Finance Manager

ScottishPower; Glasgow; Hybrid; GBP 61,000 - 77,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading energy utility company in Glasgow is seeking a Finance Manager to oversee IT governance and financial controls. In this hybrid role, you will collaborate with senior stakeholders to shape governance frameworks and manage investment processes, ensuring compliance and efficiency. Ideal candidates are qualified accountants or experienced IT professionals with a strong financial acumen and the ability to influence decisions within the organization. The role offers a competitive salary and various benefits including healthcare and a generous pension scheme.

Benefits

36 days annual leave

Holiday purchase options

Share Incentive Plan

Payroll giving and charity matched funding

Electric Vehicle Schemes

Health insurance options

Life Assurance

Qualifications

• Experience in managing investment selection and approval processes.
• Deep understanding of IT processes and governance.
• Ability to influence senior stakeholders and external auditors.

Responsibilities

• Shape governance frameworks for IT operations.
• Manage investment and financial control processes.
• Provide insights into performance using defined KPIs.

Skills

Strong financial acumen

Governance expertise

Process management

Ability to communicate and challenge

Education

Qualified accountant

Job description

Finance Manager

Scottish Power HQ (St Vincent Street, Glasgow)

Salary: £61-77K (plus up to 20% bonus, family healthcare and car allowance)

Permanent, Hybrid Working

Help us create a better future, quicker

We're looking for a professional who can bring structure, clarity, and governance excellence to our IT operations. This role is pivotal in ensuring that Systems UK activities are delivered in line with best practice standards, with robust controls across financial planning, processing, and approvals.

What you'll be doing

With a high-level view of all IT activities, you'll play a key role in shaping governance frameworks and collating performance data for management review. From managing investment selection and approval processes to defining and implementing financial controls, your work will underpin compliance and efficiency across the organisation.

You'll lead the rollout of global IT processes within Systems UK, ensuring alignment with governance standards and UK-specific requirements. By defining KPIs and maintaining a business scorecard, you'll provide management with clear insights into performance and progress.

This is a role for someone who thrives on complexity and precision‑balancing budgets, assessing investment proposals, and designing frameworks that deliver assurance without compromising agility. You'll work closely with senior stakeholders, external auditors, and global teams, influencing decisions that shape our IT strategy and investment portfolio.

What you'll bring

If you're a qualified accountant or experienced IT professional with strong financial acumen, a deep understanding of IT processes, and the ability to communicate and challenge at all levels, we'd love to hear from you. Bring your expertise in governance, controls, and process management to a team that values accuracy, collaboration, and continuous improvement.

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 Incentive Plan and Sharesave Scheme
• Payroll giving and charity matched funding
• Technology Vouchers - save more and spread the cost of your technology purposes
• Count us in - pledge to reduce carbon emissions and help fight climate change
• Electric Vehicle Schemes - to help you transition to green/clean driving
• Cycle to Work scheme and public transport season ticket loans
• Options to purchase dental insurance, private medical insurance, health cash plan and annual health assessments
• Life Assurance (4x salary)
• Access to nudge' financial wellbeing support
• Plus shopping, leisure, restaurant and gym discounts, and unique employee deals on travel insurance and more

Why ScottishPower

ScottishPower is part of the Iberdrola Group, one of the world's largest integrated utility companies and a world leader in wind energy. With a commitment to generate all of our energy from renewable resources and a drive to create the energy infrastructure of the future, we're at the forefront of the journey to Net Zero and investing over £6m every working day to make this happen. With diverse opportunities across our businesses and a commitment to invest in our own internal talent, ScottishPower can offer people real career opportunities that meet personal and professional goals, in 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. It takes all kinds of people to build a large-scale business like ours, so whatever your background, you'll fit right in.

ScottishPower is committed to providing reasonable support or adjustments in our recruiting processes for candidates with disabilities, long term conditions, mental health conditions, or who are neurodivergent or require pregnancy-related support. If you need support, please reach out to careers scottishpower.com.