Commercial Lead - Peterborough, United Kingdom - Anglian Water Services Ltd

Anglian Water Services Ltd

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Peterborough, United Kingdom

3 weeks ago

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Salary Circa £80k, salary dependant on skills and experience

Permanent

Peterborough and Home working

Full Time / 37 Hours a week

Anglian Water offers a flexible approach, this role provides you the flexibility to work from home and from an Anglian Water office.

Your base location will be World Wide House in Peterborough.

Unique opportunity to be part of a Major Project team developing and delivering Major Infrastructure schemes, working on multi-billion-pound projects

We currently have an exciting opportunity for a Commercial Lead, with a strong contract and finance background, to join the team on a permanent basis.

Working closely with the Head of Commercial Strategy, the Commercial Lead will primarily be responsible for overseeing the financial & commercial aspects of the project finance workstream to support delivery of the Reservoir programme.

You will play a key role in the planning, structuring and procurement phases to secure the SRO (Strategic Resource Options) infrastructure delivery vehicles, working with other legal, procurement, finance, and regulatory specialists.

You will play a crucial role in managing the financial & commercial aspects of the projects, ensuring that the commercial strategy, commercial models, and contractual arrangements that are financially viable, attractive to investors, and comply with all associated regulatory requirements and business objectives.

You will use your strong financial analysis and strategic thinking skills, excellent negotiation abilities with lenders & investors, and ensure you drive a deep understanding of project finance concepts and use this experience of managing and engaging with multiple (and often senior) internal and external stakeholders.

You will work with a mix of internal and external advisers to identify and engage potential funding models to feed into the associated commercial strategies.

What will you be doing?

You'll be working with the project team and internal/external stakeholders and advisers to develop and implement the commercial and contractual option(s) that maximises interest of financial investors and constructors, ensures the projects financial viability whilst ensuring promoter and customers interests are protected within the commercial arrangements.

Working predominantly with the Head of Commercial Strategy (SROs) in engaging with OFWAT and supporting & presenting progress on commercial aspects on a regular basis.

Responsible for ensuring all commercial sections of internal and regulatory submissions, as required by OFWAT through the relevant project governance processes, are provided to time and expected quality.

As a valued employee, you'll be entitled to:
Full private healthcare with no excess

Car Allowance

26 days leave, rising with service + Bank Holidays, with the option to swap Christmas and Easter holidays for those celebrated by your religion

A flexible working culture

Competitive pension scheme - we double-match your contributions up to 6%

Life Assurance at eight times your salary

Personal Accident cover - up to 5x your salary

Bonus Scheme

Lots of great discounts

Flexible benefits to support your wellbeing and lifestyle

What does it take to be a Commercial Lead?

Educated to degree level in commercial related discipline

Experience in programme and project management

Proven experience engaging with senior stakeholders, advisers and investor/lender markets

Strong understanding & experience of commercial and financial concepts within a project finance context (e.g. DBFOM arrangements)

Proven experience in bespoke contract development, preferably in a Major Infrastructure context

Hold an appropriate professional qualification or membership of a professional body

Why Anglian Water?

Anglian Water is not your typical water company. What we do really matters. Water is the lifeblood of our world and we're proud of the difference we make. We put people at the heart of our business and we truly love what we do

If you're passionate about what you do and would like to make a difference then we'd love to hear from you.

Closing date: 20th September 2023