ScottishPower HQ, Glasgow (hybrid)
Full-time, permanent position
Senior Financial Accountant – Scottish Power Energy Networks
The Senior Financial Accountant in Scottish Power Energy Networks will report into and serve as a deputy to the Accounting Manager. They will lead core financial accounting activity, ensuring all actuals are recorded with precision and delivered on time. Acting as a senior anchor within the team, the Senior Financial Accountant will drive delivery of collective objectives and support colleagues. The role will include responsibility for the day‑to‑day management of a Year in Industry student within the team.
What You’ll Be Doing
Group Statutory Accounts and Subsidiary Accounts
- Lead the preparation of non‑financial disclosures at subsidiary level in line with group timeline.
- Serve as senior point of contact for external audit and the Group external reporting team.
Contracts Review
- Complete accounting analysis of complex contracts to ensure correct statutory accounting treatment.
- Analysis includes accounting judgement areas such as capex vs. opex classification, cloud computing, accounting for joint operations and accounting for embedded derivatives.
Business Specific
- Maintain ledger integrity by ensuring accuracy, completeness and compliance with group policies.
- Ensure costs are recorded to support regulatory reporting requirements.
- Oversee the overhead recovery model process.
- Oversee the accurate release of deferred income and rechargeable activity.
- Perform analysis on the fixed asset ledger to understand key movements and resolve issues.
- Oversee any accounting entries and reporting required in relation to Joint Operations companies.
- Carry out detailed trial balance analysis at an FI company level, highlighting and resolving issues (includes key account reconciliations).
General
- Promote positive business conduct by constructively challenging misaligned behaviours.
- Continuously challenge all key steps within supporting business processes, seeking improvements and enhancements where necessary.
- Promote a positive attitude to change through change processes.
- Take part in cross‑business and cross‑functional projects and meetings to contribute to overall achievement of objectives as required.
What You’ll Bring
- Qualified Accountant with experience of financial and transactional disciplines.
- Strong analytical and accounting skills with a high degree of precision and accuracy.
- Ability to work under pressure and handle multiple priorities.
- Confidence and ability to constructively challenge stakeholders.
- Effective communication with staff at different levels of the organisation.
- Fosters a positive working environment and strong team spirit.
- Working knowledge of relevant accounting systems.
- Flexible working style.
- Initiative to deliver solutions to complex issues and ability to work with team members to resolve them.
- Ability to assimilate complex issues and communicate strategic implications to influence senior decision‑making.
Minimum Criteria
- Qualified Accountant.
- Strong management, influencing and interpersonal skills, with proven ability to communicate effectively at all organisational levels.
- Strong technical accounting and commercial knowledge, with proven ability to apply these to resolve complex issues.
- Spreadsheet modelling skills.
Salary and Benefits
Salary from £55,000 + up to 15% bonus. Includes single cover private healthcare and other excellent benefits. Salary reviewed annually.
What’s in it for you
- 36 days annual leave.
- Holiday purchase option.
- Share Incentive Plan and Sharesave Scheme.
- Payroll giving and charity matched funding.
- Technology vouchers.
- Carbon emissions pledge.
- Electric Vehicle Schemes.
- Cycle to Work scheme and public transport season ticket loans.
- Dental, private medical insurance, health cash plan, and annual health assessments.
- Life assurance (4x salary).
- Financial wellbeing support.
- Shopping, leisure, restaurant and gym discounts, and unique employee deals on travel insurance.
Inclusion and Support
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 careers@scottishpower.com.
Mobility
Applicants who are not citizens of the UK will be required to comply with applicable immigration requirements to legally work in the UK. The company will support employees with necessary immigration paperwork.
Closing date
Closing date – 27th of May 2026.
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