Senior Budget Analyst

Job Description

ScottishPower Customer Business is recruiting a Senior Budget Analyst to join a unique Budget and Monitoring team situated within UK Operations. Reporting to the Business Improvement Manager, the role is accountable for leading, coordinating, and governing key elements of the Budget, Rev, Business Plan, and Monitoring cycles.

The Senior Budget Analyst will lead contributions to budget and forecast cycles, delivering comprehensive analysis and commentary, and own the development and maintenance of complex budget models that underpin bottom-up planning exercises across the Customer Business.

What you'll be doing

Responsibilities include but are not limited to:

• Own and manage the creation of purchase orders (POs), delegated purchases, and PAOs in line with business requirements, providing effective financial control over IT CAPEX budgets of c£24m and OPEX budgets of c£20m
• Monitor framework arrangements to ensure sufficient budget coverage for monthly expenditure, proactively initiating extensions to contract end dates and values within agreed timescales
• Lead the analysis of monthly financial performance, assessing actuals against budget and forecast, identifying risks, opportunities, and variances and determining mitigating actions
• Oversee and reconcile the Accenture invoicing process at CR level, ensuring costs are accurately aligned to approved Dossiers, correctly coded, and fully reflected in the general ledger, resolving issues where discrepancies arise
• Support the production of the monthly budget pack for review with the Head of Business Planning and Processes and the COE Director, ensuring financial position and variances are clearly understood, with concise commentary on movements, risks, and outcomes
• Design, develop, and maintain robust processes for data collection and financial tracking, producing fit for purpose trackers to support weekly and monthly reporting requirements.
• Evaluate the effectiveness of financial and reporting processes ensuring they are fit for purpose, producing accurate results and analysis. Own and maintain process documentation to support stakeholders and ensure consistency of application
• Where required, deputise for the Business Improvement Manager and take the lead role in monthly review meetings, representing the financial position and responding to challenge
• Exercise independent judgement and initiative

What you'll bring

• Highly numerate with strong analytical, financial modelling and problem-solving skills
• Advanced practical knowledge of IT desktop tools, including advanced spreadsheet modelling skills
• Proven record of successfully working independently with minimal direction to deliver business results on time with a high degree of accuracy, consistency, and attention to detail
• Actively contributes to a positive team environment and identifies and drives opportunities for continuous improvement in processes and ways of working
• Strong stakeholder management skills, with the ability to build effective relationships, provide constructive challenge, and influence decision making
• Resilient and organised, with the ability to manage multiple deliverables, prioritise effectively, and operate under pressure to tight deadlines

Minimum Criteria

• Educated to degree level in a financial discipline or equivalent experience
• Advanced Excel spreadsheet modelling skills
• Highly numerate and analytical mindset
• Proven track record of precision, accuracy, and attention to detail
• Ability to manage multiple deliverables and remained focused on priorities and delivery
• Good verbal and written communication skills

What's in it for you

As well as a competitive salary which is reviewed annually, you can also enjoy a number of other benefits. With our pension scheme, we'll double match your contribution up to a company contribution of 10%.

At ScottishPower, we believe it's the little things we do in life that make a big difference. From helping you look after your family's wellbeing, save for your future and take personal steps for climate action - our benefits are designed to help you do just that - so that you have everything you need to take care of your world - today and tomorrow. That's why our benefits include:

• 36 days annual leave
• Holiday purchase - perfect your work/life balance with extra annual leave
• Share Incentive Plan and Sharesave Scheme
• Payroll giving and charity matched funding
• Technology Vouchers - save more and spread the cost of your technology purposes
• Count us in - pledge to reduce carbon emissions and help fight climate change
• Electric Vehicle Schemes - to help you transition to green/clean driving
• Cycle to Work scheme and public transport season ticket loans
• Options to purchase dental insurance, private medical insurance, health cash plan and annual health assessments
• Life Assurance (4x salary)
• Access to 'nudge' financial wellbeing support
• Plus shopping, leisure, restaurant and gym discounts, and unique employee deals on travel insurance and more

Why ScottishPower

ScottishPower is part of the Iberdrola Group, one of the world's largest integrated utility companies and a world leader in wind energy. With a commitment to generate all of our energy from renewable resources and a drive to create the energy infrastructure of the future, we're at the forefront of the journey to Net Zero and investing over £6m every working day to make this happen. With diverse opportunities across our businesses and a commitment to invest in our own internal talent, ScottishPower can offer people real career opportunities that meet personal and professional goals, in a global organisation.

Inclusion, diversity, and a social purpose are at the heart of everything we do. Together with our values, they bring us together into a stronger, more sustainable business with direct links to the communities we serve. It takes all kinds of people to build a large-scale business like ours, so whatever your background, you'll fit right in.

ScottishPower is committed to providing reasonable support or adjustments in our recruiting processes for candidates with disabilities, long term conditions, mental health conditions, or who are neurodivergent or require pregnancy-related support. If you need support, please reach out to [email protected].

Mobility

Please note that any applicant who is not a citizen of the country of the vacancy will be subject to compliance with the applicable immigration requirements to legally work in that country. If/when required, the Company will support the employee with the necessary Immigration requirements.