Finance Planning Lead

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 team as a Finance Planning Lead based at our head office in Coventry.

In this commercial finance role we’re gearing up for AMP8 business planning programme and transforming the way we set annual and 5-year investment programmes across our organisation. The role will be central to ensure our £13bn AMP8 investment programme is efficient, aligned to our strategic priorities and adaptable to face into new opportunities that arise.

Another aspect of the role will be controlling costs in AMP8 and be the evolution of our current models to better link our long-term financial forecast to underlying volumetric data around people, energy consumption and chemicals use.

Your team will also oversee the forward expenditure programme working closely with Finance Business Partners and Tactical Asset Planning to provide our regulatory financial modelling teams with detailed, robust financial projections. Your role will work closely with the wider Group FP&A team to ensure a seamless link between in-year reporting, rolling forecasts and the medium-term projection through to 2030.

How? By utilising your strong commercial capabilities, excellent insight and influencing skills.

Key Accountabilities

• Be the co-ordination point for our Group forward plan including over £13bn of investment in our regulated and non-regulated companies
• Oversee the consolidation of real price effects forecasts across electricity, gas, chemicals pricing, labour and fuel to support our price/volume analysis
• Map the expenditure plan through the activities and outputs to understand how our financial plan supports the delivery of the key outcomes for the business.
• Control the expenditure inputs to financial modelling by ensuring the correct data is provided.
• Identify opportunities for efficiency to feed into the cost transformation workstream.
  
  

What You’ll Bring To The Role

To be considered for this role, you must be fully qualified - ACCA, ACA, or CIMA.

Having exposure to senior stakeholder management and being adept in influencing at all levels of a business is essential. The successful candidate will need strong analytical skills that can be used to inform evidence-based decision making. In particular combining non-financial and financial information.

What’s In It For You

Working here isn’t just a job. You can build a career at Severn Trent. We’ll reward you for it, too. We have a range of benefits that recognise great work, and award-winning training to help you reach your potential. And we’ll also help you play your part in looking after the environment and the communities where we live.

With That In Mind, Here Are Just Some Of Our Favourite's Perks That You’ll Get Being Part Of The Seven Trent Family

• 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).
• Car allowance of £5,208 per annum (pro-rata where applicable).
• 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.
• 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.
  
  

At Severn Trent, you’ll be joining a culture that cares, one that works together to achieve, grow, and develop. And when it comes to our employee engagement scores – they’re some of the highest of energy and utility companies globally, and we believe that is down to our wonderful culture, created by our wonderful people.

That why’s when it comes to how we work, we want to keep up those special in-person moments, to keep our culture alive. But don’t get us wrong, we understand the flexibility that working remotely can bring. Which is why when it comes to how we work – you’ll usually find us in the office, but when you need to work remotely, we’re here for it, when you need it – if suitable for your role.

WHATS 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 too - so keep an eye on your phone and emails.

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• Data source: Peakon (2023) – Severn Trent top 5% of energy and utility companies globally for employee engagement scores.