Financial Controller

**About the role**

**Base Location**: Bilbao

**Salary**: Competitive salary package based on experience, with performance-related bonuses and other benefits.

**Working Pattern**: Permanent | Full Time | Flexible First options available

**The role**

As Financial Controller, you will play a vital role in SSE's vision of becoming a leading energy company in a net-zero world. You'll lead comprehensive analysis of financial performance, oversee reporting, budgeting, and the capital expenditure process, ensuring reliable financial insights drive our investments.

**You will**
- Proactively monitor and evaluate investment, post-investment, revenue, cost structure, and asset management
- Collaborate within departments to collect business data and provide financial insights.
- Develop and implement procedures and financial controls to safeguard company assets.
- Prepare and manage submissions and reports for month-end work, business reviews, and maintain consistency
- Efficiently coordinate capital expenditure process including CAPEX allocation, PO workflow, and manage audits.

**You have**

To thrive in this role, you'll need the following qualifications and experiences: - Fully qualified in finance or accounting.
- Fully qualified in finance or accounting.
- Proven experience as Financial Controller or in a similar role, with strong understanding of accounting principles and tax regulations ideally within Renewables or Power Generation market.
- Excellent leadership and communication skills to influence senior stakeholders.
- Proficient in management accounting, Excel and financial software.(former Navision, current Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central).
- Demonstrated ability to seek improvements in finance performance and processes, with willingness to learn and develop.
- Fluent English.

**About SSE**

SSE has a bold ambition - to be a leading energy company in a net zero world. We're investing around £10 million a day in homegrown energy to help power a cleaner, more secure future. Our investment will see us build the world's largest offshore wind farm and transform the grid to deliver greener electricity to millions.

SSE Renewables delivers the green energy the world needs today and tomorrow. We lead the way in the development, build, and operation of renewable power assets, including windfarms, hydro power stations, and solar and battery projects. Join a global team of 1,800 energy experts powering the transition to a net zero future.

**Work with an equal opportunity employer**

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