Senior Commercial Manager

2 weeks ago


Reading, Reading, United Kingdom SSE PLC Full time

About the Role

Base Location: Flexible, however our preference is that you will be based in one of our key UK sites, which includes but is not limited to:- London, Berkshire, Manchester or Birmingham

Salary: Competitive + car allowance + performance-related bonus + a range of other benefits to support your family, finances and wellbeing.

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

The Senior Commercial Manager role will work with all functions of the EV business to develop opportunities for Hub deployment, ancillary revenues and development opportunities. This role supports Senior Commercial and Operational roles by ensuring that rigour is applied to proposals and investment papers.

Key Accountabilities:

Build and manage financial models and assumption registers for core DE propositions, working with all relevant teams and stakeholders, through the gate processes, in particular corporate finance.

Deliver bespoke commercial offerings for projects as required, and lead project negotiations.

Manage commercial elements of new proposition development, in particular commercial appraisal modelling, and risk/opportunity analysis.

Lead commercial elements of proposals to customers and stakeholders for projects.

Become an expert in key market and commercial elements behind assumption registers, to help drive good decision making.

What do I need?

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

A knowledge and awareness of the UK energy market, the operation of electricity networks and distributed energy/behind the meter generation and storage assets.

A knowledge of financial modelling, with a focus on investment development and appraisal would be desirable.

A strong commercial understanding is required, with experience of contract and project development desirable but not essential.

Experience of either the construction or operation of electricity networks will be significantly advantageous.

To succeed in this role you will need to be comfortable working on multiple projects at a time, with a continuous pipeline of projects being progressed through all stages of development. The ability to identify priorities according to deadlines is essential.

About our Business

SSE Enterprise Utilities is the Distributed Energy (DE) and Private Networks business of SSE plc. We finance, own, operate and maintain energy infrastructure for commercial, industrial and residential customers - providing them with a market leading project development service and certainty of operational performance and asset management.

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 Zoe on

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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