Group Payments Leader - Flexible, Data-Driven & Secure Ops

SSE; Glasgow; Hybrid; GBP 52,000 - 77,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Private healthcare discounts

Gym membership discounts

Cycle to Work scheme

Maternity / Adoption pay

Job summary

SSE is seeking a Group Payments Manager to lead a critical, group-wide payments function. The role focuses on safe, efficient settlement activity and governance across the end-to-end lifecycle. You will drive improvements using data, automation and collaboration with banking partners to manage high-value, time-critical payments.

Based in Glasgow with a hybrid pattern, you’ll influence stakeholders and lead a resilient payments operation aligned with SSE’s broader finance strategy.

Qualifications

• Significant experience leading payment operations, settlements or treasury functions within a large organisation.
• Strong understanding of end-to-end payment lifecycle, banking platforms, approvals and reconciliation.
• Proven experience with governance, control frameworks, fraud prevention and operational resilience.
• Experience delivering operational transformation using automation and digital tools.
• Analytical mindset with data-driven decision making across performance and risk metrics.
• Excellent leadership and stakeholder management, building high-performing teams.

Responsibilities

• Lead the Group Payments function to deliver safe, efficient and secure payment and settlement activity.
• Oversee governance, risk, resilience across end-to-end payment lifecycle.
• Manage delivery and escalation of complex, high-value, time-critical payments.
• Use data, technology and automation to strengthen controls and improve processes.
• Build relationships with stakeholders, banks and providers to ensure resilience and future readiness.

Skills

Payments operations

Risk & governance

Data analytics

Stakeholder management

Automation

Leadership

Job description

SSE is seeking a Group Payments Manager to lead a critical, group-wide payments function. The role focuses on safe, efficient settlement activity and governance across the end-to-end lifecycle. You will drive improvements using data, automation and collaboration with banking partners to manage high-value, time-critical payments.

Based in Glasgow with a hybrid pattern, you’ll influence stakeholders and lead a resilient payments operation aligned with SSE’s broader finance strategy.