Capital Project Accountant

1 month ago


Inverness, Highland, United Kingdom SSE Enterprise Full time
Capital Project Accountant Role

We are seeking a skilled Capital Project Accountant to join our team at SSE Enterprise. As a key member of our finance team, you will be responsible for providing financial control and guidance to our capital project portfolio.

Your primary focus will be on supporting the Transmission Capital Investment programme, working closely with project teams and the wider Transmission Investment team. You will be responsible for providing robust financial control, ensuring compliance with policies, and being proactive in responding to and leading on business process improvement.

You will need to understand the nature of our regulatory obligations under our RIIO price controls to succeed in this role. You will work on your own initiative, understand complex issues, solve problems, and convey this succinctly and clearly to inform decisions and strategy.

This is a varied and challenging role, and your main responsibilities will include:

  • Providing financial control for the Capital Project portfolio
  • Providing insight and understanding the risks and opportunities in capital projects while ensuring compliance with our obligations and corporate governance
  • Coordinating, collating, reviewing project forecasts, and delivering reports identifying the key financial drivers behind projects
  • Representing finance during project review boards, working closely with project teams, and being a key member in the delivery of projects within budget and on time
  • Providing support to the project teams to operate under, and deliver reporting and insights on performance the financial regulatory funding mechanisms

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

  • An appropriate accounting qualification (ICAS, ICAEW, ACCA, CIMA, or CIPFA)
  • Ideal experience and knowledge of working with capital project investments
  • Proactive and inquisitive in your approach with a strong drive for change, be able to build relationships and integrate into a variety of teams, driving robust financial control
  • Confident and articulate with the willingness to challenge and support colleagues and the business in a constructive and supportive manner
  • Ability to work to tight timescales, under pressure, and deliver to a high standard
Our Benefits
  • Sharesave Scheme
  • 34 days of annual leave
  • Option to purchase up to 10 days holiday
  • Interest-free technology loans
  • 24/7 free and confidential employee counselling service
  • Private healthcare discounts
  • Subsidised gym memberships
  • 21 weeks full pay maternity leave
  • Cycle to Work scheme with generous £2500 limit
  • Interest-free salary advance to cover transport season tickets


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