Finance Business Partner

At Severn Trent, our people are at the heart of everything we do. We're in the top 5% of utility companies Worldwide when it comes to employee engagement and ranked as the Top 50 Best Places to Work in the UK by Glassdoor.

Join us to make a positive impact to our people, our environment and our communities

EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW  

As we start our next 5-year regulatory period (known as AMP8), delivering efficiently for our shareholders has never been more important.

Our Finance function plays a fundamental role in achieving this and so we are looking to make a step change in how we provide partnering and financial decision-making to support to the business.

We are seeking an experienced Commercial Finance Business Partner to drive the financial performance of the Developer Services and Transport businesses.

It involves managing both operational and capital expenditure, requiring strong commercial acumen and the ability to support key business decisions with insightful, multi-dimensional analysis.

The role focuses on fostering a culture of outperformance by identifying sustainable cost-saving opportunities and holding operational teams accountable, leveraging strong influencing and analytical skills

Further responsibilities include:
 

• Develop and embed plans to exceed budget and business targets for PBIT and TOTEX.
• Challenge budgets and forecasts to ensure credibility, identify performance improvements and efficiencies.
• Deliver accurate, timely forecasts and insights to enable course correction and target achievement.
• Provide analysis on monthly, annual, and AMP performance against financial and output targets.
• Take ownership of driving action when performance is off track and highlight risks/opportunities.
• Lead and motivate a skilled team to support decision-making, drive efficiencies, and strengthen controls.
• Advise senior leaders with clear insights to shape financial and operational strategy.
• Prepare and present reports to leadership teams and governance boards

ABOUT YOU
 

You'll be a fully qualified finance professional with experience working at a senior finance level in a fast-paced, highly commercial and competitive environment, where you have performed robust investment analysis.

You'll have excellent communication and influencing skills with strong experience of partnering senior business stakeholders with competing deliverables to hold them to account for delivery of financial and operations targets.

HOW WE WORK
 

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'S IN IT FOR YOU 

It's not just a job you'll get here, you'll get a career too. We have a range of benefits that reward and recognise great work and award-winning training to ensure you reach your potential. And we'll also help you play your part in looking after the environment and the community in which we live.  Here's some of our favourites:

• 31 days holiday + bank holidays (and the ability to buy/ sell up to 5 days per year) 
• Annual bonus scheme (of up to 20% of salary dependent 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' 
• Car allowance of £5,208 pa (pro-rata where appropriate) 
• Private medical cover, life assurance, income protection and personal accident cover 
• Electric vehicle scheme and retail offers. 
• Family friendly policies 
• Two volunteering days per year

WHAT'S NEXT 

We can't wait to hear from you.      

Before you apply, you'll need an updated copy of your CV and about five minutes to spare. We'll always let you know the outcome of your application after the closing date - so keep an eye on your phone and emails

And if your curiosity has peaked and you're wanting to find out even more, search #LifeAtSevernTrent on social media.