Head of Financial Control in London

Sizewell C is entering an exciting phase of growth as we mature into an independent organisation and continue building one of the UK's largest and most important energy projects. We are now recruiting for the position of Head of Financial Control.

Location: Based in one of our office locations (London, Manchester, Ipswich)

Contract: Permanent

Closing date: Friday 29th May 2026

What's in It for You:

• Salary: £110,000 - £130,000 per annum, depending on experience
• Car Allowance: £8,400 per annum
• Bonus: 15% annual incentive
• Pension: Up to 7.5% employee / 15% employer contribution
• Leave: 28 days holiday plus bank holidays
• Hybrid Working: Typically, 3 days in the office per week, with flexibility based on business needs

Your Impact:

Reporting to the CFO, the Head of Financial Control is responsible for leading the financial control function, ensuring the delivery of accurate, timely, and compliant financial reporting, robust financial processes, and a strong internal control environment. The role provides leadership across financial reporting, finance operations, and internal controls to ensure a single, reliable source of financial truth, supporting effective decision-making by senior management, shareholders, auditors, and other stakeholders. The post holder will play a key role in embedding a culture of financial discipline, control, and continuous improvement, ensuring compliance with statutory requirements, accounting standards (IFRS), and governance frameworks.

Principal Accountabilities:

• Oversee the preparation of statutory financial statements, ensuring compliance with IFRS and Companies Act requirements
• Lead the consolidation process and ensure accurate and timely group reporting to DESNZ, Centrica and EDF
• Own the relationship with external auditors and manage the audit process end-to-end
• Ensure high-quality technical accounting analysis and robust documentation of key judgements
• Deliver clear and reliable financial information to internal and external stakeholders
• Ensure strong balance sheet governance, including oversight of reconciliations and review processes
• Drive improvements in the quality, transparency, and auditability of financial data
• Establish and enforce financial control standards across the organisation
• Own key close processes (monthly, quarterly, year-end), ensuring efficiency and accuracy
• Oversee finance operations processes including procure-to-pay, order-to-cash, and record-to-report
• Ensure efficient, scalable, and well-controlled processes aligned to business needs
• Drive continuous improvement and automation across finance operations
• Own and continuously develop the internal financial controls framework
• Ensure controls are designed and operating effectively, with appropriate testing and evidence
• Lead remediation of control deficiencies and drive continuous improvement
• Support broader governance and compliance obligations (e.g. audit, regulatory, shareholder requirements)
• Lead and develop a high-performing financial control function across Financial Reporting, Finance Operations, Internal Controls, and Digital development
• Set clear objectives, performance expectations, and development plans for direct reports
• Build capability across technical accounting, process excellence, and control disciplines
• Foster a collaborative, high-accountability culture
• Act as a trusted advisor to the CFO and senior leadership on financial control matters
• Provide insight and challenge to improve financial performance and risk management
• Lead finance transformation initiatives relating to systems and data improvement, process standardisation and automation, and control environment enhancement

Knowledge, Skills, Qualifications & Experience:

• Qualified accountant (ACA / ACCA / CIMA or equivalent)
• Significant experience in financial control, reporting, and governance within a large, complex organisation preferably in a regulated environment
• Proven leadership of multi-disciplinary finance teams
• Experience managing external audits and regulatory requirements
• Experience of finance transformation and process improvement
• Strong knowledge of IFRS
• Deep understanding of financial control environments and internal controls frameworks
• Experience across finance operations and transactional processes
• Strong analytical and problem-solving capabilities

Behavioural Competences:

• Humility: Recognises the value brought from different cultures and experiences. Open to others' points of view and ideas, willing to debate and to compromise.
• Positivity: Positively challenges poor quality and performance. Identifies solutions at the lowest possible level.
• Respect: Values the rules and environment in which we operate. Gives and receives feedback with respect.
• Solidarity: Operates as One team, working closely together and helping each other.
• Clarity: Communicates clearly and consistently. Promotes collaboration and team alignment.

If this sounds like the next step in your career, we'd love to hear from you. Apply today.