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Affinity Water is looking for an experienced Commercial Manager to provide leadership and assurance across Capex, Opex and Indirect (Corporate) spend. This is a key role within our established Procurement & Commercial function, comprising over 30 professionals, and will play a pivotal part in driving value, governance, risk management and supplier performance across the organisation. The Role In this... ZIPC1_UKTJ

Our Water Resources Planning team is helping to steer Affinity Water through its largest and most interesting challenges, identifying, defining and promoting the demand management and new infrastructure schemes that are needed to let the business adapt to the challenges of environmental need, climate change and growth. For this role you will be asked to act as a key member of the Water Resources Ma... ZIPC1_UKTJ

We're looking for a Risk Manager who can work across the business, build strong relationships, and help teams identify, understand and manage risks in a practical and proportionate way. This is a highly visible role, working with colleagues at all levels, from operational teams through to senior leadership and the Board. You'll help embed our risk management framework, facilitate meaningful discuss... ZIPC1_UKTJ

We're looking for an Insurance Claims Advisor to join our small and supportive insurance team. This is a varied role where no two days are the same - you'll be investigating claims, speaking with customers and third parties, working closely with internal teams and occasionally visiting sites to understand incidents first-hand. This is an excellent opportunity to develop a career in insurance and cla... ZIPC1_UKTJ

At Affinity Water, our People and Culture team supports a large, fast-paced operational environment where strong HR partnership is key to delivering great outcomes for our customers and colleagues.

We're looking for an Insurance Claims Advisor to join our small and supportive insurance team.This is a varied role where no two days are the same - you'll be investigating claims, speaking with customers and third parties, working closely with internal teams and occasionally visiting sites to under

Affinity Water is looking for an experienced Commercial Manager to provide leadership and assurance across Capex, Opex and Indirect (Corporate) spend.

We're looking for a Risk Manager who can work across the business, build strong relationships, and help teams identify, understand and manage risks in a practical and proportionate way.This is a highly visible role, working with colleagues at all levels, from operational teams through to senior lead

Affinity Water on a 24 month FTC.

Our Water Resources Planning team is helping to steer Affinity Water through its largest and most interesting challenges, identifying, defining and promoting the demand management and new infrastructure schemes that are needed to let the business adapt to the challenges of environmental need, climat

Affinity Water is seeking an Advanced Data Scientist / Machine Learning Engineer to operationalise machine learning over a 24-month fixed term contract. You will collaborate closely with cross-functional teams to deploy and maintain robust ML models. Required qualifications include 5+ years in MLOps, strong Python skills, and experience with AWS SageMaker. The position offers a salary starting from £60,000 and various benefits, including annual leave and a generous pension scheme. #J-18808-Ljbffr

Affinity Water is looking for a Low-Code Power Platform Developer to join our team on a 24-month FTC. This role involves designing and building scalable solutions with Microsoft Power Platform, supporting enhanced reporting and automation across the business. The successful candidate will work closely with various teams to translate business needs into impactful digital solutions and improve business processes. Competitive salary and extensive benefits are offered, including learning opportunities and a strong commitment to diversity and inclusion. #J-18808-Ljbffr

