Financial Accountant

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
We are looking for an experienced Capex Financial Accountant to provide technical accounting expertise to other members of the Finance Community (e.g. Capital Delivery, Digital, etc.).

The role involves managing the external audit, review of methodologies of regulatory accounts processes from a CAPEX perspective, monitoring and developing financial and project governance controls, as well as various ad-hoc projects supporting the business and implementing process improvements reporting on Thames' £15bn fixed asset register and associated annual capital programme expenditure of c.£1bn.
A key focus for this role is interpreting the observations and points raised by our External Auditors and subsequently developing, delivering, and embedding process improvements to address them.
We're looking for you to:

• Apply your accounting knowledge and skills to implement process improvements by reviewing and identifying key controls and improving the efficiency of reporting.
• Develop good working relationships with key stakeholders, engaging with the business to add value whilst developing the role and enhancing your skills.
• Be self-motivated, have a positive result-driven mindset, and strong interpersonal/ communication skills are key behaviors for this role.

• Strong analytical skills who is experienced and highly competent with regards to Excel and other Microsoft applications.

Qualifications: Qualified accountant (CIMA / ACCA / ACA or equivalent)
What's in it for you?
You will have the opportunity to use your technical accounting expertise to support the team, the wider Capital Delivery community (including OPEX /CAPEX decisions and developing disposals strategy), and group finance in support with the audit and regulatory reporting as well as an excellent opportunity to develop your career at Thames Water.
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. We are proud of the positive ways of working we have adopted during the pandemic. We want to create a more flexible and dynamic environment so all our colleagues can thrive. For our office-based roles, we are moving to a hybrid approach where we will provide options around working from our offices, our operational sites, and home dependent on role/team/individual. This will be discussed during the assessment process.
Thames Water is a unique, rewarding, and diverse place to work. If you join our team, you will enjoy fast-tracked career opportunities, flexible working arrangements, and unparalleled benefits. We are 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.