This is an excellent opportunity to play an integral role in making critical strategic decisions for one of the UK’s largest infrastructure businesses. As one of the largest corporate bond issuers in the UK and with a shareholder group formed of large international pension funds and sovereign wealth funds, this is also an opportunity to engage with a truly diverse range of stakeholders including regulators, rating agencies and investors.
What you'll be doing as a Corporate Finance Manager?
The role is within a specialist team within the company, responsible for managing a variety of financial stakeholders. This is a unique opportunity to analyse the key financial drivers of the company, understanding and optimising outcomes for shareholders, customers, debt investors and regulators. As well as giving a holistic view of the company, this role is unique in its requirement for a broad range of skills, requiring technical ability, conceptual thinking, influencing and communication skills.
Key responsibilities include the following:
- Assist in progressing relationships with credit rating agencies
- Maintain a detailed understanding of credit analysis and methodology around Whole Business Securitisation
- Develop and assess the credit impact of various initiatives to further financial resilience
- Produce analysis for going concern and LTVS, acting as primary contact for auditors
- Liaise with the Treasury team on finance-ability considerations for funding and hedging
- Preparation of papers for the various Boards around capital structure and dividend policy
- Ongoing review of index-linked hedging strategy
- Act as key support for the Investor Relations team with overall responsibility in providing input into all presentations, scripts and Q&A for investor roadshows and results presentations
- Support the Commercial Strategy team with a review of Strategic Resource Options taking into account WBS restrictions, broader credit impacts and investor-sounding
- Support Investor Relations and Sustainability teams with analysis and presentation of ESG narrative to investors
- Play a critical role in shaping our approach and report for TCFD. Work with various teams alongside the Climate Change Working Group to model climate change scenarios and analyse the long-term financial impacts
What you will bring to the role?
- Experience in developing and operating financial models
- Strong familiarity with credit analysis and a good understanding of corporate finance principles
- Flexible individual with a strong finance background
- Whilst not essential, an accountancy qualification would be viewed favourably
- Ability to think critically and commercially, with a high attention to detail, to assess business issues and opportunities
- Influencing skills with individuals at all levels in the business including senior management
- Excellent communication, relationship management and presentation skills
- High level of business awareness
- Enthusiastic and pro-active approach
- Experience working within the utilities sector or another regulated environment would be helpful
What's in it for you?
- Competitive salary - £70,000 - £90,000 per annum
- Car Allowance
- Private Health Insurance
- Annual Leave 26 days holiday per year increasing to 30 with the length of service (Plus bank holidays)
- Contributory pension – Defined Contribution - Maximum of 12% -2x employee contribution
- Personal Medical Assessments – Open to all once a year
- Wider benefits scheme including our benefits hub, which is packed full of offers and information to save you money and support your wellbeing
Who are we?
At Thames Water, our purpose is crystal clear - to deliver life’s essential service so our customers, communities and planet can thrive.
Water is life’s great leveller. Every living thing needs it, every single day. From people to plants, birds to bees, farms to factories, we all need it to thrive, and we’re committed to taking care of it for us all.
But keeping water flowing is becoming harder. From scorching summers to wetter winters, extreme weather affects everything from our pipes to our local rivers. We need to keep millions more kettles boiling, public services operating, washing machines spinning, showers running and more, so every drop is more precious than ever. Are you ready to play your part?
Working at Thames Water
At Thames Water, we recognise that people are at the heart of our business. To help us succeed in providing life's essential service, we need a range of skills and capabilities, representative of society throughout our business.
We seek to attract and retain a cultural mix of people who can offer different but complementary attitudes, values, talents, and knowledge. We understand the importance of appreciating and harnessing the unique skills, experiences, backgrounds, and differences that each individual brings.
Our over-arching diversity and inclusion aim is to ensure Thames Water is a diverse and inclusive great place to work. 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.
When a crisis happens, we all rally around 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 earn some extra money along the way.
Disclaimer: Due to the high volume of applications we receive, we may close the advert earlier than the advertised date, so we encourage you to apply as soon as possible to avoid disappointment.