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Closing Date 2026-08-28
Job Title: FP&A Data Analyst
Location: Durrington (hybrid working – minimum two days per week in the office)
Contract Type: Permanent
Hours: 37 hours per week
Salary: Up to £35,000 depending on experience
About the Role
Are you a detail-oriented finance professional with a passion for turning data into meaningful insights? We’re looking for a proactive FP&A Analyst to join our Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A) team at Southern Water. In this pivotal role, you’ll support two FP&A Managers and work closely with Finance Business Partners (FBPs), helping to ensure the accuracy, quality, and insight of financial data, systems, and reporting.
You’ll be heavily involved in data extraction, manipulation, and reporting, contributing to month-end processes, budgeting, forecasting, and the production of management and Board-level reports.
This is a fantastic opportunity to develop your technical finance skills, gain exposure across different business areas, and build a strong foundation for a long-term finance career.
What You Will Be Responsible For
- Supporting the month-end close process for multiple business functions, ensuring accuracy and attention to detail.
- Extracting, manipulating, and inputting data from finance systems (including TM1), Excel, and other internal tools.
- Producing and circulating regular and ad hoc financial files and reports, delivering meaningful analysis, investigations, and insights.
- Assisting with forecasting and annual budgeting cycles.
- Support in the production of internal and external reports (including Board-level outputs) using Excel and PowerPoint.
- Providing general analytical and reporting support to the wider FP&A team.
What You’ll Bring to the Role
Essential
- Detail-oriented with a strong level of accuracy and attention to detail.
- Strong Excel skills (e.g., SUMIFs, pivot tables, VLOOKUP/XLOOKUP).
- Experience creating clear, well-presented reports for varied audiences.
- Excellent organizational skills, with the ability to support multiple stakeholders and priorities.
- A proactive, adaptable approach and the ability to work both independently and as part of a team.
- A confident communicator, comfortable working across teams to build strong relationships.
- A strong interest in finance, perhaps newly qualified in or working towards a finance qualification such as AAT, ACCA, ACA, or CIMA.
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Desirable
- Experience supporting month-end, budgeting, or forecasting processes.
- Previous exposure to FP&A, management reporting, or financial analysis roles.
- Experience working with large data sets.
Why Join Us?
When you join Southern Water, you’ll be part of a team at the very heart of the Finance function, giving you exposure to a wide range of stakeholders and opportunities to build long-lasting professional relationships. You’ll benefit from a hybrid working pattern, with a minimum of two days per week in our Durrington office, which offers ample parking and excellent public transport links.
Southern Water is a company committed to making a difference. Our purpose is to provide water for life – enhancing health and wellbeing, protecting and improving the environment, and supporting the economy. We’re a team of passionate, like-minded people who care deeply about what we do and the impact we make.
If you’re ready to develop your finance career in a fast-paced, collaborative environment, we’d love to hear from you.
About Southern Water
Southern Water is at the forefront of transforming Britain’s water industry, investing significantly to enhance resilience, sustainability, and service excellence. With £7.8bn planned investment for 2025–30, this is an unparalleled opportunity to join a business committed to delivering a generational shift in the way water services are managed.
At Southern Water, we believe diverse perspectives drive innovation. If you’re passionate about making a positive impact and think you can bring value to our team, we’d love to hear from you — even if you don’t tick every box.
Our Commitment to Diversity
We welcome applicants from all backgrounds, identities, and experiences. We do not discriminate based on race, ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, age, disability, religion, or any other protected characteristic. If you need reasonable adjustments during the recruitment process, please let us know.
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Additional Information
Appointment to this role is subject to the successful completion of all pre-employment checks, including eligibility to work in the UK, DBS checks, and employment/education verification.
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Joining the Southern Water family means you’ll become part of our incident support team. During your interview, your manager will speak to you about any incident support rotas that apply to your position.
Does this opportunity excite you but you’re not 100% sure if you meet all the requirements for the role? Or are you concerned that ‘normal’ office hours aren’t possible given your personal circumstances? Whilst we can’t accommodate every flexible working request, we’ll try to find a practical solution. So why not engage with us and find out more about this role?
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