We are looking for a Finance Business Partner to join our FP&A and Business Partnering team, supporting the Customer Experience directorate. This is a commercially focused role for a finance professional who enjoys turning data into insight and influencing strategic decisions. This is a high-impact, senior-facing position where you will work closely with leadership to shape performance, guide decision-making, and deliver real business value. Sitting within a large retail-focused directorate of 400+ colleagues, you will provide strategic financial support to senior leaders, present insights to our CX director, CFO and CEO, and play a key role in shaping our ambitious 5-year business plan (c.£250m) by driving efficiencies, supporting transformation, and enabling operational improvements. • Act as financial lead and trusted advisor to the Customer Experience directorate, • Deliver clear, insightful reporting and commentary to senior stakeholders including CFO and CEO, • Lead financial planning for the 5-year business plan and support strategic decision-making, • Own financial oversight of a £30m Customer Transformation Programme, including benefits tracking, • Oversee reporting and analysis of £500m+ annual cash collections and bad debt provisioning, • Identify opportunities to improve financial performance and operational efficiency, • Provide forward-looking analysis on risks, trends, and growth opportunities, • Challenge and influence decisions through scenario modelling and insight, • Lead month-end process in partnership with management accountants You are a confident, commercially driven finance professional who enjoys partnering with senior stakeholders and influencing outcomes. You combine strong analytical ability with the confidence to challenge and shape strategy. • Qualified accountant (CIMA or ACCA) with strong post‑qualification experience, • Proven experience partnering with senior stakeholders and influencing decision making, • Proven experience partnering with customer operations teams in high‑volume environments, delivering commercial insight that improves customer experience, operational efficiency, and cost‑to‑serve, • Strong commercial awareness and financial acumen, • Ability to translate complex data into clear, actionable insight, • Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills, • Experience working in a regulated industry (desirable), • 2 days per week working from home Closing date - Friday 22nd May • Competitive salary dependant on skills and experience, • Learning and development opportunities, including mentoring and a range of formal courses and open learning resources., • Entry into the company annual bonus scheme., • Annual leave from 26-30 rising with length of service, and the option to purchase up to 5 extra days., • A 'Celebration Day' in addition to public holidays that people can use to celebrate a religious festival or other occasion that is important to them., • A generous 'double match pension scheme' that doubles the contributions you make (company contribution capped at 12%), • We offer a range of family benefits including enhanced Maternity, Adoption, Paternity, Shared Parental Leave, Fertility Support Leave and up to 5 full or 10 half days of paid Carers Leave., • Menopause policy and Reasonable Adjustment policy to help everyone perform at their best., • Access to our Wellbeing Centre with support for looking after your physical and mental health., • Discounts at a Range of Retail Outlets and on Dental and Medical Insurance through our Tap4Perks scheme., • Up to 4 Affinity days a year to volunteer in the community., • Life Assurance. As a Disability Confident employer, we’re committed to offering interviews to disabled candidates who meet the essential criteria and opt in on the application form. If we have a very high volume of applicants and we’re not able to offer interviews to all, we’ll take a fair and proportionate number of disabled candidates through. You can find out what it's like to work at Affinity Water through our career site https://www.affinitywatercareers.co.uk/ where our colleagues share their career development stories and you can get a feel for our company culture. Department Finance & Business Services Locations Hatfield Remote status Hybrid Employment type Full-time #J-18808-Ljbffr

