Finance Business Partner

Base Location

You will be expected to spend 50% of your working week in one of the following locations:
Perth, Glasgow or Reading.

£58,100 – £78,000 plus performance‑related bonus and a range of benefits to support your finances, wellbeing and family.

Permanent | Full Time | Flexible First options available.

SSEN Distribution powers 3.8 million homes and businesses across central southern England and the north of Scotland. The Finance Business Partner is focused on performance improvement, business analysis & insight, strategic business planning, budgeting & forecasting. This role supports the Directorate by providing timely and effective financial support and challenge to senior business management, including delivery of monthly forecasts, annual budgets and 5‑year plans.

• Proactively challenge the business on financial performance to drive improvements, providing insight, knowledge and recommendations at Head of / Director level.
• Advise and guide the business on strategic planning from a finance perspective, reviewing CBAs and other investment appraisals to identify risks and opportunities.
• Prepare, coordinate and lead robust Directorate forecasts, budgets and longer‑term planning, ensuring accuracy, realism and alignment with the broader strategy.
• Work with business teams to identify and review business cases for capital investments, IT, Operations Technology, Connections proposals and efficiency opportunities to improve regulatory performance and benchmarking.

• 3‑5 years PQE in a business‑partnering, finance manager or management accountant role with experience solving business issues of similar scale and complexity.
• Excellent analytical and financial modelling skills.
• Strong background in a project‑driven business with understanding of contract management, project delivery and financial planning.
• Excellent skills interpreting and assimilating data from multiple sources, including external market data, to provide meaningful insight and actionable recommendations.
• Experience influencing strategy and translating it into actionable programmes that improve profitability or mitigate risk.

SSE’s purpose is to provide energy needed today while building a better world of energy for tomorrow. Our Transforming for Growth investment plan sees us investing £33 bn in critical infrastructure across five years to 2030.

• Discounts on private healthcare and gym memberships.
• Wellbeing benefits such as a free online GP and 24/7 counselling service.
• Interest‑free loans on tech and transport season tickets, and a Cycle to Work scheme.
• Generous family entitlements including maternity and adoption pay and paternity leave.

SSE is an equal opportunity employer and will make reasonable adjustments to support applicants. Applications are submitted online and warrant criminality and credit checks before starting work.