Finance Business Partner

Job Summary

Severn Trent is significantly increasing its capital investment programme, set to more than double over the next five years. We're looking for an experienced Finance Business Partner to play a pivotal role in shaping, improving and optimising the financial performance of our capital programme at a portfolio level, in a fast‑paced and evolving environment. This is a high‑impact, senior finance role requiring strong commercial judgement, the ability to manage complex and competing priorities, and the confidence to partner across the business, driving delivery to plan while identifying opportunities to outperform.

It offers a rare mix of strategic insight, regulatory translation and hands‑on delivery. You will be intellectually curious, quick‑thinking and have a talent for making the complicated feel simple.

In this role you'll have end‑to‑end visibility across the full portfolio, leading the development of insight, reporting, option development and automation needed to optimise programme affordability. Working closely with teams across FP&A, Asset Planning, Treasury & Regulation, you'll help drive alignment and shared understanding of key planning and delivery drivers, building a broad network and a strong understanding of how planning, funding, delivery and regulation fit together.

You’ll also establish yourself as a trusted partner, providing credible challenge, governance and oversight across high‑value programme spend, particularly supporting Asset Planning and Capital Commercial teams.

You'll provide financial leadership, partnering and governance for the financial outcomes of the Tactical Asset Planning area, delivery‑side cost oversight and reporting. You'll lead the development and embedding of Programme Affordability reporting and controls, working closely with the Commercial team to drive efficiencies, improve supplier spend management and maximise value.

As a finance business partner, you’ll lead and own the construction, monitoring and reporting of programme affordability, including AMP‑level forecasts, budgets and output targets. You’ll deliver clear, accurate and insightful financial information throughout the programme lifecycle, enabling timely interventions and supporting informed decision‑making that aligns delivery and regulatory financial outcomes. You’ll represent programme finances at senior forums, including Approval Boards and Investment Committee, as well as regular day‑to‑day interaction with senior leadership.

You will be comfortable balancing pace and risk to ensure we remain within our cost envelope while meeting our wider commitments. As a line manager, you’ll motivate and inspire your team across a varied and complex programme, building strong engagement and a culture of constructive challenge, control and collaboration. You’ll support the development of high‑performing finance professionals with the capability to deliver robust financial planning, high‑quality insight and value‑based decision making.

You’ll lead by example in adhering to policies, procedures and controls, while continuing to challenge non‑value‑adding activity and champion practical, solutions‑focused ways of working.

You’ll be based at our Severn Trent Centre in Coventry. This is a critical role, and we’re looking for someone who can join us for 37 hours a week. You’ll join a caring culture that collaborates to achieve, grow, and develop. Our employee engagement scores are among the highest globally in energy and utilities. We value in‑person moments to keep our culture alive, but also understand the flexibility of working from home when you need it.

You’ll be an experienced finance leader who holds a recognised financial or accountancy qualification (e.g. CIMA, ACCA, ACA) and is comfortable operating both in detail and at a consolidated level. You’ll bring strong report‑writing and communication skills, with the ability to tailor messages to a wide range of audiences, including senior leaders. You’ll thrive in a complex environment, balancing pace, risk and control while enabling the business to deliver ambitious outcomes.

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