Who are we?
Thames Water is the UK’s largest water and wastewater company. We make a daily difference to our 15 million customers by supplying 2.6 billion litres of water through 32,000 km’s of pipes, to keep taps flowing and toilets flushing. We are an essential service and have operated throughout the Covid19 pandemic.
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.
What you will be doing
This unique opportunity as a Cost Planner for our Project Management Team allows you to play a major part in the operation of the new market arrangements, providing essential and integral support in this challenging area. You will be working in a fast, dynamic team with ample opportunity to make a difference in the way we operate.
Travelling to various Water and Waste sites to meet with engineers and the team will be required.
- Providing financial support to Project /Programme Managers
- Month end, forecasting, budget management and variance analysis activities, along with other ad-hoc duties
- Ensuring accurate and timely financial records are kept for relevant projects
- Ensuring projects within your area of responsibility meet the requirements of the monthly forecast process
- Supporting the Finance Lead in ensuring a high level of financial control is in place
- Ensuring monthly variances on projects actual spend and movements in forecast outturn costs are understood
- Responsibility for the SAP maintenance of your projects, including project set-up, milestones, budgets and asset commissioning
- Supporting the project teams on the use and analysis of earned value (EV) data
- Monthly collation and analysis of finance data such as schedule derived ‘estimates to complete (ETCs)
We’re looking for you to have:
- You will have experience with financial reporting & budgeting
- Have Good communication skills
- You come from a project accounting / PMO background
- You have experience with working on multiple projects with conflicting priorities
- You can handle month-end reporting including forecasting & variance analysis
- You will have a working knowledge of SAP
- You will have a high attention to detail and capable of handling complex data
What’s in it for you?
Our competitive salary package includes an excellent contributory pension, 26 days holiday per year increasing to 30 with the length of service and a wider benefits scheme.
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 and we are a Times Top 50 Employer for Women. You can find out more in our working for us section of our website.