Finance Performance Analyst

at  Severn Trent

Our people are what makes Severn Trent a truly exciting and inclusive place to work. We’re a team of over 9,000 people with a purpose to deliver one of life’s essentials, and we do it all while thriving in our unique culture.
We’re a growing, Midlands based FTSE100 plc and welcome people from all walks of life, celebrating their individuality, as we know diverse minds, experiences and backgrounds help us to learn and better serve our customers and the communities we represent.
It’s an exciting time to join, as we have a huge ambition to deliver bigger and better than ever before over our next 5-year regulatory period. If you’re seeking an exciting and thoroughly rewarding career in Finance, Severn Trent is the place to be.

EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW

We have an opportunity for you to join our Finance team as a Financial Performance Analyst,working with our Technology Business which will enable improved programme performance. You will be charged with providing a robust, insightful, and balanced view across the area’s regulatory, performance and financial objectives. We’ll be looking for you to be a motivated and engaging individual, ensuring a high-quality monthly reporting rhythm, with the ability to challenge existing practices and identify improvements in both the short and longer term.
In this business-critical role, you will be partnering our technology, where their mission is simple – to deliver and maintain secure and stable IT services, which maximises value to all our business. They are the living, breathing department of highly talented individuals and teams, buzzing with energy, ideas, and enthusiasm. You will work with teams who are always interested in learning new, innovative, and exciting ways for us to aid our business colleagues, and ultimately our customers experience.
Are you a finance professional with strong, proven experience across analytics and management accounting and looking for a new and exciting challenge?
Well, if you are, read on.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES WILL INCLUDE:

• You will work with Technology’s business leaders to ensure the delivery of capital programmes through your insightful analysis and challenge.
• Charged with ensuring there is firm governance around the capital portfolio and ensuring adequate controls are in place.
• Supporting the Technology Business by leading on projects to drive improvements in the reporting which is provided.
• Lead on month-end reporting and providing monthly forecasts / budgets, this is where your technical accounting background will come into its own.
• Ensure that the appropriate levels of controls exist to prevent control weakness in transaction recording and inaccurate reporting of results.
• Provide analysis and insight on monthly and annual performance against budgets to aid decision making, while also driving actions within delivery areas where activity is off track.

WHAT YOU’LL BRING TO THE ROLE

To be considered for this role, you’ll need:

• Financial qualification in ACCA, ACA or CIMA.
• Substantial experience within Finance, including exposure to business operations.
• Demonstrable track record of taking the lead in diagnosing business issues and delivering performance improvements.
• Developing a performance framework to ensure that the right measures are being focussed on to deliver the required level of business performance.

In addition, you should have the ability to articulate a position and make recommendations which will enable leadership teams to make strategic and operational decisions based on reliable and accurate information. Having the ability to build strong and credible working relationships across the organisation is a must. You should be adept at influencing both at a senior level and being able to guide and constructively challenge when required.