Senior Analyst

Senior Analyst

Salary starting from £51,240 per annum

Benefits include: Our double match pension – where we’ll double match your contribution up to a company contribution of 10%, 36 days paid holidays, Share Schemes, Holiday purchase and much more (more details below)

ScottishPower HQ, Glasgow

Hybrid Working

Help us create a better future, quicker

SP Energy Networks (SPEN) is part of ScottishPower (SP), we provide power on behalf of supply companies through a network of cables and power lines that we own and maintain. Through our transmission and distribution network we provide power to customers in Merseyside, Cheshire, North Wales and North Shropshire as well as Central and Southern Scotland.

The Performance Reporting team monitors and communicates the performance of operational businesses against the regulatory contract, covering costs, asset interventions, income, commitments, and business deliverables. Within this team our Senior Reporting Analysts are responsible for developing a reporting suite which enables the operation business and executive teams to understand the performance of the three licenced businesses: SP Distribution (SPD), SP Manweb (SPM) and SP Transmission (SPT).

By establishing relationships across the organisation and enhancing our information and systems, our senior analysts communicate the business performance in comparison to price control settlements and internal targets.  The insight and information provided by the team from provides key information to support day to day decision making and is fundamental to ensuring that regulatory contracts are successfully delivered.

What you’ll be doing

You will be developing an understanding of the complex regulatory framework which all UK Distribution and Transmission operators are required to deliver, as well as an understanding the regulatory contract which each of SPD, SPM and SPT will deliver over the next five year.

You will be establishing and communicating an extensive suite of regulatory performance reporting on the SPD, SPM and SPT Licence performance.

Developing benchmarking and analytical capabilities to optimise the delivery of price control settlements & cost assessment and preparation of annual & price control business plan data tables (BPDTs) to prioritise key deliverables, ensuring engineering, regulatory and financial constraints are managed in line with expectations.

Engaging and communicating directly with the operational business, across all levels of the organisation, and supporting business delivery against the regulatory contract, assisting in the prioritisation of investments, and ensuring regulatory and financial constraints are managed and optimised.

Support the business in their ability to drive value and enhanced opportunities from the delivery of their investment plan and will guide and support the business to minimise regulatory risk.

Use new and advanced software solutions to develop enhanced analytical capabilities, and to improve internal processes, in conjunction with the wider business, ensuring at all times that data is captured and reported in a timely manner and to a high standard.

Assist in preparing presentations and responses to requests for information from a wide array of both internal and external stakeholders.

Support SPEN representation on Ofgem and industry working groups, driving actions and outputs that will benefit SPEN, and coordinating this with wider NP&R teams.

What you’ll bring 

• Degree qualified in Accounting, Mathematics, Engineering, or similar business experience/qualification.

• Understanding of the UK regulatory framework, ability to drive value / opportunities and minimise regulatory risk, including specialist knowledge relating to the regulatory mechanisms which link Totex with revenue.

• Understanding of the methodologies of Cost assessment, and experience in the application of statistical analysis, as well as ability to communicate findings and recommendations clearly for business benefit to senior management desirable.

• Excellent interpersonal, communication and time management skills, communicating objectives and delivering projects with multiple milestones.

• Ability to devise solutions to complex problems/challenges and applying innovative thinking.

• Ability to work in collaboration with multi-disciplined teams and in consultation with others in the business to resolve differences and present a common agreed perspective.

What’s in it for you  

As well as a competitive salary which is reviewed annually, you can also enjoy a number of other benefits. With our pension scheme, we’ll double match your contribution up to a company contribution of 10%.   

At ScottishPower, we believe it’s the little things we do in life that make a big difference. From helping you look after your family’s wellbeing, save for your future and take personal steps for climate action – our benefits are designed to help you do just that - so that you have everything you need to take care of your world – today and tomorrow.

That’s why our benefits include: 

• 36 days annual leave 

• Holiday Purchase – perfect your work/life balance with extra annual leave 

• Share Schemes 

• Payroll Giving and Charity Matched Funding  

• Technology Vouchers – save more and spread the cost of your technology purchases 

• Electric Vehicle Schemes – to help you transition to green/clean driving 

• Cycle to Work scheme and Public Transport Season Ticket Loans 

• Healthcare benefit options including: Dental Insurance, Private Medical Insurance, Health Cash Plan and annual Health Assessments 

• Life Assurance (4x salary) 

• Access to Savesmart financial wellbeing support 

• Plus shopping, leisure, restaurant and gym discounts, and unique employee deals on travel insurance and more 

 Why SP Energy Networks 

SP Energy Networks is part of the Iberdrola Group, one of the world’s largest integrated utility companies and a world leader in wind energy. We keep electricity flowing to homes and businesses through Central and Southern Scotland, North Wales and in the North West of England. We operate over 4000km of cables and lines that make-up the transmission network – connecting infrastructure like wind farms into the electricity system. It’s a role that puts us right at the heart of Scotland’s ambition to be Net Zero by 2044. And we’re taking it very seriously.

We’re investing >£5.5 billion into our transmission network, directly supporting the rapid growth needed in renewable energy. With diverse opportunities across our businesses and a commitment to invest in our own internal talent, ScottishPower can offer people real career opportunities that meet personal and professional goals, in a global organisation.

Inclusion, diversity, and a social purpose are at the heart of everything we do. Together with our values, they bring us together into a stronger, more sustainable business with direct links to the communities we serve. It takes all kinds of people to build a large-scale business like ours, so whatever your background, you’ll fit right in. 

We are 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 [email protected]. 

Mobility

Please note that any applicant who is not a citizen of the country of the vacancy will be subject to compliance with the applicable immigration requirements to legally work in that country. If/when required, the Company will support the employee with the necessary Immigration requirements.

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April-28-2025