FP&A Analyst

The primary deliverable of the role is to deliver month end/year end processes alongside leading the budget, forecasting, reporting and other planning cycles to stakeholders across various business functions encompassing almost the entire company including interested third parties as required. The role is particularly challenging and demanding as it essentially requires the analyst to be a de facto subject matter expert for Energy, Finance, Energy Markets, Operations, Hedging, Strategy, Commercial, Internal Business Plans, Price Reviews and Ofwat regulations.

What you’ll be doing as a FP&A Analyst

• Develop and manage multiple data models such as month end, price, budget, forecast, strategy, hedging, planning, regulatory reporting models etc.
• Convert large data sets to meaningful, relevant, and actionable business information to identify control issues, determination of metrics and operational impacts
• Ensure that power contracts are understood to be able to convert these into relevant, meaningful financial information that can be used to drive decisions
• Emphasise maintenance of data integrity and articulation of messaging, producing evidence, simplification of complex analysis, clear insights and feasible actions
• Translate financial impacts in simple comprehensive formats, ensuring consistency of messaging across all stakeholders such as Operations, Business Improvement, Commercial, Strategic Business Planning, Energy and Carbon, Finance, Group, Central Finance, OLT, Audit, External analysts etc.
• Create user friendly fit for purpose tools and charts, providing clear evidence, rationale, insight, and line of sight and actionable inputs
• Objectively look at the data, filter out the noise and be able to extract key messages as well as draw out pivot information from formal and informal conversations

Base Location: Reading - Hybrid
Working Pattern: 36 Hours

What you should bring to the role

• Advanced modelling skills
• Subject matter expertise/interest (energy markets and macroeconomic factors influencing these)
• Financial control and attention to detail
• Simplification - taking complicated information and translating this to key insight for decision making
• Able to understand impacts of contracts and interdependencies
• SAP/HFM Skills
• CIMA/ACCA qualified accountant
• Knowledge of the Water Industry and able to understand the clean/waste water treatment processes to highlight opportunities for efficiency.
• Keen understanding of energy market conditions - understanding of how hedges/swaps etc work

What’s in it for you?

• Offering between £55,000 - £65,000 per annum, depending on experience
• Annual Leave - 26 days holiday per year increasing to 30 with the length of service (plus bank holidays)
• Generous Pension Scheme through AON
• Access to lots of benefits to help you take care of you and your family’s health and wellbeing, and your finances – from annual health MOTs and access to physiotherapy and counselling, to Cycle to Work schemes, shopping vouchers and life assurance.

Find out more about our benefits and perks

Who are we?
We’re the UK’s largest water and wastewater company, with more than 16 million customers relying on us every day to supply water for their taps and toilets. We want to build a better future for all, helping our customers, communities, people and the planet to thrive. It’s a big job and we’ve got a long way to go, so we need help from passionate and skilled people, committed to making a difference and getting us to where we want to be in the years and decades to come.

Learn more about our purpose and values

Working at Thames Water
Thames Water is a unique, rewarding and diverse place to work, where every day you can make a difference, yet no day is the same. As part of our family, you’ll enjoy fast-tracked career opportunities, flexible working arrangements and excellent benefits.
Whether you’re interested in a role in one of our call centres or science labs, we’re looking for people like you with real passion and a burning desire to make things better.

So, if you’re looking for a sustainable and successful career where you can make a daily difference to millions of people’s lives while helping to protect the world of water for future generations, we’ll be here to support you every step of the way. Together, we can build a better future for our customers, our region and our planet.

Real purpose, real support, real opportunities. Come and join the Thames Water family. Why choose us? Learn more.

Our overarching aim is to ensure that Thames Water is great, diverse and inclusive place to work. We welcome applications from everyone and offer extra support for those who need it throughout the recruitment process. Our aim is to remove any real or perceived barriers to success, so if you need assistance, we’re here to help and support.

When a crisis happens, we all rally around to support our customers. As part of Team Thames, you’ll have the opportunity to sign up to support our customers on the frontline as an ambassador. Full training will be given for what is undoubtedly an incredibly rewarding experience. It’s also a great opportunity to learn more about our business, meet colleagues and earn some extra money along the way.

Disclaimer: due to the high volume of applications we receive, we may close the advert earlier than the advertised date, so we encourage you to apply as soon as possible to avoid disappointment.