South West Water

Regulatory Financial Modelling Lead

South West Water

full-time

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Location Type: Hybrid

Location: Bristol • 🇬🇧 United Kingdom

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Salary

💰 £55,000 - £65,000 per year

Job Level

Senior

Tech Stack

Python

About the role

  • As our Regulatory Financial Modelling Lead, you will:
  • **Financial Modelling & Analysis**
  • - Build, develop and maintain dual Ofwat financial models (SWB, BRL, SES).
  • - Ensure alignment with PR24 regulatory determinations.
  • - Run stress tests, sensitivities and scenario analysis to guide strategy and investment decisions.
  • **Regulatory Expertise & Horizon Scanning**
  • - Stay ahead of Ofwat policy developments and wider infrastructure sector trends.
  • - Identify future modelling needs and adapt tools accordingly.
  • **Data, Insight & Reporting**
  • - Ensure integrity and consistency across regulatory, shareholder and Treasury valuation models.
  • - Translate complex data into clear, actionable insights for senior leadership.
  • - Produce high-quality reports, commentary, and regulatory submissions.
  • **Stakeholder Engagement**
  • - Work closely with business streams, senior leaders, regulators and auditors.
  • - Draft consultation responses and support business planning and Price Review programmes.
  • **Business Planning & Price Review**
  • - Lead the financial modelling of the company’s five-year business plan.
  • - Support our Price Review work to secure strong, evidence-based outcomes.

Requirements

  • ACA/ACCA/CIMA (or equivalent).
  • A postgraduate qualification with strong analytical content **or** extensive relevant experience.
  • Proven financial and strategic modelling experience, with models used in practice.
  • Experience working with large datasets—extracting, cleaning, linking and transforming data.
  • Ability to present complex analytical findings to non-technical audiences.
  • Regulatory sector experience and Price Review exposure desirable.
  • Advanced Excel and MS Power Tools.
  • Strong analytical capability and strategic thinking.
  • Understanding of economic regulation and econometrics (Desirable)
  • Programming skills (R/Python) and statistical software (Stata/SPSS/R) desirable.
Benefits
  • Generous holiday allowance plus bank holidays
  • A discretionary Bonus
  • Competitive Contributory Pension
  • Share-save Scheme
  • Various health benefits
  • Wellbeing support programmes
  • A range of Group Discounts
  • Cycle to Work Scheme
  • Financial support services
  • And plenty more!

Applicant Tracking System Keywords

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Hard skills
financial modellingdata analysisstress testingscenario analysisdata extractiondata cleaningdata transformationprogramming (R)programming (Python)statistical software (Stata)
Soft skills
analytical capabilitystrategic thinkingcommunicationstakeholder engagementreport writingconsultation drafting
Certifications
ACAACCACIMApostgraduate qualification