ScottishPower
Senior Finance Analyst
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Senior Finance Analyst - HVDC
Location: Glasgow / Edinburgh (Hybrid)
Salary: from £55,200 per annum, up to 15% bonus, private medical cover + other excellent benefits
Permanent
Help us create a better future, quicker
We're looking for a Senior Finance Analyst to join our HVDC team within SP Energy Networks Transmission. This is a fantastic opportunity to play a key role in supporting some of the UK's most significant energy infrastructure investments, helping to deliver the network required for a Net Zero future.
Working across both the Eastern Green Link joint ventures and ScottishPower Transmission, you'll provide critical financial insight, reporting and analysis on projects worth approximately £6bn. The role offers broad exposure to senior stakeholders across ScottishPower, National Grid and external partners, giving you the opportunity to influence decision-making on nationally important projects that will help connect renewable energy and strengthen the UK's electricity network.
What You'll Be Doing
- You'll lead the development and continuous improvement of project financial reporting, providing detailed analysis and insight to support effective decision-making and ensure stakeholders have a clear understanding of project performance.
- You'll support budgeting, forecasting and month-end activities, including value of work done reporting, accruals, prepayments and cash flow forecasting, helping to maintain accurate financial control across major infrastructure programmes.
- You'll work closely with project teams, commercial colleagues, budget holders and joint venture partners to review forecast expenditure, challenge assumptions and ensure reporting accuracy.
- You'll also support management and statutory accounting requirements, prepare financial information for project and company boards, contribute to regulatory submissions and work alongside teams such as Treasury, Tax and Procurement to ensure compliance with financial policies, governance requirements and funding arrangements.
What You'll Bring
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- You'll be a qualified accountant, or possess significant equivalent experience, ideally gained within a large-scale project, infrastructure or project delivery environment.
In Addition, You'll Bring
- Strong financial and analytical skills with the ability to interpret complex information and provide clear, actionable insights.
- Experience of budgeting, forecasting, financial reporting and performance analysis.
- Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to build effective relationships across a wide range of technical and non-technical teams.
- A proactive approach to problem solving and continuous improvement.
- Experience working with SAP and other financial systems.
- The ability to manage competing priorities and deliver high-quality outputs to challenging reporting deadlines while operating in a dynamic project environment.
What's In It For You
As well as a competitive salary which is reviewed annually, you can also enjoy a number of other benefits. With our pension scheme, we'll double match your contribution up to a company contribution of 10%.
At ScottishPower, we believe it's the little things we do in life that make a big difference. From helping you look after your family's wellbeing, save for your future and take personal steps for climate action, our benefits are designed to help you do just that - so that you have everything you need to take care of your world today and tomorrow.
That's Why Our Benefits Include
- 36 days annual leave
- Holiday Purchase – perfect your work/life balance with extra annual leave
- Share Schemes
- Payroll Giving and Charity Matched Funding
- Technology Vouchers – save more and spread the cost of your technology purchases
- Electric Vehicle Schemes – to help you transition to green/clean driving
- Cycle to Work scheme and Public Transport Season Ticket Loans
- Healthcare benefit options including Dental Insurance, Private Medical Insurance, Health Cash Plan and annual Health Assessments
- Life Assurance (4x salary)
- Access to Savesmart financial wellbeing support
- Plus shopping, leisure, restaurant and gym discounts, and unique employee deals on travel insurance and more
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Why SP Energy Networks
SP Energy Networks is part of the Iberdrola Group, one of the world's largest integrated utility companies and a world leader in wind energy. We keep electricity flowing to homes and businesses through Central and Southern Scotland, North Wales and the North West of England. We operate over 4,000km of cables and lines that make up the transmission network, connecting infrastructure such as wind farms into the electricity system.
It's a role that puts us right at the heart of Scotland's ambition to achieve Net Zero. We're investing billions in our transmission network to support the rapid growth of renewable generation and help deliver a cleaner, greener energy future.
With diverse opportunities across our businesses and a commitment to developing our people, ScottishPower can offer real career opportunities that meet both personal and professional goals within a global organisation.
Inclusion, diversity and a social purpose are at the heart of everything we do. Together with our values, they bring us together into a stronger, more sustainable business with direct links to the communities we serve. Whatever your background, you'll fit right in.
We are committed to providing reasonable support or adjustments in our recruitment processes for candidates with disabilities, long-term conditions, mental health conditions, who are neurodivergent, or who require pregnancy-related support. If you need support, please reach out to careers@scottishpower.com.
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Please note that any applicant who is not a citizen of the country of the vacancy will be subject to compliance with the applicable immigration requirements to legally work in that country. If/when required, the Company will support the employee with the necessary Immigration requirements.
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August-14-2026
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