Senior Business Analyst

Senior Business Analyst

ScottishPower HQ, Glasgow

Salary starting from £47,880 per annum plus excellent benefits

Flexible Working Pattern

Number of Positions: 2

Closing Date: 24 May 2024

Help us create a better future, quicker

SP Energy Networks (SPEN) are working towards achieving our RIIO-T2 and RIIO-ED2 ambitions to provide a safe and reliable service which delivers Net Zero ambitions, builds a trusted relationship with our customers and stakeholders, and builds a digital and data driven workforce of the future.

This is an opportunity for a Senior Business Analyst to become SPEN’s Open Data expert within our Network Intelligence and DSO Development team. This is a new position in response to the ever-evolving way we use data – recognising that access to our data, and information, is an enabler in Net Zero, and that we have an important role in supporting the development of new markets and opportunities.

Given that this is a new area of focus for SPEN and the industry, the postholder will have the unique opportunity to work with our internal and external stakeholders, to define and develop our Open Data strategy, policies, processes, and principles - ensuring best practice and alignment with industry requirements.

The postholder will be responsible for monitoring and communicating the principles of Open Data and Data Best Practice, which includes the compilation of business performance in comparison to our Open Data obligations – making sure that any data SPEN share is done so in an easily accessible, industry standard, format and that detailed risk assessments are carried out prior to publication.

What you’ll be doing

As a Senior Business Analyst, you will:

Ensure Open Data requirements are developed, established, communicated, enabled, and achieved.

Implementing and adhering to a presumed open approach to sharing of data – and ensuring that significant volumes of external stakeholder and customer needs are met.

Take a leading role in the management of enquiries, including all aspects of data identification, data triage and end to end stakeholder management of both internal and external parties.

Engage with and adopt industry best practice.

Develop reporting and information on business management of Open Data, developing insight and information which can be shared with wider management team, and Senior Leadership group.

Provide support for development and delivery of datasets onto our Open Data Portal, ensuring accuracy and quality of data, whilst leading and supporting relevant stakeholders through our robust data triage process and journey to publication.

Lead a program of proactive engagement of external stakeholders to identify future data sharing opportunities.

Oversee the development of SPEN Open Data Portal to ensure that it is aligned with stakeholder expectations and all data published is in line with industry guidance.

Provide support in preparing presentations and write narrative for responses to requests for information from internal and external bodies, supported as necessary by analysis and documentation.

Cultivate relationships with key stakeholders and establish sound and effective working relationships with SPEN staff and management teams in all parts of the business.

What you’ll bring

Knowledge and experience of Excellent interpersonal, communication and time management skills, communicating objectives and delivering projects with multiple milestones.

Experienced in preparing analysis, reports, and presentations for senior management, numerically articulate with strong attention to detail.

Ability to devise solutions to complex problems & challenges, involving consultation with others in the business, resolve differences and present a common agreed perspective.

Ability to devise solutions to complex problems / challenges and applying innovative thinking where necessary.

What’s in it for you

As well as a competitive salary which is reviewed annually, you can also enjoy a number of other benefits. With our pension scheme, we’ll double match your contribution up to a company contribution of 10%.

At ScottishPower, we believe it’s the little things we do in life that make a big difference. From helping you look after your family’s wellbeing, save for your future and take personal steps for climate action – our benefits are designed to help you do just that - so that you have everything you need to take care of your world – today and tomorrow. That’s why our benefits include:

36 days annual leave

Holiday purchase – perfect your work/life balance with extra annual leave

Share Incentive Plan and Sharesave Scheme

Payroll giving and charity matched funding

Technology Vouchers – save more and spread the cost of your technology purposes

Count us in – pledge to reduce carbon emissions and help fight climate change

Electric Vehicle Schemes – to help you transition to green/clean driving

Cycle to Work scheme and public transport season ticket loans

Options to purchase dental insurance, private medical insurance, health cash plan and annual health assessments

Life Assurance (4x salary)

Access to ‘nudge’ financial wellbeing support

Plus, shopping, leisure, restaurant and gym discounts, and unique employee deals on travel insurance and more

Why SP Energy Networks

SP Energy Networks is part of the Iberdrola Group, one of the world’s largest integrated utility companies and a world leader in wind energy. We keep electricity flowing to homes and businesses through Central and Southern Scotland, North Wales and in the Northwest of England. We operate over 4000km of cables and lines that make-up the transmission network – connecting infrastructure like wind farms into the electricity system. It’s a role that puts us right at the heart of Scotland’s ambition to be Net Zero by 2044. And we’re taking it very seriously. We’re investing >£5.5 billion into our transmission network, directly supporting the rapid growth needed in renewable energy.

With diverse opportunities across our businesses and a commitment to invest in our own internal talent, ScottishPower can offer people real career opportunities that meet personal and professional goals, in a global organisation. Inclusion, diversity, and a 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.

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

Mobility

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.

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Advert will close at 23:59 GMT the day before Job Posting End Date belowMay-25-2024

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