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Thames Water, the UK's largest water supplier, is looking for a Portfolio Finance Manager to drive strategic business programmes for regulatory cycles and align them with the company's long-term vision. If you're interested in transforming the company and maximizing public value for our customers, communities, and the environment, then this is the role for you.
This is an exciting opportunity to be a key part of Thames Water's new best-practice programme management model, ramping up for our biggest-ever level of capital investment over 2025-30. Apply now and be a part of shaping the future of the UK's water supply.
What you will be doing as a Portfolio Finance Manager
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 must 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. We encourage you to apply as soon as possible to avoid disappointment.
This is an exciting opportunity to be a key part of Thames Water's new best-practice programme management model, ramping up for our biggest-ever level of capital investment over 2025-30. Apply now and be a part of shaping the future of the UK's water supply.
What you will be doing as a Portfolio Finance Manager
- Control and manage an optimised investment delivery plan, influencing key business stakeholders and taking account of current and future performance.
- Ensure the delivery of the five-year regulatory investment plan is meeting required business plan outcomes by providing governance and MI support to exec level.
- Responsible for the development, implementation and maintenance of robust and effective financial processes through reporting cycles.
- Scrutiny of delivery budgets to demonstrate value for money.
- Overview and advice regarding portfolio resource allocation.
- Managing Portfolio opportunities, threats, risks, and issues.
- Educated to degree level or equivalent appropriate professional body qualification, e.g. Accountancy, MBA, or chartership status.
- Effective communication, relationship management and presentation skills and building effective working relationships.
- A sound comprehension of business delivery models and their application in meeting business requirements.
- Competitive salary between £55,000 - £75,000 per annum depending on experience.
- 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.
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 must 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. We encourage you to apply as soon as possible to avoid disappointment.
