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Head of Treasury Finance
Base Location: You'll be expected to spend 50% of your working week in one of the following locations: Perth or Glasgow
Salary: Circa £120,000 + car allowance + performance-related bonus + benefits to support finances, wellbeing, and family.
Working Pattern: Permanent Full Time Flexible First options available
About the Role
At SSE, our ambitions for the clean energy transition are matched by the scale and complexity of the financial strategy required to deliver it. We are progressing one of the most ambitious investment programmes in UK infrastructure, supported by a £33bn plan to 2030 and a significant and evolving funding strategy.
As Head of Treasury Finance, you will play a central role in enabling this agenda, leading the financial foundations of Treasury and working closely with senior stakeholders to ensure robust planning, strong control, and high-quality insight that informs key decisions around funding, liquidity, and risk management.
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Responsibilities
You will:
- Be a core member of SSE’s Treasury Leadership Team, working closely with the Group Treasurer and senior stakeholders across Finance, Investor Relations, and the wider business.
- Lead end-to-end Treasury financial planning, control, and reporting, including:
- Budgeting
- Forecasting
- Long-term interest and net debt modelling
- Ensure strong financial governance and high-quality reporting across:
- Debt
- Derivatives
- Liquidity
- Cash flow
- Outputs that are accurate, compliant, and audit-ready.
- Lead technical accounting and hedge accounting, maintaining robust controls and ensuring compliance with IFRS across a complex portfolio.
- Provide forward-looking financial insight to support:
- Funding
- Capital structure
- Risk management decisions
- Build capability and drive continuous improvement across the function.
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Requirements
You have:
- A relevant professional financial qualification, such as:
- ACCA
- ICAS
- ICAEW
- ACA
- CIMA
- Experience operating within a large, complex organisation, with:
- A track record of leading financial planning, reporting, and control at scale.
- Strong technical accounting expertise, including:
- A working knowledge of hedge accounting
- Proficiency in financial governance frameworks
- Well-developed:
- Analytical capabilities
- Financial modelling skills, with:
- Strong ability to evaluate risk and opportunity
- Appetite for translating these findings into clear, practical insights
- A collaborative and credible leadership style, with:
- The ability to build relationships and influence senior stakeholders
- Skills to lead teams through change.
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