Finance and Commercial (“F&C”) are embarking on a multiyear transformation journey
programme to be a trusted, respected, and innovative team, driving sustainable value creation for our shareholders, providing timely, actionable insight and maintaining strong financial discipline and control. This will be an end-to-end transformation of the way we are organised, the systems we use, the processes we have in place and the data we rely on so that we become “FTSE Fit” in terms of our capabilities and how we operate in support of Thames Water which is a business of equivalent size and complexity to large listed entities.
The Programme Management Lead is responsible for ensuring that F&C Transformation is governed effectively, risks and dependencies are controlled, resources and budgets are well-managed, and the transformation roadmap is delivered on time and to quality.
What you will be doing as Programme Management Lead
- Running the governance framework
- Driving delivery of the roadmap and actioning any agreed change control to scope or timing
- Assessing progress on the workstreams and reporting to stakeholders
- Managing interdependencies and effective sequencing of the work
- Owning the budget for the programme and managing costs and resource plansSurfacing risks and issues and driving resolution on a timely basis
- Being the central coordination point between F&C Transformation and the wider Thames Water transformation, ensuring the programme is integrated into the parallel change activities across the business
Location – Hybrid, Reading
What you should bring to the role?
- Proven experience leading a PMO function within a large finance transformation
- Strong understanding of finance processes
- Demonstrable experience in portfolio management, PMO governance design, and executive reporting.
- Expertise in RAID management, risk mitigation, and decision facilitation, project mgt tools
- Extensive years delivery experience in project/programme role(s) that involve driving strategic initiatives and goals
What’s in it for you?
This is an exciting time to join Thames Water as we continue to deliver on our turnaround plan, offering the opportunity to become part of our strategic journey.
A real opportunity to engage with the whole business and tell Thames’ story to the outside world. You will be part of a growing team to support the re-engagement with capital markets as we recapitalise the company.
- Excellent Competitive salary
- Annual Leave – 26 days holiday per year, increasing to 30 with the length of service. (Plus bank holidays)
- Annual Bonus.
- Private Medical Health Care.
- Contributory pension – Defined Contribution – Maximum of 12% -2x employee contribution.
- Personal Medical Assessments – Open to all once a year.
- Access to lots of benefits to help you take care of you and your family’s health and wellbeing, and your finances – from annual health MOTs and access to physiotherapy and counselling, to Cycle to Work schemes, shopping vouchers and life assurance.
- Performance-related pay plan directly linked to company performance measures and targets.
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