Regulatory Project Manager

Company description:

Water Utility Company based in Yorkshire region of England.

Regulatory Project Manager

Hello! Thanks for stopping by. Let us tell you about all the great reasons to join us here at Yorkshire Water:

• We offer a competitive salary, depending on experience (£38,165 - £47,707)
• Annual incentive related bonus (£1000 maximum bonus opportunity for the performance year)
• Attractive pension scheme (up to 12% company contribution)
• Development opportunities in line with the Regulatory Project Manager progression plan
• 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays – plus an extra wellness day!
• Life assurance cover of 4 times pensionable salary
• A great benefits package – choose from health cash plan scheme, critical illness insurance, dental insurance, life assurance flex and partner cover.
• Retail savings scheme
• Online GP service, cycle to work scheme, gym membership discounts and many more!

Location:
West Yorkshire / Hybrid Working (1-2 days in the office a week – Bradford – Relocating to Leeds)

Work type:
Permanent. 37 hours per week, Monday – Friday.

We excited to share that we have a number of exciting opportunities for Regulatory Project Managers to join the Finance directorate at Yorkshire Water and be a part of helping Yorkshire Water to provide the best service to our customers. Could this be you?

Everyone has an idea of what a water company does. Here in Yorkshire, we make sure that over 5.4 million people living in the region and the millions of people who visit our region each year, can rely on our services, and have clean and safe drinking water on tap and that their wastewater is taken away. But for us, it’s so much more than this.

We look after communities, protect the environment, and plan to look after Yorkshire’s water, today, tomorrow 24/7, 365 days a year. We provide essential water and wastewater services to every corner of the Yorkshire region, and play a key role in the region’s health, wellbeing, and prosperity.

New environmental legislation, unprecedented levels of investment and changing expectations from customers means that this is an exciting time to discover opportunities within the water industry. The Finance function is a key part of how we plan to meet the changing expectations of customers and regulators. We’re growing our team and have multiple exciting opportunities available! If you’re passionate about delivering impactful projects, driving change and shaping the future of our organisation, we’d love to hear from you.

As our Regulatory Project Manager, you will:

• Champion strong governance across strategic programmes, ensuring every initiative runs smoothly, efficiently and with full control.
• Act as a trusted advisor to Programme and Project Managers, providing guidance on Change Framework templates and documentation.
• Lead on reporting by gathering insights from project and programme teams and transforming them into clear, accurate weekly, monthly and quarterly dashboards and presentations that drive confident decision making.
• Support portfolio level financial oversight, including budget tracking and understanding key cost drivers.
• Assist Project and Programme Managers through the procurement cycle, ensuring all financial activities and processes are compliant and well-governed.
• Build strong relationships with programme and project teams to collect, analyse and interpret the information needed by senior leaders.
• Own the end to end management of RAID logs and lessons learned, proactively challenging and escalating key risks and issues to keep delivery on track.
• Monitor benefits realisation and cost performance, preparing insightful reports for senior boards and stakeholders.
• Draft high quality project documentation — including board papers, stage reports and closure reports ready for senior review.
• Coordinate complex programme plans into a clear, compelling “plan on a page”, highlighting critical paths, milestones, outcomes and benefits.
• Work collaboratively within the Strategic Programme Office to deliver exceptional service, support and expertise to stakeholders across the organisation.
• Play a key role in continuously improving…