Management Accountant Reporting Lead

This is an excellent opportunity for a dynamic Management Accountant Reporting Lead to be responsible for all group management reports, including Group financial performance, Board report, cash flow report and Forecast/Budget books. You will be key to providing partnering for the wider FP&A and financial reporting teams in the business while providing key analysis and insights.

This role will help drive forward the development of management reports and analysis across the group ensuring best practice processes are implemented to deliver improved insight accountability and understanding of Thames management results.

What you'll be doing as an Management Accountant Reporting Lead

• Responsible for providing monthly reports to the CO-CEOs, the CFO, the Board and shareholders to the standard required by the audience.
• Creation of high-quality reports, analysis, and commentary on performance.
• Own and manage relationships wider to understand drivers of performance and businesses cost trends, producing insights to support decision making.
• Understanding of P&L and cashflow performance and provide insights on overall position improving Thames understanding of its cost trends and drivers, with the support of Business FP&A teams
• Work together with the Financial reporting team to ensure alignment
• Support the Head of FP&A on budgeting and forecasting analysis and ad hoc requests.

What you should bring to the role?

• Qualified accountant with in-depth experience in Management reporting function with a proven track record in 'adding value’.
• Solid experience in implementing new reports, analysis and good quality reconciliations.
• Be prepared to lead projects such as Forecast/Budget books bringing improvements, automation.  
• Able to deal with a large set of numbers, and build a database of one version of the truth.
• Able to multi-task and prioritise own work and effectively deal with ad-hoc tasks and projects.
• Strong analytical, Excel (including financial modelling) and PowerPoint skills.
• Attention to detail whilst being able to see the broader picture.
• Solid communications experience – prepare concise presentations and support the drafting of papers that will be sent to the Group Executive level.
• Proactive and ambitious - sets high goals for self and continuously strives to improve.
• System experience with SAP and HFM preferable.

What's in it for you?

• Competitive salary - Up to £65,000 per annum depending on experience.
• 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.