Head Of It jobs in United Kingdom

Base Location: Glasgow or Perth

Salary: up to £87,100 + performance-related bonus + a range of benefits to support your finances, wellbeing and family.

Working Pattern: Permanent | Full Time | Flexible First options available

The role supports the delivery of high quality financial planning, analysis and reporting. You'll work closely with Head of FP&A IT, BU finance teams and the business to provide strategic insight, challenge assumptions and support commercial decision making across IT.

• Develop close relationships within IT to become a key influencer in decision making and drive accountability for value generation, offering both guidance and challenge to decisions.
• Understand and improve performance through analytics, variance review and scenario planning with outputs that supports strategic planning, forecasting and decision making
• Work with Change delivery leads to prepare project budgets and provide actuals and update forecasts, helping senior stakeholders understand the value story of IT.
• Provide financial insight and challenge to senior stakeholders, for example, seek and support implementation of opportunities for improvements in cost effectiveness
• Lead in the preparation of monthly management reporting, rolling forecasts, budgets and long term plans to include opex, capex and depreciation. Conducting in-depth variance and trend analysis, offering actionable insights to senior leaders.

• A fully qualified accountant (e.g. ACA, ACCA, CIMA) with 5+ years post-qualification experience in a business-facing finance role.
• Skilled in interpreting complex data and translating it into actionable insight.
• A confident leader, engaging with senior stakeholders and influencing strategic decisions.
• Experienced in Process and System improvements.
• Commercially aware, with a strong understanding of energy market-facing assets.

SSE has a bold ambition - to be a leading energy company in a net zero world. We're investing around £10 million a day in homegrown energy to help power a cleaner, more secure future. Our investment will see us build the world's largest offshore wind farm and transform the grid to deliver greener electricity to millions.

Our Finance teams create value for all SSE business areas and play a key role in fulfilling our obligations as a FTSE100 UK-listed company. In a highly regulated and competitive environment, their experts keep us powering ahead by identifying efficiencies, providing advice and optimising our financial strategies.

Enjoy discounts on private healthcare and gym memberships. Wellbeing benefits like a free online GP and 24/7 counselling service. Interest-free loans on tech and transport season tickets, or a new bike with our Cycle to Work scheme. As well as generous family entitlements such as maternity and adoption pay, and paternity leave.

SSE will make any reasonable adjustments you need to ensure that your application and experience with us is positive. Please contact Francesca.Palmer@sse.com to discuss how we can support you.

We're dedicated to fostering an open and inclusive workplace where people from all backgrounds can thrive. We create equal opportunities for everyone to succeed and especially welcome applications from those who may not be well represented in our workforce or industry.

Start your online application using the Apply Now box on this page. We only accept applications made online. We'll be in touch after the closing date to let you know if we'll be taking your application further. If you're offered a role with SSE, you'll need to complete a criminality check and a credit check before you start work.

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