Finance Business Partner - IT
* Job Number: 558304
* Closing at: May 6 2026 - 23:55 BST
Base Location: You'll be expected to spend 50% of your working week in our Perth or Glasgow office
Salary: £58,100- £87,100 + performance-related bonus + a range of benefits to support your finances, wellbeing and family.
Working Pattern: Permanent | Full Time | options available
The role
This is a meaningful opportunity to step into a senior Finance Business Partner role supporting IT, where you’ll work closely with senior leaders to shape financial insight, guide decision-making, and help deliver real value. You’ll play a central role in building strong partnerships across IT and Finance, ensuring cost control, enabling investment decisions, and embedding thoughtful, forward-looking financial processes. With a focus on collaboration and continuous improvement, this role offers the chance to influence at scale while contributing to a supportive and inclusive environment.
You will
- Provide clear, insightful financial analysis and narrative to support IT and Finance leadership in making informed decisions
- Identify risks, pressures, and opportunities, working collaboratively to develop supportive intervention plans
- Lead financial input into investment cases, including assessment, sign-off, and ongoing benefits realisation
- Create and maintain a trusted IT performance scorecard, bringing together financial and non-financial insights
- Drive continuous improvement in financial processes, reporting, and management information
You have
- A professional accounting qualification (ACA, ACCA, or CIMA) with strong post-qualification experience in a business-facing role
- Experience in finance business partnering, ideally within IT or a large, complex organisation
- A thoughtful approach to managing cost bases, investments, and benefits realisation
- Experience shaping financial processes and governance frameworks
- Strong relationship-building skills, with the confidence to influence and support senior stakeholders constructively
About SSE
SSE’s purpose is to provide energy needed today while building a better world of energy for tomorrow. We do this by developing, building, operating and investing in electricity infrastructure and businesses needed in the energy transition. Our Transforming for Growth investment plan sees us investing £33bn in critical electricity infrastructure across the five years to 2030.
Our Finance teams create value for all SSE business areas and play a key role in fulfilling our obligations as a FTSE100 UK-listed company. In a highly regulated and competitive environment, their experts keep us powering ahead by identifying efficiencies, providing advice and optimising our financial strategies.
Flexible benefits to fit your life
Enjoy discounts on private healthcare and gym memberships. Wellbeing benefits like a free online GP and 24/7 counselling service. Interest-free loans on tech and transport season tickets, or a new bike with our Cycle to Work scheme. As well as generous family entitlements such as maternity and adoption pay, and paternity leave.
Work with an equal opportunity employer
We're dedicated to fostering an open and inclusive workplace where people from all backgrounds can thrive. We create equal opportunities for everyone to succeed and especially welcome applications from those who may not be well represented in our workforce or industry.
Ready to apply?
Start your online application using the Apply Now box on this page. We only accept applications made online. We'll be in touch after the closing date to let you know if we'll be taking your application further. If you're offered a role with SSE, you'll need to complete a criminality check and a credit check before you start work.
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