Thames Water Utilites Hiring for Portfolio/Programme Finance Analyst Job at Reading, England Full Time

Who are we?

Thames Water is the UK’s largest water and wastewater company. We make a daily difference to our 15 million customers by supplying 2.6 billion litres of water through 32,000 km’s of pipes, to keep taps flowing and toilets flushing. We are an essential service and have operated throughout the Covid19 pandemic.

At Thames Water, every one of our actions, big and small, matters every day. Water is essential to daily life, and that means our business is always open.

What you will be doing

This unique opportunity as a Portfolio/Programme Finance Analyst for our Digital teams allows you to play a major part in the operation of the new market arrangements, providing essential and integral support in this challenging area. You will be working in a fast, dynamic team with ample opportunity to make a difference in the way we operate.

• Providing financial support to Project /Programme Managers.
• Month-end, forecasting, budget management and variance analysis activities, along with other ad-hoc duties.
• Ensuring accurate and timely financial records are kept for relevant projects.
• Ensuring projects within your area of responsibility meet the requirements of the monthly forecast process.
• Supporting the Finance Lead in ensuring a high level of financial control is in place.
• Ensuring monthly variances on projects actual spending and movements in forecast outturn costs are understood.
• Responsibility for the SAP maintenance of your projects, including project set-up, milestones, budgets and asset commissioning.
• Supporting the project teams on the use and analysis of earned value (EV) data.
• Monthly collation and analysis of financial data such as schedule derived ‘estimates to complete (ETCs)’.

We’re looking for you to demonstrate:

• You will have experience with financial reporting & budgeting.
• You come from a project accounting / PMO background.
• You have experience with working on multiple projects with conflicting priorities.
• You can handle month-end reporting including forecasting & variance analysis.
• You will be proficient in the use of MS tools – Advanced MS Excel (pivot tables, v lookups, macros) PowerPoint, SharePoint.
• You will have a working knowledge of SAP.
• You will have high attention to detail and be capable of handling complex data.
• Desirable but not necessary experience and skills include: working knowledge of earned value management (EVM). Bachelor degree (or equivalent) in finance, accounting or another financial discipline.

What’s in it for you?
This is a unique role where you will have the opportunity to work with a wide variety of people and data, giving you exposure to different areas of the business. This is an ideal role for someone who is technically minded and enjoys working as a subject matter expert to support team members and the wider business whilst being able to influence the future direction of the business.

Our competitive salary package includes an excellent contributory pension, 26 days holiday per year increasing to 30 with the length of service, and a wider benefits scheme.

We’re proud of the positive ways of working we have adopted during the pandemic. We want to create a more flexible and dynamic environment so all our colleagues can thrive. For our office-based roles, we’re moving to a hybrid approach where we’ll provide options around working from our offices, our operational sites, and home dependent on role/team/individual. This will be discussed during the assessment process.

Thames Water is a unique, rewarding, and diverse place to work. If you join our team, you’ll enjoy fast-tracked career opportunities, flexible working arrangements, and unparalleled benefits. We’re also proud to be an equal opportunity employer, Stonewall Diversity Champion, and Disability Confident Leader and we’re a Times Top 50 Employer for Women.

Click here to find out more about working at Thames Water.