HR & Improvement Analyst

Scottish Power are looking for a HR Performance & Improvement Analyst to join them on a 12 month intimal contract basis, based in Glasgow.

Job Title: HR Performance & Improvement Analyst
Business Unit: HR
Geographic

Location:

St Vincent Street, Glasgow/hybrid style working – 3 days pw in office
Duration: 12-month initial contract with scope to extend
Rate:
Negotiable (inside IR35)

The HR Performance & Improvement Analyst provides financial, operational and process improvement expertise across HR and Health & Safety. The role retains responsibility for financial information, operational reporting, purchasing activity, budget analysis and stakeholder support, while taking greater ownership for identifying, designing and embedding improvements to the team’s processes, controls, reporting and ways of working.

The postholder will use financial and operational data to provide insight, challenge assumptions, identify risk and recommend corrective action. They will lead defined improvement initiatives from diagnosis through to implementation and benefits tracking, working across HR, Health & Safety, Control, Purchasing, Administration and third-party suppliers. Particular focus will remain on Learning and Pensions because of the volume and complexity of activity.

The preferred candidate will have a background in a Financial, Operations and/or Transactional profession, with good experience in process improvement, as well as experience in purchase order management and invoicing. Experience in SAP, Excel, and Sharepoint is highly desirable.

• Own high-quality analysis of actual spend against forecast and budget, explaining material variances and recommending practical corrective action to budget holders and the HR Performance Manager.
• Lead the ongoing tracking and analysis of Learning and Pension budgets, using internal and external data to identify emerging risks, opportunities and future cost pressures.
• Coordinate and consolidate budget and forecast submissions for external services and income, constructively challenging assumptions, improving data quality and supporting an accurate year-end position.
• Develop concise monthly performance reporting, turning financial and operational data into clear insight for senior stakeholders.
• Support budget reduction and reallocation exercises by identifying options, assessing impacts and presenting evidence-based recommendations.

• Lead a structured programme of continuous improvement across HR and Health & Safety financial and operational processes, prioritising activity according to value, risk, customer impact and control requirements.
• Map end-to-end processes, identify duplication, delay, failure demand and control gaps, and agree improved future-state processes with stakeholders.
• Design, test and embed standardised processes, templates, guidance, controls and service measures, ensuring changes are practical, proportionate and sustainable.
• Use Excel, SAP and available Microsoft 365 or reporting tools to simplify, automate and improve recurring reporting, reconciliations, workflow tracking and management information.
• Establish baselines and measures for agreed improvements, track delivery and benefits, and provide transparent progress updates to the HR Performance Manager and relevant stakeholders.
• Act as a process improvement coach for colleagues and budget holders, building capability and encouraging ownership of better ways of working.

• Oversee and deliver purchase order and receipt activity for HR and Health & Safety in line with agreed service levels, while identifying opportunities to reduce manual effort and…