Finance Analyst

About the role

Base Location: New Forest Depot, South East and Wessex.

Salary: £28,831- £35,194 depending on skills and experience + a range of other benefits to support your family, finances and wellbeing.

Working Pattern: Permanent | Full Time | Flexible working patterns available

Your role as Finance Analyst will be to secure, consolidate, analyse and provide accurate fact-based information for distribution projects. You will support finance forecasting, and provide a comprehensive overview of project finances as required to support great financial control.

Other roles and responsibilities will include but are not limited to:

- Solve or foresee issues relating to the programme before they arise.

- Review, maintain and improve current financial controls while providing real time relevant information.

- Investigate areas of doubt whilst ensuring accuracy and validity of information and provide recommendations to improve financial and productivity performance.

- Supporting monthly reporting in a timely and accurate manner and the preparation of monthly and annual budgets and forecasts in line with business plans.

What do I need?

You will have experience of managing business plans and budgets to meet financial targets with strong management and organisational skills. 

You will be a team player, with strong commercial awareness and an understanding of how a DNO operates and generates revenues and incentives within the current price control period.

We would also love for you to have:

- The IT skills to effectively analyse performance data and deliver formal presentations.

- An understanding of key business metrics and key financial metrics and how they are calculated and used to drive performance.

- The ability to think things through logically, and come to your own decisions.

What's in it for you?

An excellent package with 34 days holiday 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 actively encourage applicants from all protected characteristics and commit to providing any reasonable adjustments required during the application, assessment and upon joining SSE. Search for 'Inclusion & Diversity at SSE' to find out more.

Next Steps

All applications should be submitted 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 differently requirements or adjustments you may require throughout the recruitment and selection process, please contact Laura on laura.clifforde@sse.com or 01738 344725.

Before commencing employment with SSE, you'll be required to fully complete our pre-employment screening process consisting of a basic criminal records and credit check.

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