Senior Financial Controller

About the company

Assystem is an international organization dedicated to speeding up the global shift toward low-carbon energy. With a team of 6,500 professionals across 12 countries in Europe, the Middle East, Pacific Asia, and Africa, the company works on one of the most important challenges of our time: enabling the move to cleaner energy sources.

Backed by more than 55 years of experience in heavily regulated industries with demanding safety and security standards, the group delivers engineering, project management, digital services, and solutions that help improve the performance of complex infrastructure projects across their full lifecycle. It is currently ranked second worldwide in nuclear engineering.

The organization’s purpose is to help build a dependable, efficient, and sustainable energy future for everyone.

Job overview

This role is responsible for managing project-level financial control, reporting, forecasting, budgeting support, and governance. The Senior Financial Controller will work closely with project teams and business leaders to ensure sound financial decision-making, strong controls, and reliable analysis.

Project financial control

• Track the financial health of projects, including revenue, costs, margins, and overall profitability.
• Compare actual results with budgets and forecasts, and flag risks together with recommended corrective measures.
• Maintain accurate project accounting records, including accruals, provisions, and cost recognition.
• Work with project managers to interpret financial performance and improve project outcomes.

Cost allocation and recharge

• Manage complex cost allocation and intercompany recharge activities.
• Create and maintain clear, consistent allocation methods.
• Make sure cost drivers, operational activity, and financial reporting stay aligned.
• Prepare reconciliation support and analysis for management review and audit needs.

Financial and management reporting

• Produce monthly, quarterly, and annual reporting packs.
• Deliver variance analysis along with practical financial commentary.
• Build executive dashboards and reports for senior leadership.
• Convert detailed financial information into clear insights for non-finance audiences.

Project reporting and forecasting

• Lead project forecasting activities, including cost-to-complete and margin projections.
• Review performance trends and identify potential risks or upside opportunities.
• Support project review meetings with strong financial analysis and informed challenge where needed.
• Monitor key project indicators such as backlog, billing, and resource utilization.

Budgeting and planning

• Support budgeting and forecasting across projects and departments.
• Assess assumptions and ensure they fit the broader business strategy.
• Carry out scenario analysis and sensitivity analysis when required.

Controls and governance

• Improve internal controls in project accounting and cost allocation processes.
• Ensure compliance with internal policies and financial governance requirements.
• Assist with internal and external audit requests.
• Recommend process changes that improve accuracy and efficiency.

Business partnering

• Serve as a finance partner to project managers and business leaders.
• Offer practical financial guidance that supports decision-making.
• Constructively challenge assumptions to strengthen financial discipline.

Qualifications

• A bachelor’s degree in finance, accounting, or a closely related discipline is required.
• Professional certification such as CIMA, ACCA, CPA, or an equivalent credential is preferred.
• Applicants should have at least 5-7+ years of experience in financial control, project finance, or management accounting.
• Experience in project-driven environments such as engineering, consulting, construction, or similar sectors is important.
• Strong capability in project financial control, cost allocation and recharge methods, financial planning and analysis, and complex management reporting is expected.

Additional information

The company is committed to fair treatment for all candidates and actively supports diversity in the workplace. It values people with different backgrounds and perspectives, believing they are essential to creating innovative and meaningful solutions. Skills, talent, and the courage to contribute are what matter most.