About the role:
To design and implement process and system change initiatives across Finance.
The role will play a key part in ensuring our financial processes are optimised from an efficiency and effectiveness perspective.
Key responsibilities will include:
- Supporting and / or leading process and system change projects / initiatives that improve finance controls, increase efficiency, provide robust & accurate data for insights & reduce transactional processing costs across Finance
- Providing training collateral and support to enable Finance team members to adopt process change effectively
- Representing Finance on company-wide process change / IT projects ensuring that our interests are adequately considered
Key stakeholders include:
- Group Financial Controller
- Functional FDs
- Head of Financial Efficiency & Change
- Local finance teams
The successful candidate will demonstrate:
- Process excellence and change expertise, with previous experience developing and implementing finance process changes in medium-large sized enterprises
- Qualified in Lean / Six sigma / lean / other process improvement methodologies
- Experience of SAP and other financial systems, including implementation, upgrades and improvements
- Attention to detail
- Strong communication skills
- Project management skills
Required skills:
- Process excellence expertise and experience
- SAP experience, including implementation
- Accountancy knowledge – degree / partially trained
What’s in it for you:
There will be opportunities for you to be promoted within the business after 2 years into a more senior role due to the size and demands of the company.
Our competitive salary package includes an excellent contributory pension, 26 days holiday per year and a wider benefits scheme. This includes an annual pay review, season ticket loans, voucher scheme giving you money off in major retail outlets, loyalty awards for continuous service plus much more, including our refer-a-friend bonus, where you can receive up to £1,000 for helping someone get a permanent position within the company.
We’re also proud to be here for our local community, offering all of our teams two days paid volunteer leave a year, as well as proudly supporting a lot of local events and charities.
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About us:
Thames Water is the UK’s largest water and wastewater company. We make a daily difference to millions of customers by supplying 2.7 billion litres of world-class water to around 10 million homes.
As our world changes, the need to take care of our most precious resource is greater than ever, both locally and globally. That’s why, at Thames Water, every one of our actions, big and small, matters every day. Water is essential to daily life, and that means our business is always open. We’re passionate about providing world-class tap water, now and for the future.
We’re also turning poo into power, self-generating 20% of the energy we use and, in turn, doing our bit for the planet. We’re reducing plastic waste by celebrating our tap water and rolling out an ambitious water fountain project. We’re using our voice to lobby for change and partnering with WaterAid to provide clean water to the world’s poorest communities.
Together, we’re building a better future for our customers, our region and our planet.
Thames Water is a unique, rewarding and diverse place to work. If you join our team, you’ll enjoy fast-tracked career opportunities, flexible working arrangements and unparalleled benefits. We’re also proud to be an equal opportunity employer, Stonewall Diversity Champion and Disability Confident Leader, welcoming individuals from all walks of life and leading the way with an award-winning mental health and wellbeing strategy.