Head of Assurance and Business Services

4 months ago

Perth, United Kingdom SSE Full time

**About the Role**

**Base Location**: Perth or Reading preferred | We're proud to offer a Flexible First approach to work, and this role is no exception.

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

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

**The Role**:
Working for Enterprise’s Director of Business Support to develop and continually improve a framework / high-performing function, that acts as an effective second line of defence against all regulatory/operational risks and issues, providing Assurance to the Enterprise EXCO and Group EXCO, that all businesses in Enterprise are compliant with their obligatory requirements.

Provide wide-ranging support in response to the ever-changing needs/demands and structure of Enterprise, leading strategic change projects/programmes, in addition to core role, as required.

Alleviate ‘pain points’ within the business via the development and provision of extensive enabling services, delivered by a highly flexible and responsive central Business Support team.

**Roles and Responsibilities**:

- Deliver a programme of Assurance audits that are responsive to emergent risks/issues.
- Facilitate all external audits necessary to support the obtainment/maintenance of business-critical accreditations (e.g. ISO 14001 / 9001 / 45001).
- Work closely with Director of Group Risk and Audit / Group Compliance / Group Audit and Auditees to ensure audits are well prepared for / followed up on; and on development of Group-wide governance controls
- Lead the annual Letter of Assurance process to demonstrate to SSE’s CEO and the Group EXCO, that Enterprise’s system of internal control is robust and effective.
- Continually improve 3-tiered risk management framework, facilitating reviews of all tactical/supporting risk registers, BU risk registers and Enterprise Principal Risk Register, with relevant Owners, Leadership Teams and Enterprise EXCO
- Ensure business-wide resilience to potential crises, with business continuity plans in place for all business-critical assets, people and processes complemented by regular scenario-based testing
- Ensure Enterprise’s Quality Management System (QMS) delivers real value and goes well beyond the minimum requirements needed to maintain our ISO 9001 accreditation
- Maintan compliance with the GDPR, ensuring all personal incidents are investigated within 72hours, rights requests presponded to within 1 calendar month and data protection impact assessments signed off as soon as practicable.

**What do I need?**
- Extensive experience of working in the energy industry / or other highly regulated environment, undertaking large/complex projects
- Expert in leading the development/delivery of Audit Programmes
- Expert in planning, leading and delivering business change projects / programmes
- Expert in facilitating / delivering workshops
- Understanding of the 3 Lines of Defence Corporate Governance Model
- Extensive knowledge of wider regulatory framework that SSE must comply with
- ISO 9001: 2015 Lead Auditor qualified
- Lean Six Sigma Green Belt qualified (desirable)
- APMP / Prince 2 qualified (desirable)

**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. In order to accelerate progress towards net zero SSE Group is investing £7m a day on low carbon infrastructure, creating 1,000 green jobs a year in the process, as part of its £25bn NZAP (Net Zero Acceleration Programme).

**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.

**What happens now?**

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.

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