Base Location: You'll be expected to spend 50% of your working week in one of the following locations: London (other locations such as Glasgow, Perth, Dublin and Reading would be considered however significant travel will be required to London)
Salary: £Competitive + car allowance + performance-related bonus and a range of benefits to support your finances, wellbeing and family.
Working Pattern: Permanent | Full Time | Flexible First options available
The Role
This is a senior leadership opportunity at the heart of the Group’s financial strategy, with significant influence over some of its most important investment, financing and strategic decisions. As Deputy Director of Corporate Finance, you’ll work closely with the Director of Corporate Finance and senior leaders across the business, bringing commercial insight, sound judgement and a collaborative perspective to complex opportunities and decisions.
You’ll help shape the Group’s long-term financial direction, combining strong financial expertise with an understanding of the wider commercial landscape. Through trusted relationships, thoughtful challenge and clear recommendations, you’ll support high-quality decision-making and help ensure the Group continues to allocate capital effectively to deliver its strategic ambitions.
You Will
- Act as deputy to the Group Director of Corporate Finance, leading the team and representing the function at Group Executive Committee and Board level when required.
- Support the Group’s long-term financial strategy, planning and funding, including credit ratings, cost of capital, hurdle rates and capital allocation.
- Support Group valuation, defence planning and investment appraisal, ensuring robust assumptions, returns, scenarios and commercial challenge.
- Lead acquisitions and disposals from initial appraisal through due diligence, structuring, negotiation, approval, and completion.
- Build strong relationships across SSE’s business units and provide clear recommendations on financing, transactions, investment priorities, and major capital decisions.
- Interface with Strategy, Treasury, and IR to optimise financial strategy, funding decisions, and external financial narrative.
- Provide visible and inclusive leadership across Corporate Finance, developing capability, supporting talent and building a high-performing, collaborative team.
You Have
- Significant experience leading complex acquisitions, disposals and other major transactions within investment banking, lead advisory or a comparable organisation.
- Advanced expertise in valuation, financial modelling, investment appraisal, project finance and transaction execution.
- Strong understanding of long-term funding, credit ratings, cost of capital, hurdle rates, and capital allocation.
- Proven commercial judgement, with the ability to lead negotiations, challenge assumptions and make clear recommendations on major investment decisions.
- Strong team leadership and senior stakeholder management experience, ideally within the energy sector or another capital-intensive industry, supported by a CFA, ACA or equivalent qualification.
About SSE
SSE’s purpose is to be restless every day until we make electricity clean, affordable and available for all.
We do this by developing, building, operating and investing in electricity infrastructure and businesses needed in the energy transition. This includes electricity transmission and distribution networks, onshore and offshore wind farms, hydro-electric power and flexible thermal generation. We also provide products and services for businesses and other customers.
Our investment plan will see SSE invest £33bn in critical electricity infrastructure 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
SSE will make any reasonable adjustments you need to ensure that your application and experience with us is positive. Please contact kimberlee.anderson@sse.com to discuss how we can support you.
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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