We are looking for a highly capable Data Architect to join us on a 24-month FTC, bringing the ability to translate business needs into robust, scalable data architectures and confidently lead end-to-end design across complex, multi-domain technology landscapes. The role requires someone who can work collaboratively with business stakeholders, solution architects, data engineers, and product teams to shape, govern, and deliver scalable, reliable, and data-driven solutions that support operational, analytical, and regulatory objectives, while embedding integrity, lineage, and governance throughout the wider data estate and ensuring alignment to enterprise architecture and strategy. The ideal candidate will bring strong expertise in conceptual, logical, and physical data modelling, alongside deep experience in data governance, data quality, and metadata management. A strong knowledge of Master and Reference Data Management (MDM/RDM), with experience working across integrated data governance and metadata management ecosystems, including Infosphere, Alation, Informatica, and Ataccama, supporting data quality, lineage, governance, and enterprise-wide data consistency, would be highly valuable. • Develop conceptual, logical, and physical data models for operational, analytical, and regulatory workloads., • Create and maintain data architecture blueprints and reference architectures covering ingestion, integration, storage, lineage, and consumption., • Define modelling patterns (3NF, dimensional/star, Data Vault, canonical models) and guide teams on when and how to apply them., • Optimise physical designs for performance, scalability, cost and resilience across cloud data platforms (e.g., Snowflake, Databricks, Synapse, BigQuery)., • Lead design reviews, ensuring models are accurate, high-quality, and aligned with business capabilities and domain boundaries., • Define data ownership, stewardship models, and contribute to the governance operating framework., • Build and maintain data dictionaries, business glossaries, critical data elements (CDEs) and metadata standards., • Ensure all data solutions align with governance policies, including lineage, retention, access, and security requirements., • Support governance forums and collaborate with business stewards to drive consistent definitions and controlled change., • Embed data quality rules and dimensions (completeness, timeliness, accuracy, uniqueness, validity, consistency) across ETL/ELT and streaming pipelines., • Design data quality metrics, alerts, and monitoring frameworks to surface quality issues to stewards and downstream consumers., • Partner with engineering teams to implement automated DQ checks, profiling, and remediation patterns., • Ensure DQ scoring and lineage are built into architecture in a systematic and reusable way., • Lead architectural discovery to capture business needs, translate them into data requirements, and shape programme/solution scope., • Manage and communicate architectural decisions with senior business and technical stakeholders., • Navigate ambiguity and stakeholder nuance, ensuring alignment across product teams, SMEs, vendors, and governance bodies., • Produce high-quality design documentation and present designs to Architecture Review Boards or equivalent governance forums., • Oversee the implementation of data architectures and ensure engineering teams follow patterns, standards, and best practices., • Provide technical guidance on integration design, ingestion patterns, transformation methods, caching, orchestration, and storage optimisation., • Conduct design assurance throughout delivery, ensuring solutions adhere to non-functional requirements (performance, availability, resilience, cost)., • Coach engineers, analysts, and stewards on modelling, data quality, and governance practices., • Proven experience as a Data Architect, Solution Architect with strong data background, or senior data engineer/analyst transitioning into architecture., • Knowledge of Master and Reference Data Management and experience of integrated associated systems (Infosphere, Alation, Informatica, Ataccama etc), • Demonstrable expertise in conceptual, logical, and physical data modelling with clear understanding of modelling patterns and trade-offs., • Strong understanding of data governance frameworks, metadata management, data ownership/stewardship models, and business glossaries., • Hands‑on experience embedding data quality rules, profiling, scoring, and exception management into pipelines., • Familiarity with modern cloud data platforms (Snowflake, Databricks, Azure Synapse, BigQuery, Redshift, etc.)., • Ability to lead architectural thinking across multiple domains and manage stakeholder complexity., • Ability to produce high-quality architectural artefacts: blueprints, models, solution designs, integration specifications., • Experience working in regulated sectors (utilities, financial services, health, etc.) is advantageous., • Experience with data mesh, domain-driven design, or federated data ownership models., • Experience with Great Expectations, dbt tests, or enterprise DQ tooling., • Knowledge of MDM, reference data management, and semantic modelling., • Experience with streaming platforms (Kafka, EventHub) and API-based integration., • Understanding of AI/ML data preparation pipelines and feature store design. Clear, scalable data models adopted across teams and projects. • High trust and alignment among stakeholders because architectural decisions are well-reasoned and clearly communicated., • Measurable improvements in data quality, lineage visibility, and governance adoption., • Production of repeatable design patterns and frameworks that accelerate delivery., • Delivery teams are confident, aligned, and able to execute effectively because the architecture removes ambiguity., • Competitive salary dependant on skills and experience, • Learning and development opportunities, including mentoring and a range of formal courses and open learning resources., • Entry into the company annual bonus scheme., • Annual leave from 26-30 rising with length of service, and the option to purchase up to 5 extra days., • A ‘Celebration Day’ in addition to public holidays that people can use to celebrate a religious festival or other occasion that is important to them., • A generous 'double match pension scheme' that doubles the contributions you make (company contribution capped at 12%), • We offer a range of family benefits including enhanced Maternity, Adoption, Paternity, Shared Parental Leave, Fertility Support Leave and up to 5 full or 10 half days of paid Carers Leave., • Menopause policy and Reasonable Adjustment policy to help everyone perform at their best., • Access to our Wellbeing Centre with support for looking after your physical and mental health., • Discounts at a Range of Retail Outlets through our Tap4Perks scheme, • Discounts on Dental and Medical Insurance through our Tap4Perks scheme through salary sacrifice, • Up to 4 Affinity days a year to volunteer in the community., • Life Assurance. As a Disability Confident employer, we’re committed to offering interviews to disabled candidates who meet the essential criteria and opt in on the application form. Ask the Talent Acquisition lead for the full job description to see all the criteria. If we have a very high volume of applicants and we’re not able to offer interviews to all, we’ll take a fair and proportionate number of disabled candidates through. #J-18808-Ljbffr

