Assistant Accountant

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About the Role

Base Location: Perth, Glasgow, Reading or Portsmouth

Salary: £37,075 - £43,063 + a range of benefits to support your finances, wellbeing and family.

Working Pattern: Permanent | Full Time | Flexible First options available

Join our Networks Finance team as an Assistant Accountant and play a key role in managing the financial performance of over 20,000 electricity connection projects across southern England each year.  This is a fantastic opportunity to contribute to the delivery of essential infrastructure while enhancing your finance expertise.

As Assistant Accountant, you will:

• Collaborate with project teams to ensure accurate financial control, cost allocation, and achievement of financial targets.
• Manage the review and closure of completed connections projects in your assigned regions, ensuring compliance with Ofgem regulations regarding profit margin and supporting regulatory reporting.  Act as a key point of contact for Cost Analysts, offering expertise to the regions on project closure, ensuring that project workbooks are completed accurately and on time.
• Monitor project profitability and work with stakeholders to ensure we are meeting gross profit targets on a monthly basis, challenging overspends on projects and implementing solutions. 
• Provide financial guidance and training to networks business staff on project accounting, including project billing processes.
• Support the Operations Finance Manager with account reconciliation and month-end regional reporting.

What do I need?

 To be considered for this role, we would love you to have:

• A finance professional with a solid grounding in finance qualified to HND level in accounting (or equivalent) as a minimum.  Experience gained in a regulated business would be advantageous.
• Experience with Oracle EBS including project billing, as well as strong MS Excel skills.
• The ability to collaborate effectively within project teams and take the lead when necessary.
• Excellent interpersonal skills to build and maintain key relationships.  You’ll also be required to visit regions on a regular basis to support business as required on connection activities.
• Analytical with a proactive mindset and the ability to drive process improvements.

About our Business

Our SSE Finance function has a key part to play in fulfilling SSE's obligations as a UK-listed company, providing expertise and services that can be shared across the SSE Group, and working in partnership with all businesses to provide services tailored to their specific needs. SSE operates in a highly regulated and increasingly competitive environment, and our role is to ensure that we gather, compile, analyse and recommend on the financial strategy for our businesses, identifying opportunities to drive efficiencies and create value for SSE now, and in the future.

What's in it for you?

We offer an excellent package with 34 days annual leave entitlement. Enhanced maternity/paternity leave, discounted healthcare, salary sacrifice car leasing and much more, view our full benefits package on our careers site.

As an equal opportunity employer we encourage diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. We encourage applicants from all protected characteristics and commit to providing any reasonable adjustments you need during the application, assessment and upon joining SSE. Search for 'Inclusion & Diversity at SSE' to find out more.

What happens now?

All applications should be made online, and I'll be back in touch after the vacancy closing date to let you know the outcome.

If you would like to discuss any working flexibly requirements or adjustments you may require throughout the recruitment and selection process, please contact louise.markwick@sse.com / 01738 351671.

EXTERNAL: Before commencing your role with SSE, you'll need to complete our pre-employment screening process. This will consist of a criminality and credit check.

INTERNAL: As a courtesy, please let your current line manager know you are applying.

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