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Posted Date:  23 May 2025
Posting End Date:  08-Jun2025
Location:  Coventry
Company:  Severn Trent Water Limited
Department:  Developer Services
Salary (£):  £45,000 to £55,000

Senior Commercial Analyst

 

Are you looking for a career that makes a difference? Look no further than Severn Trent Water! Our award-winning, innovative company is home to over 8,500 dedicated team members who are passionate about making a positive impact on the world.  We offer a diverse range of roles and development opportunities, so there’s something for everyone here. Whether you’re just starting out or looking to take your career to the next level, we have the resources and support you need to succeed.  

  

Here in Developer Services, we’re committed to providing outstanding service to our customers. That’s why we’re proud to be recognised as a leading service provider in our field. But we’re not content to rest on our laurels. Our ambition is to be market-leading in everything we do, by being easy to deal with, offering value for money, and creating an awesome place to work.  To achieve this, we need great people who are passionate about playing their part in our journey. If you’re looking for a career that’s both challenging and rewarding, we’d love to talk to you. Do you want to be part of something special? 

 

We’re looking for our next Senior Commercial Analyst to join the team. Read on for all the details…

 

EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW

 

As our Senior Commercial Analyst, you will be responsible for collating and interrogating a variety of departmental data including compliance, overall performance and our cost v’s budget.  All this will be to provide timely insights on the monthly and yearly performance of Developer Services and highlight any patterns and trends. 

In this role, you will use all data sources including historical trends and qualitive and quantitative information to test inferences and use this to provide timely insight to drive performance improvements through stakeholder management.

 

Your key accountabilities in this role include:

  • Use data to make reasonable projections/inferences in order to proactively inform key stakeholder of potential metric failures or variances.
  • Develop and enhance knowledge of reporting systems including SAP and Microsoft solutions to improve the reporting functionality of the business for key performance metrics.  
  • Produce and own documented standard operating procedures to drive compliance across the performance data metrics.
  • Communicate business insights and recommendations on opportunities for performance improvement and value for money to a variety of stakeholders including the senior management team within commercial team and Developer Services. 
  • Work with stakeholders to reach a consensus on decisions and desired outcomes and support to provide critical information to determine key objectives/measurements for success and track process against these.

 

You’ll be based in our Coventry headquarters, Monday – Friday with some travel to other sites for meetings.

 

WHAT YOU’LL BRING TO THE ROLE

 

The right skills and experience are important. But if you have the right character, positivity and a caring attitude we want to talk to you, too.  

 

In order to succeed in this role, we’ll be looking for you to have experience of cleaning, interrogating, and scrutinizing high volumes of data, and being able to produce meaningful reports, insights and high-level management information.  We’ll also look for you to have proven experience of using reporting tools including SAP, Excel or BI/MI to provide data oversights for key stakeholders.

 

We’ll want you to have the ability to collaborate with key stakeholders and subject matter experts to get their input, share knowledge and insight to drive efficiencies, doing this with a proactive approach.  You will need to use your initiative and look ahead to anticipate problems or areas for process improvement.    

  

We welcome people from all walks of life and celebrate individuality as we know diverse minds, experiences and backgrounds help us to learn and better serve our communities. We want people who show up and get involve. Those who are ready to be part of something bigger and who want to make a difference because they care. Is that you? 

  

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 perks that you’ll get being part of the Seven Trent family:  

 

  • ·       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 (including, a year off paid for any maternity and adoption leave)
  • ·       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 this has sparked your curiosity, and you're wanting to find out even more, search #LifeAtSevernTrent on social media. 

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