Financial Reporting Analyst

At Severn Trent, our people are at the heart of everything we do. We’re in the top 5% of utility companies worldwide for employee engagement, and we’re equally proud of our strong Glassdoor score – reflecting how much our people love working here.

Join us to make a positive impact on the environment and our communities, while being valued and supported in a truly inclusive workplace.

If you want to do more, because you care, we want you on our team.

We have an exciting opportunity for an experienced reporting and analytics professional to join our Capital Delivery & Commercial Finance team on a 12 month fixed-term contract.

This role has been created to strengthen our finance reporting capability during a critical period of AMP8 delivery. You'll lead the development and enhancement of high-quality financial reporting, dashboards and management information, helping stakeholders make informed decisions through clear, accurate and insightful performance data.

Working closely with finance and operational teams, you'll play a key role in shaping reporting standards, improving data quality and governance, and delivering meaningful insights that support investment decisions and performance management across the business.

This is a delivery-focused role, ideal for someone who enjoys building reporting solutions, solving complex data challenges and driving continuous improvement.

• Leading the design, development and delivery of reporting frameworks, dashboards and management information across Capital Delivery & Commercial Finance.
• Establishing consistent reporting standards, definitions, controls and governance to ensure accurate and trusted information.
• Providing high-quality financial and performance analysis by bringing together data from multiple systems and sources.
• Identifying key risks, opportunities and performance drivers to support decision-making and business planning.
• Partnering with senior finance and operational stakeholders to understand reporting requirements and deliver valuable insights.
• Acting as the subject matter expert for finance reporting and data within Capital Delivery.
• Challenging assumptions, improving reporting methodologies and ensuring outputs remain robust and fit for purpose.
• Driving automation, simplification and continuous improvement across reporting processes.
• Ensuring data integrity through strong controls, issue resolution and effective governance practices.
• Providing technical leadership on reporting design, data structures and best practice approaches.

You’ll be based at our Severn Trent Centre in Coventry. With this being such a critical role, we’re looking for someone who can join us 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. That’s why, we value in-person moments to keep our culture alive but also understand the flexibility working from home can bring. So, you’ll usually find us in the office, but working from home is supported, when you need it.

To succeed in this role, you’ll bring:

You’ll have experience developing reporting and analytical solutions that support business decision-making and will be comfortable working with large, complex datasets from multiple sources.

We’re particularly interested in professionals who have:

• Experience building and maintaining automated reporting and dashboards, particularly using Power BI.
• Strong analytical skills with the ability to interpret complex information and translate it into meaningful insight.
• Experience partnering with finance and operational stakeholders in a complex business environment.
• A strong understanding of finance reporting processes, data structures and governance principles.
• The ability to work through ambiguity and develop practical, effective reporting solutions.
• Confidence to challenge data, assumptions and existing ways of working where appropriate.

• Strong Power BI reporting, dashboard development and data visualisation experience.
• Knowledge of data modelling and…