Senior Regulatory Finance Manager

Base Location: You'll be expected to spend 50% of your working week in one of the following locations: Glasgow or Perth.

Salary: £59,800 - £89,800 + performance-related bonus + a range of benefits to support your finances, wellbeing and family.

Working Pattern: 18 Months Fixed Term Contract/Secondment  | Full Time | Flexible First options available

The role

An exciting and high-impact opportunity at the heart of SSEN’s ED3 Business Plan development. This is a critical SSE Group priority that will shape our regulatory funding, investment strategy, and delivery commitments for the next price control period.

This role plays a key part in analysing and solving complex financial and regulatory challenges, developing robust recommendations that inform both business planning processes and wider regulatory strategy. The successful candidate will operate with a high degree of autonomy, translating intricate financial analysis into clear, concise insights for a range of senior internal stakeholders and external audiences, including the regulator.

Working across multiple business areas, the role will build strong, trusted relationships to influence outcomes, ensure alignment, and support the delivery of a credible, high-quality Business Plan. The ability to distil complexity into compelling narratives will be critical to driving decision-making and ensuring stakeholder confidence.

You will

Support the development and assurance of our ED3 Business Plan by combining cost assessment analysis, financial input, efficiency assessment, and regulatory strategy support. The role will help ensure the plan is robust, evidence-based, and responsive to external challenge.

• Provide complex financial and analytical support and consider risk and regulatory challenge
• Develop internal modelling to demonstrate financial impacts of strategy decisions
• Lead on and review financial contributions
• Support our ED3 efficiency strategy implementation
• Develop materials and analysis to support cost assessment engagement with the regulator

You have

• Strong recent quantitative and financial or econometric analysis skills
• Regulatory submission or business planning experience
• Understanding of efficiency and cost assessment frameworks
• Document drafting and analytical writing skills
• Ability to engage and influence effectively with internal and external stakeholders

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.

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.

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 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.

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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