Trade Effluent & Forecasting Analyst

SevernTrentLife; Coventry; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 42,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading utility provider in Coventry is seeking a Trade Effluent & Forecasting Analyst to enhance their forecasting capabilities. The role requires a strong analytical mindset and excellent stakeholder management skills. You will ensure accurate data entry, monitor quality trends, and develop forecasting models for trade effluent volumes. The position offers a salary range of £35,569.17 - £41,955.40, along with various perks such as bonuses, a robust pension scheme, and professional development opportunities.

Benefits

28 days holiday + bank holidays

Salary £35,569.17 - £41,955.40

Annual bonus scheme up to £2250

Leading pension scheme

Sharesave scheme

10% discount with Busy Bee Nurseries

Dedicated training and development

Electric vehicle scheme

Family friendly policies

Two volunteering days per year

Qualifications

• Strong analytical capability with excellent attention to detail.
• Experience in data validation, forecasting, or market data processes.
• Strong stakeholder management skills.

Responsibilities

• Ensure accurate meter reads are validated and entered in market systems.
• Resolve data discrepancies with metering teams.
• Monitor data quality trends and drive corrective actions.
• Develop and maintain robust forecasting models for trade effluent volumes.
• Provide insight and recommendations based on variance analysis.

Skills

Analytical capability

Attention to detail

Stakeholder management

Data validation

Data analysis

Job description

Overview

Hello. We’re Severn Trent and we think water is wonderful. And we’re pretty keen on people too.

24 hours a day, 365 days a year we serve 4.8 million households and business across the heart of the UK. Each cuppa drank, each toilet flushed is only possible because of the 7,000 brilliant team members working across our patch.

We welcome people from all walks of life and celebrate individuality. We know diverse minds, experiences and backgrounds help us to learn and better serve our customers and the communities where they live.

If you want to do more because you care, we’d love to talk to you. There really is something for everyone here.

Our Trade Effluent role sits at the heart of this value with the opportunity to really make a difference to our customers.

EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW

The Trade Effluent & Forecasting Analyst plays a critical role in ensuring the organisation maintains accurate market data, delivers robust forecasting, and meets all regulatory and financial obligations related to trade effluent activity.

The role provides high‑quality analytical insight and operational assurance, ensuring that trade effluent performance, forecasting accuracy, and market compliance directly support organisational performance, financial stability, and positive customer outcomes.

Some of the key accountabilities include:-

Responsibilities

• Ensure all trade effluent meter reads are accurate, validated, and correctly entered in the market systems.
• Work proactively with metering teams to resolve data discrepancies, validate site configurations, and ensure all TE meter assets and consumption data meet market standards.
• Monitor data quality trends, identify root causes of inaccuracies, and drive corrective and preventative actions.
• Lead the development and maintenance of robust forecasting models for trade effluent volumes, ensuring alignment with financial expectations and business planning cycles.
• Ensure that forecasted volumes submitted to the market accurately reflect operational reality and financial assumptions.
• Analyse variances between forecast, actual performance, and financial models, providing insight and recommendations.

What you’ll bring to the role

In order to succeed in the role you will require a strong analytical capability with excellent attention to detail, alongside experience in data validation, forecasting, or market data processes, ideally within a utilities environment.

The successful candidate will demonstrate strong stakeholder management skills, with the confidence to influence and challenge constructively, and be a clear and effective communicator able to present insights to senior leaders and external stakeholders.

An understanding of wholesale water and wastewater operations, trade effluent processes, or market codes is desirable, as is experience working within regulated environments or supporting audit processes.

What’s in it for you

Working here isn’t just a job. You can build a career at Severn Trent. We’ll reward you for it, too. We have a range of benefits that recognise great work, and award-winning training to help you reach your potential. And we’ll also help you play your part in looking after the environment and the communities where we live.

With that in mind, here are just some of our favourite's perks that you’ll get being part of the Seven Trent family:

• 28 days holiday + bank holidays (and the ability to buy/ sell up to 5 days per year)
• Salary £35,569.17 - £41,955.40
• Annual bonus scheme (of up to £2250 per annum based on company performance)
• Leading pension scheme – we will double your contribution (up to 15% when you contribute 7.5%)
• Sharesave – the chance to buy Severn Trent Plc shares at a discounted rate
• 10% monthly discount with Busy Bee Nurseries, and one-week free childcare
• Dedicated training and development with our ‘Academy’
• Electric vehicle scheme and retail offers
• Family friendly policies
• Two volunteering days per year

What’s next

We can’t wait to hear from you.

Before you apply, you’ll need an updated copy of your CV and about five minutes to spare.

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