Finance Business Partner – Capital Delivery

Severn Trent

Finance Business Partner supporting and challenging capital programme delivery through performance analysis and reporting at Severn Trent. Collaborating with business leads and enhancing governance.

Posted 5/8/2026full-timeCoventry • 🇬🇧 United KingdomMid-LevelSenior💰 £56,725 - £59,500 per yearWebsite

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Partner with Capital Delivery Business Leads to support and challenge the delivery of capital programmes through insightful financial and performance analysis.
Lead month-end reporting for key business areas, including budgets, forecasts and variance analysis.
Monitor and report capital spend and delivery outcomes, ensuring alignment with regulatory, financial and efficiency targets.
Develop, produce and present clear and balanced capital performance reporting to senior leadership teams, Portfolio Boards and other approval bodies.
Identify key risks and opportunities impacting annual and AMP performance, working proactively with delivery teams to mitigate risks and maximise opportunities.
Support and continuously improve capital programme governance, accounting processes and compliance with budgetary controls.
Facilitate robust forecasting across CAPEX, IRE and OPEX and provide clear insight into performance trends.
Lead and contribute to projects that enhance Management Information (MI) and reporting capability across Capital Delivery.
Provide high-quality regulatory and performance reporting, including supporting submissions to Ofwat where required.
Build strong working relationships across Finance, Strategy, Strategic Asset Planning and Capital Delivery to support long-term capital planning.
Support and mentor the Capital MI Analyst, helping to drive ongoing improvements in data quality and reporting.
Deliver ad-hoc analysis and reporting to support performance management and decision-making.

Requirements

What you’ll need

Strong experience in performance analysis, with a track record of driving improvement through insight and challenge.
Excellent technical accounting knowledge, with the ability to explain accounting standards clearly to the business and external auditors.
Ability to understand and connect complex data sets, focusing on priorities that support organisational objectives.
Strong stakeholder management skills, with the confidence to influence and challenge at all levels.
Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to tailor messages for different audiences.
Advanced MS Office skills, alongside experience of SAP ECC and BI tools.
Strong commercial and financial awareness.
Knowledge of capital programme governance processes (desirable).
Understanding of AMP7 outcomes and their link to capital delivery (desirable).
Experience of delivering improvement projects or programmes of work (desirable).

Benefits

Comp & perks

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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Hard Skills & Tools

performance analysisfinancial analysisvariance analysisforecastingregulatory reportingcapital programme governanceaccounting standardsdata quality improvementcapital deliverybudgetary controls

Soft Skills

stakeholder managementcommunication skillsinfluencing skillsmentoringproblem-solvinganalytical thinkingrelationship buildingpresentation skillscollaborationinsight generation