Governance & Reporting Lead

ScottishPower; Cambuslang; Hybrid; GBP 50,000 - 61,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

36 days annual leave

Holiday Purchase

Share Schemes

Payroll Giving

Technology Vouchers

Electric Vehicle Schemes

Cycle to Work

Public Transport Season Ticket Loans

Health Insurance options

Life Assurance (4x salary)

Savesmart financial wellbeing

Retail/employee discounts

Job summary

ScottishPower is seeking a Governance & Reporting Lead in Cambuslang to implement and continually improve a robust governance and reporting structure across SP Transmission. You will lead a team delivering insightful reporting to support decision-making and regulatory compliance.

You will collaborate with PMO teams and key stakeholders, managing governance calendars and ensuring timely, accurate reporting across cycles, driving data quality and process improvements.

Qualifications

• Educated to degree level or equivalent in commercial/business subject such as project management.
• Prior governance & reporting experience in regulatory context or related field.
• Strong quantitative and qualitative analytical skills.
• Strong written and oral communication skills, with the ability to negotiate/influence.
• Proficiency in reporting and data analysis across various platforms (PowerBI, MS Office).
• Ability to lead cross-functional teams and interact with senior management.

Responsibilities

• Establish and manage the governance and reporting framework across SP Transmission.
• Own the governance calendar, reporting standards and KPIs dashboards.
• Define reporting requirements and oversee monthly, quarterly and annual reporting cycles.
• Regulatory reporting support and ensuring transparent view of performance.
• Lead data quality initiatives and continuous improvement of reporting processes.

Skills

Governance

Reporting

Stakeholder management

Data analysis

Communication

PowerBI

MS Office

Education

Degree in commercial/business subject

Tools

PowerBI

MS Office

Job description

Job Title Governance & Reporting Lead

Location Cambuslang

Salary from £55,200, up to 15% bonus and health care

Flexible Working Pattern

The Governance & Reporting Lead is responsible for implementing, maintaining and continuously improving a robust enterprise-wide governance and reporting structure in SPT. They will lead the standup and implementation of a robust governance framework across the business and will lead a team that will develop a reporting framework that delivers business insight and supports decision making.

The Governance & Reporting Lead will be working in conjunction with several multi-disciplined PMO teams and will serve as the lead consolidator on all governance and reporting aspects including preparation, interrogation and consolidation of reporting packs across multiple business forums. They will support the SPT business interface with key stakeholders, including the SPT Executive Team, Network Policy & Regulation (NP&R) and Control, ensuring proactive visibility of all reporting needs.

What You’ll Be Doing

As Governance & Reporting Lead, you will be responsible for establishing and managing the governance and reporting framework across SP Transmission, ensuring clear oversight of business performance. You will own the governance calendar, reporting standards and key performance dashboards, delivering timely, accurate and insightful reporting that supports effective decision-making across the organisation.

Working closely with stakeholders across portfolios and functions, you will define reporting requirements, oversee monthly, quarterly and annual reporting cycles, and ensure governance processes are consistently applied. You will also play a key role in regulatory reporting, helping to provide a complete and transparent view of business performance and delivery.

You will drive improvements in data quality & data models, reporting accuracy and performance transparency by challenging project data, identifying trends and highlighting risks and issues that could impact delivery. Leading the review and assurance of reporting outputs, you will champion continuous improvement and lessons learned to enhance the effectiveness of the Enterprise Performance & Planning function.

What You’ll Bring

• Educated to degree level or equivalent in commercial/business subject such as project management.
• Prior experience of a governance & reporting role in a regulatory capacity or other related field.
• Strong quantitative and qualitative analytical skills.
• Strong written and oral communication skills, with the ability to negotiate/influence.
• Expertise in reporting and data analysis, with proficiency across a variety of applications and platforms (e.g. PowerBI, MS Office).
• Ability to review and scrutinise integrated data models developed by analysts to feed into enterprise-wide reporting dashboards and files.
• Ability to work with limited supervision and to interact across all levels of management and executive.
• Ability to design new process and governance, while supporting implementation of these across a business unit.
• Understanding and knowledge of energy markets and the regulatory drivers affecting operation of a Transmission Network.
• Excellent presentation skills, with experience in dealing with directors, senior management and external bodies.
• Ability to effectively lead teams and work in cross functional teams.
• Exceptionally proactive nature, with the ability to innovate and challenge in recognition and support of the business model in which SPT is operating.

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%.

Benefits

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

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 in the North West of England. We operate over 4000km of cables and lines that make-up the transmission network – connecting infrastructure like wind farms into the electricity system. It’s a role that puts us right at the heart of Scotland’s ambition to be Net Zero by 2044. And we’re taking it very seriously.

We’re investing >£5.5 billion into our transmission network, directly supporting the rapid growth needed in renewable energy. 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.

We are 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 [e-mail].

Mobility

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-25-2026