial issues are highly relevant, and which we expect would be a good match for the successful candidate:
- Major Projects: Providing support on financing issues for new delivery models to commission large infrastructure projects outside of the price review process.
- Financial Resilience: Supporting Ofwat's ongoing programme to monitor companies' financial health.
- PR29: Shaping policy around financing issues for the forthcoming price review governing the period.
Why Join Us
Meaningful Impact: Contribute to our purpose to drive water companies to deliver more for customers and the environment.
Innovative Work Environment: We embrace agile working and a culture of trust, flexibility, and collaboration.
Development Opportunities: Gain valuable experience and develop your skills in a supportive and dynamic setting.
Work-Life Balance: Enjoy the flexibility of working from home combined with meaningful collaboration in our London or Birmingham offices.
Other Benefits: Excellent employer pension contribution, 25 days' annual leave, increasing to 30 with each year of service, plus bank holidays and an extra 2 days' leave. Access to exclusive discounts on a variety of goods and services, including retail outlets, theatre tickets, holidays, insurance, and a gym membership. Generous shared parental leave and pay supporting your family life.
Undergraduate (or higher) degree in economics or a numerate discipline (e.g. STEM subjects, Accountancy, etc.). Understanding of financial economics and/or corporate finance theory and its application to economic regulation. Experience in applying economics and/or financial analysis in a public sector setting (e.g. regulator or competition authority), or a commercial one (e.g. consultancy or regulated firm).
Strong Microsoft Excel skills. Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, including experience of identifying, analysing and accurately interpreting a range of data and insights to inform evidence-based decisions and solutions for complex problems. Excellent written and oral communication skills, including the ability to understand and concisely explain complex issues in non-technical language.
Experience of building and maintaining constructive working relationships with internal and external stakeholders, by understanding their needs, expectations, and priorities, and evidence of ability to influence and collaborate effectively to deliver desired outcomes.
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