Head of Financial Controls

6 months ago

Aberdeen, United Kingdom SSE Full time

SSE has big ambitions to be a leading energy company in a low carbon world. Following our commitment to invest £18 billion in low carbon projects to 2027, we have significant growth plans and are well on our way to achieving our ambition to build a world that's more sustainable and inclusive for you, your family, the community you live in and for generations to come.

Join us on our journey to net zero and help us power change.

**About the Role**

**Base Location**: Flexible, however our preference is that you will be based in one of our key UK or Ireland sites, which includes but is not limited to:

- Glasgow, Perth, Aberdeen, Inverness, Reading, Havant, Belfast or Dublin.

**Salary**: £74,600 - £112,000 + 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

An exciting opportunity has arisen in Group Finance to establish and lead a new Finance Controls Centre of Excellence (“CoE”) which will support SSE Finance’s strategic priority to protect, manage and control our business, delivering excellence in financial controls and risk management. Under the Group’s “4 Lines of Defence” approach, the Finance Controls CoE will provide Second Line assurance, SME input and change management support to SSE’s Finance teams.

Reporting to the Group Finance Director and working closely with Group Audit and SSE’s Finance and IT teams, the Head of Financial Controls will be responsible for the oversight, maintenance and ongoing development of SSE’s internal finance control framework well as supporting the Group’s broader assurance strategy.
- Work with Finance, Group Audit and Risk and IT senior leadership to align Finance and IT’s risk management objectives, priorities and activities with SSE’s overall risk strategy, risk appetite and risk culture. Play a leading role in developing policies which impact the risk management framework (e.g. materiality thresholds).
- Own, oversee and manage risk assessment for Finance processes and IT solutions
- Lead a team of SMEs to support the Finance and IT teams in maintaining an ICOFR framework to SSE’s standards and in remediating control gaps
- Own, oversee and lead testing over the design (TOD) and effectiveness (TOE) of controls as well as the Finance controls elements of the GRC tool
- Establish and set up Finance Controls Centre of Excellence and lead through the transitional journey of moving from programme into business as usual.

**What do I need?**

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

- Extensive years of experience in assurance, controls and/or corporate compliance-related roles including consulting, auditing, risk management (Enterprise, Operational, IT), with a solid amount of experience in leading teams
- Experience in the energy or utilities industry is considered a benefit
- **Required**: Accounting or risk management professional qualifications such as ACA, ACCA, CIMA or IIA Certificate_ required_
- **Preferred**: IT professional qualifications such as CISA, CISSP or CISM are _considered a benefit_

**About our Business**

Our SSE Finance function has a key part to play in fulfilling SSE's obligations as a UK-listed company, providing expertise and services that can be shared across the SSE Group, and working in partnership with all businesses to provide services tailored to their specific needs. SSE operates in a highly regulated and increasingly competitive environment, and our role is to ensure that we gather, compile, analyse and recommend on the financial strategy for our businesses, identifying opportunities to drive efficiencies and create value for SSE now, and in the future.

**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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