LET’S CUT STRAIGHT TO IT

Our purpose at Severn Trent is taking care of life’s essentials and working in our Finance business does this and so much more.

Severn Trent Water is a FTSE100 utilities business based in the heart of Coventry City Centre. Our Finance business is central to our head office with all our teams based here, creating an atmosphere of collaboration and high performance where doing a great job for a common cause is what we aim for.

It’s for this reason that a career within finance at Severn Trent is such an exciting prospect. There is so much more to Secern Trent than just water, and as a Finance Business Partner, you’ll prove this completely.

So, are you looking for the most exciting opportunity of your career?

Well then, read on.

LET’S TELL YOU MORE

You will be partnering with business areas who could have multi-million-pound asset bases or plan & execute strategies which help our 8 million customers across our region. Therefore, the ways you work and who you speak to will always be varied.

The people here are varied to! The teams you’ll work alongside, and partner, are diverse, innovative, and are always looking to have a cutting edge so for this reason will listen to your new ideas. So, whilst we appreciate you’ll love numbers as much as we do, your role will also be must more than just numbers and spreadsheets.

The fundamentals of this role will be familiar to you, such as ensuring financials are accurate for internal management reporting both regulatory and statutory as well as working with budget holders to perform financial planning and provide analysis, insight and reporting to assist decision making and drive performance but this role is so much more.

In this role you identify key risks and opportunities to performance and work with our Business Leaders and their teams to mitigate risks and capitalise on opportunities, as well as working with key stakeholders on budgeting and forecasting for opex, income and capex. Including providing challenge to ensure credibility and deliverability, and identification of opportunities to improve performance and drive efficiencies.

You will also get the opportunity to work with our finance Graduate’s and apprentices to run an efficient month end process, ensuring the monthly financials and balance sheet reconciliations are completed on an accurate and timely basis and all significant variances to budget are understood.

WHAT WE’RE LOOKING FOR

We’re looking for a motivated and engaging individual who will deliver a high-quality monthly reporting rhythm, maintain a robust control environment, and challenge existing practices to identify improvements in both the short and longer term.

We will ideally be looking for you to be fully qualified in or in the final stages of becoming financially fully qualified, with an ability and willingness to work through the full financial and accountancy life cycle. (Not essential though, so if you need help becoming qualified we help with that)

Severn Trent as a business offer not just a job but a career as well. With all our finance team being in one place, you’ll have the opportunity to learn about all the different areas of this fascinating business and move around to sample different ways of working.

It’s important that we attract the right skill sets, and those with the right experience but we value character, positivity and a caring attitude in equal weight.

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 employ thousands of people from across our community who really care about what they do. Because that is how we do what we do.

HOW WE’LL REWARD AND CARE FOR YOU IN RETURN

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:

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  28 days holiday + bank holidays (and the ability to buy/ sell up to 5 days per year)
• Annual bonus scheme (up to £2,250 based on company performance and subject to eligibility)
• Leading pension scheme – we will double your contribution (up to 15% when you contribute up to 7.5%)
• Sharesave – the chance to buy Severn Trent Plc shares at a discounted rate

• 10% monthly discount with Busy Bee Nursery's, including one-week free childcare
• Dedicated training and development with our ‘Academy’
• Electric vehicle scheme and retail offers
• Family friendly policies
• Two volunteering days per year

We offer a fantastic education scheme which will mean that if you’re not fully qualified, we’ll offer help and support for you to pass those exams to reach your potential, along with unique groups who look at the way we operate and how we can best serve our staff.

LET’S GO

Apply now to build an amazing career and be part of a brilliant team. We can’t wait to hear from you.

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