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 of pipes, keeping taps flowing and toilets flushing.
At Thames Water, every one of our actions, big and small, matters every day. Water is essential to life, so our business is always open.
What you’ll be doing
- The PMO finance team is looking for a talented Cost Controller to deliver assurance on contractor costs, build robust forecasts, analyse and explain cost variances, draw value added insight from financial performance, Update Dashboards, drive efficient cost performance and continuously improve processes. The purpose of this role is to understand financial performance and drive cost efficiency whilst ensuring compliance with Thames Water governance processes.
- The Cost Controller is critical to ensuring Water Network’s Finance and delivery is cost-effective while ensuring the integrity of financial data reported in Thames Water core financial systems. Working with both internal and external stakeholders, you will gain a wealth of experience from exposure to a variety of departments and will need to be good in excel. This is a great addition to your CV working for the UK’s largest water and water organisation.
What you should bring to the role
- Experience within Finance Team or experience in a financial role within a large organisation
- Experience providing cost assurance across large capital programmes
- Has excellent numerical analysis capabilities
- Has experience of reporting to and, where necessary, influencing senior business stakeholders
- Can demonstrate a high attention to detail with the ability to work accurately with large volumes of financial data
- Experienced in identifying trends in financial data and driving improvements in data quality
- Good working knowledge of finance systems (SAP preferable)
- Experienced analysing and effectively presenting/reporting on financial data
- Numerical, Analytical or Statistical based Degree or Professional Finance qualification ( ACCA/CIMA/ACA)
What’s in it for you?
As we start working towards our 8-year business Plan, this is an exciting opportunity to join and develop in this industry-leading activity and work for an amazing leadership that supports growth. You will be continually evolving and improving financial models/dashboards and forecasts to help drive performance of the InfraProgrammes projects and enable successful delivery of the business unit objectives and ensure project controls are maintained.
Our competitive salary package includes an excellent contributory pension, 26 days holiday per year increasing to 30 with length of service and a wider benefits scheme including our benefits hub, which is packed full of offers and information to save you money and support your wellbeing.
Thames Water is a dynamic, rewarding and diverse place to work, with opportunities around every corner. If you join our team, you’ll enjoy a fulfilling career, flexible working arrangements and a wider benefits scheme including our benefits hub, which is packed full of offers and information to save you money and support your wellbeing.
We’re also proud to embrace and promote diversity and believe that creating a workforce that reflects the communities we serve will help us to thrive. 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
We deliver life's essential service so our customers, communities and the environment can thrive. This means, when a crisis happens, we all rally round 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 a earn bit of extra money along the way.
Disclaimer: due to the high volume of applications we receive, we may close a vacancy earlier than the advertised date. This is so we can manage all the applications properly and give candidates a positive experience. Once closed, we can’t consider any further applications, so please submit your application as soon as possible to avoid disappointment.