Senior Business Analyst in Blantyre

Location: Aspect house, Blantyre (Hybrid)

Salary: from £40,400 per annum + other excellent benefits

Permanent

Help us create a better future, quicker. Our Customer Business provides energy to households and businesses across the UK, delivering positive customer outcomes, strong operational performance and effective financial governance. As a Senior Business Analyst within the Budget, Planning & Process Team, you'll play a key role in supporting the effective financial management of UK Operations.

This is a varied and influential opportunity where you'll work closely with operational teams, Finance, Procurement, budget holders and suppliers to ensure robust governance, accurate financial control and insightful business reporting. By helping the business make informed decisions and continuously improve its processes, you'll contribute to the efficient delivery of services that support ScottishPower's journey towards a cleaner, more sustainable future.

What you'll be doing

• Take ownership of supplier governance, supplier payments and procurement administration activities across UK Operations, whilst supporting the effective management of operational budgets.
• Work closely with stakeholders across the business to ensure suppliers are onboarded compliantly, supplier master data is maintained accurately, and purchase orders are raised and managed in line with financial controls, governance requirements and contractual obligations.
• Manage supplier payment governance, resolve invoice queries, support suppliers to self-serve through our supplier portal, and ensure invoices are processed accurately and on time.
• Support procurement activities by administering tender processes, maintaining procurement records and documentation, and coordinating approval activities, while helping budget holders manage spend effectively and maintain appropriate purchase order cover throughout the financial year.
• Produce meaningful financial, operational and performance reporting, providing leaders with the insight needed to make informed decisions.
• Analyse data, monitor KPIs, identify trends and develop reporting solutions that improve visibility, control and performance using tools such as Excel and Power BI.
• Identify opportunities to improve processes, strengthen controls and enhance operational efficiency.
• Provide day-to-day leadership and support to a small team, ensuring key operational, financial and regulatory deadlines are delivered successfully, particularly during critical month-end, year-end and annual planning periods.

What you’ll bring

• Strong analytical capability together with experience of working in a financially controlled or operational environment, where accuracy, governance and stakeholder engagement are critical to success.
• A degree in a business, finance, analytical or technical discipline, or equivalent relevant experience.
• Experience in financial governance, supplier payments, procurement administration and/or budget management.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with excellent attention to detail and the ability to translate data into meaningful business insight.
• Experience developing reports, dashboards and management information using tools such as Power BI and advanced Excel.
• The confidence to challenge, influence and build effective working relationships with stakeholders, suppliers and colleagues at all levels.
• The ability to manage multiple priorities and deliver against demanding deadlines during key financial reporting periods.
• Experience identifying and implementing process improvements that enhance controls, efficiency and business performance.

What's in it for you

• Competitive salary which is reviewed annually.
• Pension scheme with double matching contribution up to a company contribution of 10%.
• 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, helping you save more and spread the cost of technology purchases.
• Electric Vehicle Schemes.
• 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.
• Shopping, leisure, restaurant and gym discounts, plus employee deals on travel insurance and more.

Why ScottishPower

ScottishPower is part of the Iberdrola Group, one of the world's largest integrated utility companies and a world leader in wind energy. With a commitment to generate all of our energy from renewable resources and a drive to create the energy infrastructure of the future, we're at the forefront of the journey to Net Zero and investing over £6m every working day to make this happen. With diverse opportunities across our businesses and a commitment to invest in our own internal talent, ScottishPower can offer real career opportunities that support both personal and professional development within a global organisation.

Inclusion, diversity and 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.

ScottishPower is committed to providing reasonable support or adjustments in our recruiting processes for candidates with disabilities, long-term conditions, mental health conditions, who are neurodivergent, or who require pregnancy-related support. If you need support, please reach out to careers@scottishpower.com.

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.