We are looking for a Low-Code Power Platform Developer to join our team on a 24-month FTC. In this role, you will design and build scalable, secure, and user-centred solutions using the Microsoft Power Platform to enhance performance reporting, automation, and decision-making across the business. You will work closely with business teams, analysts, and data specialists to translate requirements into practical, impactful solutions that unlock the value of our data. This is a key opportunity to help shape how we deliver insights, automation, and digital solutions at scale. • Design and build solutions using Power Apps, Power Automate, and Power Pages, • Work with stakeholders to translate business needs into scalable digital solutions, • Automate and improve business processes using low-code technologies, • Integrate solutions with data sources such as SharePoint, Microsoft 365, SQL, Oracle, and AWS, • Collaborate with data and analytics teams to support reporting and insight delivery, • Apply data modelling, integration, and engineering concepts where needed, • Contribute to agile delivery teams and continuous improvement of standards and reusable components, • Ensure solutions are secure, governed, and aligned with best practice We are less focused on job titles and more interested in hands‑on skills and experience, particularly: • Strong experience with the Microsoft Power Platform (Power Apps, Power Automate essential), • Experience building solutions using SharePoint and Microsoft 365 services, • Understanding of Power Pages and low-code application development, • Experience working with data, analytics, or data engineering concepts, • Ability to work with APIs, integrations, and multiple data sources, • Strong understanding of business process analysis and requirements gathering, • Comfortable working across multiple projects with business stakeholders, • Analytical mindset with a genuine interest in data and insight, • Experience with Dataverse and data modelling, • Knowledge of Azure services and application lifecycle management (ALM), • Competitive salary dependant on skills and experience, • Learning and development opportunities, including mentoring and a range of formal courses and open learning resources., • Entry into the company annual bonus scheme., • Annual leave from 26‑30 rising with length of service, and the option to purchase up to 5 extra days., • A ‘Celebration Day’ in addition to public holidays that people can use to celebrate a religious festival or other occasion that is important to them., • A generous 'double match pension scheme' that doubles the contributions you make (company contribution capped at 12%), • We offer a range of family benefits including enhanced Maternity, Adoption, Paternity, Shared Parental Leave, Fertility Support Leave and up to 5 full or 10 half days of paid Carers Leave., • Menopause policy and Reasonable Adjustment policy to help everyone perform at their best., • Access to our Wellbeing Centre with support for looking after your physical and mental health., • Discounts at a Range of Retail Outlets and on Dental and Medical Insurance through our Tap4Perks scheme., • Up to 4 Affinity days a year to volunteer in the community., • Life Assurance. As a Disability Confident employer, we’re committed to offering interviews to disabled candidates who meet the essential criteria and opt in on the application form. Ask the Talent Acquisition lead for the full job description to see all the criteria. If we have a very high volume of applicants and we’re not able to offer interviews to all, we’ll take a fair and proportionate number of disabled candidates through. #J-18808-Ljbffr

Assisting with claims reporting, insurance renewals, and wider insurance projects. Discounts on Dental and Medical Insurance through our Tap4Perks scheme through salary sacrifice. This is an excellent opportunity to develop a career in insurance and claims management.

Affinity Water is seeking a highly capable Data Architect for a 24-month FTC in Hatfield.

Affinity Water is seeking a Claims Manager based in Hatfield, United Kingdom.This role involves managing a variety of incoming claims, investigating incidents, and working closely with customers and third parties.Candidates should be strong communicators with excellent customer service skills.The po

Affinity Water is seeking a Finance Business Partner to join their Finance & Business Services team in Hatfield, UK. The ideal candidate is a qualified accountant with strong analytical and communication skills, experienced in partnering with senior stakeholders. In this senior role, you will act as