Capital Delivery Finance Partner: Insight & Impact

Southern Water; Worthing; Hybrid; GBP 59,000 - 72,000; Full time

Job summary

Southern Water is recruiting a Finance Business Partner (Capital Delivery) to support our ambitious capital delivery programme. You will deliver complex financial analyses, drive performance insights and provide strategic financial advice to enable informed decision making.

You will build strong stakeholder relationships, lead budgeting and forecasting processes, and enable governance across multiple projects, while working in a hybrid setup between Durrington and Falmer.

Qualifications

• Able to demonstrate strong business acumen and excellent communication and presentation skills to ensure credibility with senior management.
• Strong integrity, organisational and analytical skills.
• An overachiever, used to coping with challenging projects, adapting to changing environment, under high pressure, short timings and in full autonomy.
• Proven ability to work with the business to understand and interpret the practical business implications of financial data and the ability to drive change and build vision based on this.
• Able to demonstrate strong leadership skills, in particular: relationship-building, ability to influence, and judgement.

Responsibilities

• Perform complex financial analyses including trend analysis and financial modelling, providing cost visibility and ownership.
• Report on key performance indicators to drive cost reductions across the business, thereby identifying risks, errors, problems and improvement opportunities.
• Collect budget, quarterly and midyear forecasts and other financial information. Advice on key business planning assumptions, trade-offs and opportunities. Provide sign off and approval on annual plans and forecasts.
• Lead the financial monthly business review process and prepare presentations with recommendations to senior management and corporate office.
• Use the services of Corporate, provide financial governance and management of change initiatives. Provide budget assistance to multiple projects or large programs; assess circumstances and recommend appropriate course of action.
• Develop financial controls and forecasting techniques to evaluate contract/program status and ensure compliance with government and customer requirements.
• Forecast accurate and timely cash flow projections, sales projections, budget projections, and expense projections to ensure that business needs are met.

Job description

Southern Water is recruiting a Finance Business Partner (Capital Delivery) to support our ambitious capital delivery programme. You will deliver complex financial analyses, drive performance insights and provide strategic financial advice to enable informed decision making.

You will build strong stakeholder relationships, lead budgeting and forecasting processes, and enable governance across multiple projects, while working in a hybrid setup between Durrington and Falmer.