Accounting and Transactions Manager

Role overview

Responsibilities

• Own month-end, year-end and statutory reporting across a complex entity portfolio, ensuring compliance with IFRS and Group accounting policies.
• Oversee controls, balance sheet integrity and audit readiness; identify issues and manage financial risks.
• Lead joint venture partner relationships and support financing compliance with lender reporting requirements and project finance covenants.
• Provide financial leadership on acquisitions, divestments and business change, implementing appropriate accounting treatments, controls and systems.
• Develop the team, drive continuous improvement and serve as a senior role model in the Control function.

What you bring

• Qualified accountant with significant experience in financial accounting, reporting or financial control in a complex environment.
• Strong technical accounting expertise, including IFRS and complex accounting matters.
• Proven ability to lead and develop high-performing teams and influence senior stakeholders.
• Excellent communication, stakeholder management, analytical capability and commercial judgement.
• SAP and finance reporting systems experience; SAP-BPC is preferred.
• Continuous improvement mindset and experience enhancing controls and processes.
• Ability to deliver in a fast-paced environment with competing priorities.
• Renewables markets or project-finance structures understanding is advantageous.

Location and working arrangement

• The role is based at ScottishPower HQ in Glasgow and is hybrid.

Compensation

• Salary starts at £76,800, with up to 30% bonus, car allowance and additional benefits. The salary cadence is not specified.

Benefits

• Benefits include a pension scheme with company contributions up to 10%, annual leave, share schemes, private medical insurance, life assurance and financial wellbeing support.
• Other benefits include technology vouchers, electric vehicle schemes, cycle-to-work and season ticket loans, employee discounts and wellbeing support.