Business Analyst

Base Location: Perth, Glasgow, Aberdeen, Inverness, Reading, Portsmouth or Slough. You'll be expected to spend 50% of your working week in one of these locations.

Salary: £42,600 - £64,000 + 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:

We are looking for an experienced Business Analyst to play a key role in turning innovative ideas into solutions that can be delivered, adopted and sustained. This role sits at the intersection of innovation and delivery, providing structure, clarity and professional rigour as initiatives progress from early exploration through to real‑world impact. While digital, IT and data‑enabled solutions are a core focus, you will also support innovation across a broader landscape – including new tools and equipment, modelling approaches, and changes to ways of working and capability. You’ll work on complex, forward‑looking initiatives, helping ensure that innovation delivers practical, measurable and lasting value.

You will

• Lead business analysis across innovative initiatives, providing a clear link between emerging ideas and delivery teams so solutions - whether IT/data‑enabled, analytical/modelling‑based, equipment/tooling, or ways‑of‑working changes - can be implemented and sustained in day‑to‑day operations.
• Translate innovation goals into clear, structured requirements and process understanding, working closely with technology, data and subject‑matter teams to ensure solutions are feasible, secure, value‑focused and aligned to real business needs.
• Partner with stakeholders to shape scope, priorities, dependencies and success measures, facilitating structured workshops and discussions that bring clarity to complex, cross‑functional or uncertain problem spaces.
• Support delivery from concept through to adoption, clarifying requirements during build and test, validating outcomes against intent, and supporting readiness for change, including what’s needed for a smooth transition into standard governance and support.
• Strengthen business analysis practice across the portfolio, promoting pragmatic, outcome‑driven analysis, improving templates and standards, capturing lessons learned, and coaching others to increase consistency and impact.

You have

• A strong track record as a Business Analyst delivering complex change end‑to‑end, ideally across a mix of digital/data, operational, analytical/modelling, or physical/tooling initiatives, with evidence of successful outcomes.
• Formal business analysis training or qualifications (such as BCS, IIBA or equivalent), or demonstrable depth of professional practice using structured methods for requirements, process analysis and decision support.
• Experience working at the intersection of business and delivery teams, with the confidence to engage credibly with IT, data, engineering/operational and change specialists and translate between different perspectives.
• Excellent stakeholder engagement and communication skills, able to explain complex concepts clearly, produce concise artefacts, and align diverse groups around shared goals, trade‑offs and priorities.
• A curious, adaptable and improvement‑focused mindset, comfortable working in evolving, innovation‑led environments and committed to learning, inclusive collaboration, and continuously improving how work gets done.

About SSE

SSE’s purpose is to provide energy needed today while building a better world of energy for tomorrow. We do this by developing, building, operating and investing in electricity infrastructure and businesses needed in the energy transition. Our Transforming for Growth investment plan sees us investing £33bn in critical electricity infrastructure across the five years to 2030. 

SSEN Distribution, part of the wider SSE group, powers 3.9 million UK homes and businesses. Our team of more than 4,200 skilled engineers, customer service advisors and energy experts keep customers connected to a safe, reliable supply of electricity while investing in and developing the flexible networks needed for our low carbon future.

Flexible benefits to fit your life

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.

Work with an equal opportunity employer

SSE will make any reasonable adjustments you need to ensure that your application and experience with us is positive. Please contact laura.morrison@sse.com / 01738 341814 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.

Ready to apply?

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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