Job Description

Senior Risk Analyst

ScottishPower HQ, Glasgow (hybrid)

Salary starting from £44,800 + up to 10% bonus, private medical & other excellent benefits

Full-time, permanent position

Closing date – 10th of April 2026

Help us create a better future, quicker

General Services (GSUK) aims to create a seamless and inspiring workplace that empowers our employees to innovate and thrive, while optimising our built assets for long-term value and sustainability. They will play a crucial role supporting the delivery of business objectives through the delivery of land rights for and the delivery of large-scale, 10-year investment strategy more than £350m across the ScottishPower estate.

The increased volume of delivery and projects requires specialised focus on how we identify, manage and mitigate risk to meet business objectives. The Senior Risk Analyst, reporting to the Governance Manager, will focus on developing our Enterprise Risk Management framework across our key programmes within the department.

This role will work closely with other PMO resources and Operational Teams to ensure risk assessment and analysis has been completed against strategic delivery and is managed accordingly to deliver upon strategic objectives.

What you'll be doing

• Implementation and lead on enterprise risk management framework across department, encompassing all major programmes of strategic delivery
• Identifying, assessing, and managing potential threats to the organization's operations, finances, and reputation
• Conducting risk assessments against key processes and deliverables to identify potential threats and vulnerabilities in delivery and output
• Performing quantitative and qualitative analysis to evaluate the likelihood and potential impact of identified risks. This includes running stress tests and developing risk models
• Creating and recommending plans and procedures to control or reduce risk, which can involve implementing internal controls or developing contingency plans (in conjunction with existing audit and business continuity frameworks)
• Continuously monitoring the GSUK’s risk exposure vs strategic delivery, tracking key risk indicators (KRIs), and preparing detailed reports and presentations for management and stakeholders to inform decision-making
• Staying current with relevant laws, regulations, and industry standards, and ensuring the organisation's risk management framework adheres to these requirements to avoid legal or reputational issues

What you'll bring

• Strong analytical skills, with experience within a business reporting or risk role
• Strong communication skills, being able to clearly align everyone on significant risks and impact to our strategic delivery, with experience of managing and influencing external and internal stakeholders​ and working cross-functionally
• Good problem-solving skills to support the design and implementation of enterprise risk management framework
• Able to demonstrate understanding of ScottishPower, the role General Services play and how different internal and external factors can create risk
• Strong negotiation and diplomacy skills
• Comfortable and confident working with numbers, risk estimates and probabilities.
• Ability to coach and mentor the wider teams in the correct protocols for managing risk
• Ability to implement change successfully in a complex business​
• Good working knowledge of MS Office suite (Project, Excel, PowerPoint, PowerBI)
• Awareness of construction projects and requirements to deliver highly advantageous

Minimum Criteria

• Bachelor’s Degree required, preferably with a finance or business foundation
• Statistical/risk reporting experience preferred
• Previous experience in risk role required, with track record of working with/implementing enterprise risk management framework
• Strong communication skills

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 Schemes
• Payroll Giving and Charity Matched Funding
• Technology Vouchers – save more and spread the cost of your technology purchases
• Electric Vehicle Schemes – to help you transition to green/clean driving
• 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
• Plus shopping, leisure, restaurant and gym discounts, and unique 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 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.

ScottishPower is 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 careers@scottishpower.com

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.

I MPORTANT

Advert will close at 23:59 GMT the day before Job Posting End Date below

April-10-2026