Performance Accountant

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Location : ScottishPower HQ, 320 St Vincent Street, Glasgow. G2 5AD

Salary : from £42,800 with 10% Annual Bonus and Single Person Healthcare

Flexible Working Pattern

Closing Date : 5th March

Interviews : anticipated w / c 17th March

Purpose

As General Services Performance Accountant, you will monitor all aspects of the General Services UK budget, External Services, Income, Capital, and Right of Use expenditure. Your key responsibility will be producing reports with supporting analysis to ensure effective budget management.

Responsibilities

• Responsible for the accurate reporting of expenditure against a Totex budget circa £60m (Opex circa £20m, Capex circa £40m including ROU processing), providing comprehensive analysis of all financial and non-financial business performance on a monthly basis.
• Assist with the management of stakeholders within our Corporate business area and across our Group to ensure expectations are met regarding submission of results, producing budget and forecast data which is accurate and efficiently loaded to SAP and Teams, reporting in line with set deadlines.
• Prepare all relevant and accurate supporting commentaries and analysis for reporting requirements, maintaining and demonstrating good accounting knowledge to ensure costs are accurately reflected in the general ledger and related accounting models.
• Play an active part in key business issues, ensuring financial implications are fully understood and monitored to enable progress towards business objectives, confirming key performance indicators are clearly reported.

What You’ll Bring

Educated with a Chartered Accountancy (CA) qualification or possessing an equivalent qualification through experience, you will possess an understanding of FRS16 to support the management and processing of Right of Use (ROU).

Practical experience with SAP is required, along with a strong delivery focus and a high level of resilience to deal with the continually changing demands and time pressures of the role. You should be highly numerate with strong analytical skills, and possess the ability to present financial information clearly and concisely to all stakeholders.

Utilising your strong influencing and interpersonal skills, you will be comfortable when constructively challenging across the organisation.

What’s In It For You

A competitive salary which is reviewed annually, along with a number of other benefits, including :

Why ScottishPower

ScottishPower is part of the Iberdrola Group, one of the world’s largest integrated utility companies and a leader in wind energy. We are committed to generating all of our energy from renewable resources and creating the energy infrastructure of the future. We’re at the forefront of the journey to Net Zero, investing over £6m every working day.

Inclusion, diversity, and a social purpose are at the heart of everything we do. We believe in creating a sustainable business with strong community links.

ScottishPower is committed to providing reasonable support or adjustments in our recruiting processes for candidates with disabilities or long-term conditions. If you need support, please reach out to careers@scottishpower.com.

Mobility

Applicants who are not citizens of the country of the vacancy will be subject to compliance with applicable immigration requirements to legally work in that country. The Company will support the employee with necessary Immigration requirements.

IMPORTANT

Advert will close at 23 : 59 GMT the day before Job Posting End Date below : March-6-2025

Seniority Level

Entry level

Employment Type

Full-time

Job Function

Accounting / Auditing and Finance

Industries

Utilities

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