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About the Role

The Assistant Portfolio Accountant will support the Portfolio Accountant in the day-to-day financial management of the Sizewell C Digital & IT Portfolio. This role involves maintaining accurate financial records, supporting budgeting and forecasting, tracking project costs, and providing clear financial information to project teams and stakeholders. It is an opportunity for career development in finance, focusing on data analysis, problem-solving, and supporting financial decision-making.

Responsibilities

Support budgeting and forecasting processes for the Sizewell C Digital & IT Portfolio, including annual forecast submissions and in-year updates.
Help maintain portfolio financial trackers, ensuring project costs, forecasts, commitments and movements are recorded accurately and consistently.
Support monthly cost reviews with Project Managers, Business Analysts and other stakeholders, helping to explain variances between actuals, forecasts and approved budgets.
Assist with the preparation of reporting packs and financial summaries for portfolio governance forums and senior stakeholder reviews.
Support month-end activities, including accruals, recharges, purchase order reviews and cost substantiation.
Work with project teams to improve the quality of forecast information, challenge assumptions where appropriate, and highlight risks or issues early.
Help reconcile portfolio reporting outputs to SAP and other finance systems, supporting a single, reliable view of financial performance.
Contribute to investment case reviews, cost analysis and project deep dives under the guidance of the Portfolio Accountant.
Identify opportunities to improve reporting processes, templates and financial controls across the portfolio.
Carry out ad hoc analysis and support wider finance activities as required.

Requirements

Part-qualified accountant, studying towards CIMA, ACCA or ACA, or qualified by relevant experience.
Good Excel skills, with the ability to analyse, reconcile and present financial information clearly.
Strong attention to detail and a commitment to producing accurate, reliable work.
Clear communication skills, with the confidence to work with finance and non-finance colleagues.
Ability to organise workload, manage competing priorities and deliver to deadlines.
A proactive approach, with curiosity to understand project performance and improve ways of working.
Interest in working on a major infrastructure programme within a regulated environment.
Excellent Stakeholder management.
Must have the right to work in the UK.
Must meet the criteria for Security Vetting, which ordinarily requires UK residency for at least three of the past five years.

Skills

Excel
SAP
Anaplan
Project finance
Management accounting
Project controls
PMO
Cost reporting
Budgeting
Forecasting
Accruals
Purchase orders
Financial reporting
Stakeholder management

Location

Bristol
London

Work Type

Office-based with hybrid flexibility
Full time

Experience Level

Assistant level

Education Level

Part-qualified accountant (CIMA, ACCA, or ACA)
Qualified by relevant experience

Salary/Compensations

Circa £56,506 depending on experience

Benefits

5% annual incentive bonus
Pension: Up to 7.5% employee contribution / 15% employer contribution
Holiday: 28 days plus bank holidays
Flexible benefits
Clear progression and development opportunities
Supportive, collaborative team environment

About the Company

Sizewell C's business is to design, finance, construct, commission, operate, maintain, and eventually decommission the nuclear power plant and related infrastructure at Sizewell C in Suffolk.
The Company is maturing to meet all requirements for the development and construction of Sizewell C on time, on budget and to the highest quality and safety standards.
Sizewell C is economically regulated by OFGEM under the Regulated Asset Base (RAB) model.
Sizewell C construction strategy is to replicate the design of Hinkley Point C, using the majority of the same supply chain, but innovating in the way it is delivered to achieve savings in time and cost of around 20%.
Following Financial Completion and Revenue Commencement, Sizewell C is fully funded and is owned by; The Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero representing HM Government, La Caisse, Centrica, EDF and Amber Infrastructure.
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.
The SZC Digital & IT directorate sits within the PMO Unit which in turn sits within the overall delivery department.
Digital & IT is accountable for providing Enterprise IT infrastructure and application to the business and to a subset of Tier 1 contract partners.
The Digital Delivery function is one of four functions reporting into the Digital Director and delivers the digital programmes and projects for the SZC Nuclear New Build programme.
We have partnered with EDF for the provision of a number of support services whilst we complete a successful transition out of the EDF group.
A major infrastructure project with national impact.

Equal Opportunity

At Sizewell C we encourage and embrace diversity and how it can improve our experience and performance at work.