Accountant (Income)

Salary Up to £51,389 - Depending on experience

Location Leat House with hybrid homeworking

Accountant (Pricing & Income)

Full Time

Permanent

Salary - up to £51,389 – depending on experience

Location - Hybrid working between home and Leat House, Washington

About the role

We are looking for an Accountant to join our Pricing & Income team at Northumbrian Water. You will be responsible for the monitoring of income, cash collection and debt provisioning for the business, providing senior management with financial information to support business decisions and to support the tariff setting process.

The successful candidate will provide support for the Pricing & Income Accounting Manager on tariff income modelling, charges schemes and compliance. You’ll also contribute towards the development of a robust income and debtor forecasting methodology, linking key operational metrics and cash flows, supporting proactive decisions.

The provision of valued financial information, in the form of a monthly commentary, to support and provide insight to internal stakeholders of the financial position also forms part of this role. In addition, you will contribute towards the development of the bad debt provision and management information on collection of debt and contribute to the ongoing development of the bad debt provisioning policy. You will also be responsible for the production of the income and debt elements of statutory, regulatory and group reporting in accordance with the relevant accounting standards.

About you

You will have proven experience in a financial environment and be a qualified accountant (e.g. ACA, ACCA, CIMA). You should be able to demonstrate your ability to operate comfortably in a financial environment, analysing and interpreting financial information to resolve problems, deliver outputs and communicate information for decision-making.

The successful candidate will also have a working knowledge of multi-module financial systems, such as Oracle, and be proficient in the use of Microsoft Excel. The ability to interrogate data warehouses to extract relevant data and to analyse, interpret and report on outputs is also essential.

A completer-finisher, who takes ownership for their work, you will be adaptable to meet changing deadlines and priorities, you will be able to develop relationships and gain credibility with stakeholders, being prepared to both provide and receive appropriate challenge.

We’re looking for you to be self-motivated and proactive, taking ownership and accountability for delivering outputs successfully, and to be able to communicate effectively and confidently, in a professional and confidential manner.

Here at Northumbrian Water/Essex & Suffolk Water, Diversity, Inclusion and Equity means bringing your full self to work. We encourage and welcome applications from all underrepresented groups, as we believe and strive for community representation within all our teams, structures and organisation.

NWG (Northumbrian Water Group) provides water and sewerage services to 2.7 million people in the North East of England as Northumbrian Water, and water services to 1.5 million people in the South East of England as Essex & Suffolk Water.

We are proud to serve our customers and we're committed to delivering great service, putting our customers at the heart of everything we do.