Finance Business Partner - Capital Delivery

At Severn Trent, our people are at the heart of everything we do. We’re in the top 5% of utility companies worldwide for employee engagement, and we’re equally proud of our strong Glassdoor score – reflecting how much our people love working here.

Join us to make a positive impact on the environment and our communities, while being valued and supported in a truly inclusive workplace.

If you want to do more, because you care, we want you on our team.

EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW

We’re looking for an experienced and motivated Finance Business Partner to join our Capital Delivery & Commercial Finance team. In this role, you’ll play a key part in supporting the successful delivery of our capital programme by providing high‑quality insight, robust reporting, and constructive challenge across financial, performance and regulatory objectives.

Working closely with Capital Delivery Business Leads and reporting to the Senior Finance Business Partner, you’ll help drive improved programme performance through clear analysis, strong governance and effective business partnering. You’ll ensure a consistent and high‑quality monthly reporting rhythm, while also identifying opportunities to improve processes, performance and decision‑making in both the short and longer term.

What you’ll be doing

Partner with Capital Delivery Business Leads to support and challenge the delivery of capital programmes through insightful financial and performance analysis.
Lead month‑end reporting for key business areas, including budgets, forecasts and variance analysis.
Monitor and report capital spend and delivery outcomes, ensuring alignment with regulatory, financial and efficiency targets.
Develop, produce and present clear and balanced capital performance reporting to senior leadership teams, Portfolio Boards and other approval bodies.
Identify key risks and opportunities impacting annual and AMP performance, working proactively with delivery teams to mitigate risks and maximise opportunities.
Support and continuously improve capital programme governance, accounting processes and compliance with budgetary controls.
Facilitate robust forecasting across CAPEX, IRE and OPEX and provide clear insight into performance trends.
Lead and contribute to projects that enhance Management Information (MI) and reporting capability across Capital Delivery.
Provide high‑quality regulatory and performance reporting, including supporting submissions to Ofwat where required.
Build strong working relationships across Finance, Strategy, Strategic Asset Planning and Capital Delivery to support long‑term capital planning.
Support and mentor the Capital MI Analyst, helping to drive ongoing improvements in data quality and reporting.
Deliver ad‑hoc analysis and reporting to support performance management and decision‑making.

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

Essential experience and skills:

Strong experience in performance analysis, with a track record of driving improvement through insight and challenge.
Excellent technical accounting knowledge, with the ability to explain accounting standards clearly to the business and external auditors.
Ability to understand and connect complex data sets, focusing on priorities that support organisational objectives.
Strong stakeholder management skills, with the confidence to influence and challenge at all levels.
Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to tailor messages for different audiences.
Advanced MS Office skills, alongside experience of SAP ECC and BI tools.
Strong commercial and financial awareness.

Desirable:

Knowledge of capital programme governance processes.
Understanding of AMP7 outcomes and their link to capital delivery.
Experience of delivering improvement projects or programmes of work.

Your capabilities

You’ll be someone who:

Enjoys working with complex information and can translate it into clear, meaningful insights.
Understands the wider financial, performance and regulatory landscape.
Adapts their influencing style to different situations and stakeholders.
Builds credibility through strong relationships, collaboration and constructive challenge.
Manages competing priorities effectively and remains organised under pressure.
Brings a strong team ethos and a commitment to sharing best practice.

Qualifications

Qualified Accountant.
Full UK driving licence.
GCSEs (or equivalent) in English and Maths at grade C or above, or demonstrable numeric and verbal competence through relevant experience.

HOW WE’LL REWARD AND CARE 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:

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
Two volunteer days per year

LET’S GO

We can't wait to hear from you! Have an updated CV ready and spare five minutes to apply. We'll let you know the outcome after the closing date, so keep an eye on your phone and emails.