Director of FP&A & Regulatory Reporting

JR United Kingdom; Exeter; Hybrid; GBP 90,000 - 135,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading water and environmental services firm seeks a Director of FP&A & Regulatory Reporting to shape financial strategy and regulatory insights. With oversight of multiple teams, this role offers a unique opportunity to influence investment and decision-making across a diverse portfolio of utilities, supporting a reputable mission.

Qualifications

• Proven experience in leading FP&A or financial strategy at Group level.
• Strong understanding of regulatory finance and reporting.
• Ability to develop strategic models.

Responsibilities

• Overseeing the Reporting team to deliver insightful reporting, budgeting, and forecasting.
• Leading the Regulatory Finance team and ensuring integration with wider finance.
• Driving continuous development of Strategic Planning & Financial Modelling capability.

Skills

Financial Planning

Regulatory Finance

Revenue Insight

Communication

Data Analysis

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Robert Half

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exeter, United Kingdom

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09.07.2025

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Director of FP&A & Regulatory Reporting - Exeter - Hybrid (2-3 days)

Shape the Financial Narrative of a Purpose-Driven Group

Robert Half are partnering with Pennon Group, a portfolio of water and wastewater companies including South West Water, Bristol Water, SES Water, and Pennon Water Services, who deliver essential services to millions of customers every day.

This is a pivotal moment for the business and the industry - and due to recent acquisition and restructuring, they're now looking for a high-calibre leader to join as Director of FP&A & Regulatory Reporting, a key role at the heart of the Group Finance function.

The Role: Financial Strategy Meets Regulatory Insight

This is a rare opportunity to take a truly integrated leadership role across the Group. You'll oversee the activities of their specialist Strategic Planning, Reporting, Regulatory Finance, and Revenue & Tariff teams - bringing together all strands of performance, planning and regulatory reporting into one coherent, high-performing function.

Your mission: to create a trusted 'single version of the truth' that drives insight-led decisions, underpins strategic planning, and ensures they stay ahead in a highly regulated, rapidly evolving sector.

What You'll Be Responsible For

• Overseeing the Reporting team to deliver insightful monthly reporting, budgeting and forecasting
• Leading the Regulatory Finance team, ensuring strong integration with wider finance, regulatory and operational teams, and full understanding of financial regulatory impacts
• Driving the continuous development of our Strategic Planning & Financial Modelling capability - enabling accurate, agile, and forward-looking decision-making
• Leading Revenue & Tariff operations across South West Water, Bristol Water, and SES Water - including tariff setting and regulatory pricing cycles
• Partnering with the Group Financial Control team to implement consistent corporate accounting policies
• Supporting audit processes and ensuring high standards in all reporting disciplines
• Ensuring a strong culture of performance management, team development and succession planning
• Acting as a key voice for Finance at senior leadership and Executive level - communicating with impact and clarity

Why This Role, Why Now?

?? Impact - This is a Group-wide role with a direct line to the Executive team and influence over investment, strategy and regulatory planning.
?? Integration - You'll lead four specialist teams and bring them together into a more aligned, strategic and insight-led unit.
?? Change & Improvement - From Power BI and data warehouse transition to better MI and reporting, you'll help drive Pennon's next generation of financial insight.
?? Breadth & Complexity - With multiple regulated companies and a five-year regulatory framework, your work will span technical and strategic dimensions.
?? Purpose - At Pennon, every decision supports something bigger: protecting the environment, supporting communities, and investing in the future.

What They're Looking For

They're looking for an experienced leader with a strong grounding in financial planning, regulatory finance and revenue insight, ideally from a regulated environment such as water, energy, utilities, infrastructure or telecoms. However, will consider outside of this for the right candidate.

You'll likely bring:

• Proven experience in leading FP&A or financial strategy at Group level
• Strong understanding of regulatory finance and reporting
• Experience overseeing or partnering on tariff setting or revenue forecasting
• Ability to develop strategic models and support long-term investment planning
• Exceptional communication skills - able to present complex financial insight to executive and board audiences
• A passion for translating data into action and improving business performance

Ready to Make a Difference?

If you're looking to lead where financial insight, strategic decision-making and regulatory rigour come together - this is your opportunity to shape the future of one of the UK's leading water and environmental services groups.

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