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SalaryThis role will play a key part in challenging Thames Water’s overall performance position against our agreed business targets and analyse deltas between plan baselines.
What you’ll be doing as a Business Planning Lead
- Delivering a fully integrated and optimised corporate business plan - spending, performance, and risks on an annual basis.
- Performing critical reviews of business cases as part of cross-functional investment prioritisation.
- Building high quality supporting materials to present annual business plans to senior executives and board.
- Developing key relationships within the business and serve as best-in-class business partners.
- Contributing to building a high-performing integrated Business Planning team.
- Preparing our business plan in the format required by our regulator for the price review.
Base Location: Reading, Hybrid
Working Pattern or hours: 36 Hours
What you should bring to the role
- High level of analytical ability and good project management skills
- Microsoft Office software proficiency
- Exposure to planning software (e.g. Anaplan, SAP Analytics Cloud) would be beneficial
- Strong oral and written communication skills
- An accounting qualification, or project management qualification is desirable but not essential
What’s in it for you?
- Competitive salary from £60,000 per annum depending on experience
- Annual Leave - 26 days holiday per year increasing to 30 with the length of service (Plus bank holidays)
- Car Allowance
- Annual Bonus
- Private Medical Health Care
- Contributory pension – Defined Contribution - Maximum of 12% -2x employee contribution
- Personal Medical Assessments – Open to all once a year
- Wider benefits scheme including our benefits hub, which is packed full of offers and information to save you money and support your wellbeing
Who are we?
At Thames Water, our purpose is crystal clear - to deliver life’s essential service so our customers, communities and planet can thrive.
Water is life’s great leveller. Every living thing needs it, every single day. From people to plants, birds to bees, farms to factories, we all need it to thrive, and we’re committed to taking care of it for us all.
But keeping water flowing is becoming harder. From scorching summers to wetter winters, extreme weather affects everything from our pipes to our local rivers. We need to keep millions more kettles boiling, public services operating, washing machines spinning, showers running and more, so every drop is more precious than ever. Are you ready to play your part?
Working at Thames Water
At Thames Water, we recognise that people are at the heart of our business. To help us succeed in providing life's essential service, we need a range of skills and capabilities, representative of society throughout our business.
We seek to attract and retain a cultural mix of people who can offer different but complementary attitudes, values, talents, and knowledge. We understand the importance of appreciating and harnessing the unique skills, experiences, backgrounds, and differences that each individual brings.
Our over-arching diversity and inclusion aim is to ensure Thames Water is a diverse and inclusive great place to work. We encourage applications from everyone and offer extra support for those who need it throughout the recruitment process.
Find out more about working at Thames Water.
When a crisis happens, we all rally around to support our customers. As part of Team Thames, you’ll have the opportunity to sign up to support our customers on the frontline as an ambassador. Full training will be given for what is undoubtedly an incredibly rewarding experience. It’s also a great opportunity to learn more about our business, meet colleagues and earn some extra money along the way.
Disclaimer: due to the high volume of applications we receive, we may close the advert earlier than the advertised date, so we encourage you to apply as soon as possible to avoid disappointment.
