SEVERN TRENT
Finance Business Partner
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At Severn Trent, our people are at the heart of everything we do. We’re in the top 5% of utility companies worldwide for employee engagement, and we’re equally proud of our strong Glassdoor score — reflecting how much our people love working here.
Join us to make a positive impact on the environment and our communities, while being valued and supported in a truly inclusive workplace.
If you want to do more, because you care, we want you on our team.
EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW
We’re looking for a commercially minded Finance Business Partner to join our Finance Business Partnering team, supporting the Bioresources area within Customer Operations.
Working closely with the Finance Business Partner, you’ll provide high‑quality financial and operational insight to senior stakeholders, helping shape decisions that drive strong in‑year performance and support delivery of the longer‑term AMP plan. You’ll play a key role in ensuring robust financial control, offering constructive challenge where needed, and embedding an outcome‑focused performance culture across the business.
This role is also designed to support future progression, positioning the successful candidate as a potential successor to the Finance Business Partner.
Learn more about this exciting opportunity from Tayo, part of the Bioresources finance team here: www.severntrent.com/careers/life-at-st/meet-tayo/
What you’ll be doing
You’ll have a varied and influential role, including:
- Supporting multiple cost centres across Bioresources, including month‑end close and promoting effective cost control
- Building strong, trusted relationships with cost centre managers to help deliver in‑year performance targets
- Owning the budgeting process for your areas of accountability
- Supporting the annual business planning cycle, including stakeholder engagement and financial modelling
- Producing detailed analysis on variances, risks and opportunities, turning data into clear, actionable insight
- Preparing accurate and well‑balanced monthly forecasts
- Delivering clear and concise performance reporting covering opex, capex and income
- Supporting regulatory reporting through accurate cost allocation in line with accounting guidelines
- Creating engaging presentations for senior stakeholders with minimal support
- Driving commercially sound decisions, considering both financial and non‑financial factors
- Understanding non‑financial cost drivers and working with the business to ensure data integrity
- Providing ad‑hoc modelling and analysis as required
- Championing continuous improvement across your area
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HOW WE WORK
You'll be based at our Severn Trent Centre in Coventry. With this being such a critical role, we’re looking for someone who can join us 37 hours a week.
You'll join a caring culture that collaborates to achieve, grow, and develop. Our employee engagement scores are among the highest globally in energy and utilities. That’s why, we value in-person moments to keep our culture alive but also understand the flexibility working from home can bring. So, you'll usually find us in the office, but working from home is supported, when you need it.
WHAT WE’RE LOOKING FOR
To succeed in this role, you’ll bring:
- Substantial finance experience in a similar analytical or business partnering role
- A strong ability to diagnose performance issues and work collaboratively to deliver improvements
- Confidence in articulating insights and recommendations to support strategic decision‑making
- The ability to build credible, effective relationships across a complex organisation
- Experience of driving and supporting continuous improvement initiatives
- Strong MS Office skills, with experience of SAP ECC and BI tools
Your strengths
You’ll also demonstrate:
- Strong analytical and problem‑solving skills, with the ability to see issues through to resolution
- Clear and confident communication skills, able to simplify complex information
- Sound commercial judgement and the ability to highlight key risks and opportunities
- The confidence to advise, guide and constructively challenge stakeholders
- Strong organisation skills, able to prioritise effectively and manage competing deadlines
- A solid understanding of financial control processes
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Qualifications
- Fully qualified financial or accountancy qualification (e.g. ACA, CIMA, ACCA)
Skills and experience are important, but character, positivity, and a caring attitude matter too. We welcome and celebrate diverse individuals, knowing they help us better serve our communities. We seek people who get involved, want to be part of something bigger, and make a difference because they care.
HOW WE’LL REWARD AND CARE FOR YOU
It’s not just a job you’ll get here, you’ll get a career too. We have a range of benefits that reward and recognise great work and award-winning training to ensure you reach your potential. And we’ll also help you play your part in looking after the environment and the community in which we live.
Here’s some of our favourites:
- Salary of £56,725
- 28 days holiday + bank holidays (and the ability to buy/ sell up to 5 days per year)
- Annual bonus scheme (of up to £2,250 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
- Dedicated training and development with our ‘Academy’
- Electric vehicle scheme and retail offers
- Family friendly policies
- Two volunteer days per year
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