Finance Business Partner

Affinity Water; Hatfield; Hybrid; GBP 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual bonus

Annual leave 26-30 days

Pension scheme

Wellbeing centre

Tap4Perks discounts

Volunteer days

Job summary

Affinity Water is seeking an experienced Finance Business Partner to join the FP&A and Business Partnering team supporting the AS&CD directorate. You’ll act as a trusted financial adviser to senior leaders, guiding investment decisions and long-term outcomes.

The role is full-time with a hybrid pattern at Hatfield Head Office, offering potential remote days and flexible hours for senior stakeholders. You’ll work closely with the Head of Investment Programme Management and provide financial

Qualifications

• This role requires CIMA/ACCA qualification and significant post-qualification experience.
• Experience in utilities or capital-intensive environments is preferred.
• Strong ability to explain complex financial information to non-finance stakeholders.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills and proactive mindset.

Responsibilities

• Act as the lead finance contact for the AS&CD directorate and senior management.
• Provide financial reporting, analysis and commentary to the CFO, CEO and directors.
• Lead Opex reporting and support Totex reporting across the business.
• Provide financial advice on investment and project proposals at the Investment Committee.
• Own regulatory Capex reporting within the APR.
• Identify opportunities to improve financial performance and understanding.
• Develop options and scenarios to support management decisions.
• Oversee Capex month-end processes with management accountants.
• Support development and coaching of accounting staff.

Skills

CIMA/ACCA

Stakeholder management

Financial analysis

Regulated environment

Education

CIMA or ACCA qualification

Tools

Excel

Job description

We’re looking for an experienced Finance Business Partner to join our FP&A and Business Partnering team, supporting our Asset Strategy & Capital Delivery (AS&CD) directorate.

This is a high-profile role where you’ll act as a trusted financial adviser to the Asset Strategy Director and senior leadership team, helping drive financial performance, investment decisions and long-term business outcomes across a directorate of more than 500 people.

You’ll work closely with the Head of Investment Programme Management, acting as their primary finance contact, while providing financial insight and reporting to our CFO, CEO and AS&CD Director.

You’ll also be a senior member of our Finance team, with the opportunity to support and coach our management accountants and analysts.

This is a full-time, permanent role based at our Hatfield Head Office, with the option to work remotely up to two days a week. Due to the nature of the role and the senior stakeholders you’ll work with, flexibility around working hours is important.

What you’ll be doing

• Act as the lead finance contact for the AS&CD directorate and senior management team.


• Provide financial reporting, analysis and commentary to the CFO, CEO, AS&CD Director and Head of Investment Programme Management.


• Lead on Opex reporting and support the delivery of Totex (Opex and Capex) reporting across the business.


• Play a key role on the Investment Committee, providing financial advice and challenge on investment and project proposals.


• Own regulatory Capex reporting within our Annual Performance Report (APR).


• Identify opportunities to improve financial performance and business understanding.


• Provide insight into financial risks, cost trajectories and business opportunities.


• Develop options and scenarios to support business decisions, while constructively challenging and influencing stakeholders.


• Oversee Capex financial controls and reporting, including accruals, reconciliations, capitalisation and depreciation.


• Own the Capex month-end process, working with the two Management Accountants supporting the role.


• Support the development and coaching of management accountants and analysts.

What we’re looking for:

• A CIMA or ACCA qualification with significant post-qualification experience.


• Hands-on industry experience, ideally within utilities, manufacturing, construction or another capital-intensive environment.


• Experience working in a regulated environment.


• Strong stakeholder management, negotiation and influencing skills.


• The ability to explain complex financial information clearly to non-finance stakeholders.


• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.


• A proactive approach, with the ability to identify opportunities, solve problems and provide recommendations.

Advert Closes - Monday 31st August

Benefits:

• Competitive salary dependant on skills and experience


• Learning and development opportunities, including mentoring and a range of formal courses and open learning resources.


• Entry into the company annual bonus scheme.


• Annual leave from 26-30 rising with length of service, and the option to purchase up to 5 extra days.


• A ‘Celebration Day’ in addition to public holidays that people can use to celebrate a religious festival or other occasion that is important to them.


• A generous 'double match pension scheme' that doubles the contributions you make (company contribution capped at 12%)


• We offer a range of family benefits including enhanced Maternity, Adoption, Paternity, Shared Parental Leave, Fertility Support Leave and up to 5 full or 10 half days of paid Carers Leave.


• Menopause policy and Reasonable Adjustment policy to help everyone perform at their best.


• Access to our Wellbeing Centre with support for looking after your physical and mental health.


• Discounts at a Range of Retail Outlets through our Tap4Perks scheme


• Discounts on Dental and Medical Insurance through our Tap4Perks scheme through salary sacrifice


• Up to 4 Affinity days a year to volunteer in the community.


• Life Assurance.

Disability Confident

As a Disability Confident employer, we’re committed to offering interviews to disabled candidates who meet the essential criteria and opt in on the application form. Ask the Talent Acquisition lead for the full job description to see all the criteria. If we have a very high volume of applicants and we’re not able to offer interviews to all, we’ll take a fair and proportionate number of disabled candidates through.

Affinity Water recognises the benefits of greater diversity in our workforce to better reflect the communities we serve. We are committed to building a more inclusive culture where every member of our workforce can thrive.

You can find out what it’s like to work at Affinity Water through our career site https://www.affinitywatercareers.co.uk/ where our colleagues share their career development stories and you can get a feel for our company culture.