NWG (Northumbrian Water Group)
Corporate Finance Manager

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Corporate Finance Manager
Working hours: 37 Hours
Permanent
Salary: Around £80k, dependent on experience
Location: Pity Me, Durham/Hybrid working
We’re open to discussing flexible working and different ways of making this role work for you.
About The Role
This is a rare opportunity to shape a capability that will be central to how we plan, finance and grow the business for years to come.
As Corporate Finance Manager, you'll report directly to the Group Treasurer and take ownership of the Group's strategic corporate model, a key tool used to support long-term planning, shareholder value assessments, financing decisions, regulatory strategy and financial resilience. You'll sit at the intersection of treasury, regulation, finance and corporate strategy, helping to inform some of the most important decisions facing the business.
You'll lead the ongoing development and enhancement of the Group's corporate model, ensuring it remains robust, flexible and fit for purpose for executive decision-making, shareholder discussions and future regulatory challenges. You'll also provide insight and analysis that supports our Executive Leadership Team, Board Committees, shareholders and credit rating agencies.
The role offers significant variety and exposure. You'll provide specialist corporate finance support across the business, assess commercial and investment opportunities, contribute to regulatory finance strategy and help prepare the analysis underpinning our long-term viability and resilience assessments. You'll also work closely with the Assistant Group Treasurer and Treasury Operations Manager on rating agency engagement, liquidity planning and broader treasury initiatives.
You'll become a trusted adviser to senior stakeholders, regularly presenting insights and recommendations to the CFO, Finance Leadership Team and shareholders, while helping to strengthen NWG's corporate and regulatory finance capabilities ahead of PR29 and AMP9.
So, if you're looking for a role where you can combine financial modelling, strategic thinking and corporate finance expertise to influence major business decisions, this could be the perfect next step.
About You
We are looking for someone with strong corporate finance and financial modelling expertise who enjoys solving complex problems, influencing decisions and working with senior stakeholders.
You must be a motivated and proactive self-starter with excellent analytical skills, strong commercial judgement and the confidence to communicate complex topics clearly and effectively.
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You’re Likely To Have:
- Minimum 5 years' experience in corporate finance, financial modelling, investment appraisal or related financial roles.
- Demonstrable experience building, maintaining or leading complex corporate, infrastructure or strategic financial models.
- Strong Excel and financial modelling skills with a high level of attention to detail.
- Experience presenting analysis and recommendations to senior stakeholders.
- The ability to translate complex financial information into clear and actionable insights.
- Strong commercial awareness and an interest in long-term business strategy.
- Excellent communication and relationship-building skills.
Experience within regulated utilities, infrastructure, capital-intensive businesses or regulatory finance would be advantageous, as would exposure to shareholders, investors or credit rating agencies
We value experience and capability above formal qualifications, but you may hold qualifications in finance, accounting, economics, mathematics or a related discipline, together with professional qualifications such as ACA, ACCA, CIMA, CFA or ACT.
We understand the right candidate might not tick every box, so if this role excites you, we'd still love to hear from you.
About Us
Here at Northumbrian Water, we embrace and value Diversity, Inclusion and Equity, and encourage all colleagues to bring their most authentic self to work.
Our colleague network groups include our Rainbow Support Network (LGBTQIA+), REACH (Race, Ethnicity, and Cultural Heritage), WiSTEM (Women in STEM) and Thisability (disability and neurodiversity) networks. They provide a safe space for colleagues from diverse backgrounds, welcoming all colleagues regardless of their personal characteristics to participate in valuable conversation that improves our organisational awareness, understanding and inclusivity.
We encourage and welcome all applications, as we strive to be an equal opportunity employer, committed to having diverse communities represented within all our teams, structures, and organisation.
Please note this role will require a DBS to be completed prior to employment
NWG are an inclusive employer who support the rehabilitation of offenders, we will not, however consider candidates who have certain unspent convictions to ensure our commitment to fostering a safe and secure working environment for all OR colleagues, suppliers, customers and third parties.


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NWG At a Glance:
Our purpose at NWG is caring for the essential needs of our communities and environment, now and for generations to come.
We do this by providing reliable and affordable water and wastewater services for our customers.
We make a positive difference by operating efficiently and investing prudently, to maintain a sustainable and resilient business.
Our vision is to be the national leader in the provision of sustainable water and wastewater services. To support us in achieving our vision, we have five core values which are the guiding principles, defining who we are, what we do and how we do it.
Our Benefits
We’re a Great Place to Work because of the amazing people who work for us, and to say thank you we offer a range of benefits to colleagues. Our ‘Tap Into’ benefits include:
- Generous holiday entitlement starting at 26 days, plus bank holidays and additional time off on Christmas Eve and New Year’s Eve. There’s also the option to buy or sell holidays.
- Company pension scheme, where we’ll double match your contributions up to an employer contribution of 10%.
- Free access to certain local attractions.
- A fantastic discount scheme, with savings on days out, shopping, travel and more.
- Award winning ‘Living Well’ wellbeing support, including access to a digital GP service for you and your family members.
- Support with sustainable travel – through salary sacrifice cars and a cycle to work scheme.
- Financial wellbeing support – access our community savings scheme, financial education and low cost loans through Salary Finance. We also provide 4 x Life Assurance and an Income Protection Scheme.
- Support with your development – we offer a range of development opportunities, can support you through an interest free qualification loan and we’ll even pay for any relevant professional body subscription.
NWG (Northumbrian Water Group)
NWG provides water and sewerage services to 2.7 million people in the North East of England as Northumbrian Water, and water services to 1.5 million people in the South East of England as Essex & Suffolk Water.
We are proud to serve our customers and we're committed to delivering great service, putting our customers at the heart of everything we do.
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