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Specialist Controls Manager
Sizewell C

Location: London or Manchester, minimum 2 days per week in the office with monthly travel between London and Manchester, and occasional travel to the Sizewell C site in Suffolk.
Contract: Permanent | Full time
Salary: £71,760 to £82,000 dependent on experience, plus bonus and benefits including:
Bonus up to 10%
Contributory pension scheme up to 7.5% employee / 15% employer
Holiday – 28 days plus bank holidays
Opportunity to purchase extra holiday
Private healthcare
Life assurance
Access to a benefits portal offering additional benefits, including electric car schemes and discounted gym memberships

Closing date: Monday 16 November 2026

Please note: We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive a high volume of applications, so we encourage you to apply as soon as possible.

Power up your career with Sizewell C

We’re looking for an experienced Specialist Controls Manager to join Sizewell C and take a leading role in strengthening how we manage Fraud & Error Risk and material controls across one of the UK’s most significant infrastructure projects.

This is a senior, influential role for someone with strong technical expertise who understands what effective controls look like and, importantly, how to make them work in practice.

You’ll lead the development and implementation of our specialist controls programmes, with particular responsibility for Fraud & Error Risk Management and Provision 29 of the UK Corporate Governance Code. You’ll help turn evolving governance and regulatory requirements into practical, proportionate frameworks, processes and controls that support the business.

Working across Finance, Legal, Procurement, Supply Chain, Business Integrity, Enterprise Risk, Internal Audit and the wider organisation, you’ll provide constructive challenge, identify areas for improvement and help strengthen our approach to managing significant risks.

We’re particularly interested in someone with strong practical Fraud & Error expertise who understands how fraud risks arise within complex organisations and supply chains, and how effective preventative and detective controls can protect financial integrity, regulatory compliance and organisational value.

Why Join Sizewell C?

Sizewell C is being built to play a major role in the UK’s energy future, providing reliable low-carbon electricity while creating jobs, developing skills and supporting long-term economic growth.

Behind a project of this scale sits an equally important challenge: establishing the governance, risk management and control arrangements needed to support its successful delivery and future operation.

Sizewell C is responsible for the design, construction, commissioning, operation and eventual decommissioning of the nuclear power plant and associated infrastructure in Suffolk, operating within a highly regulated environment under the Regulated Asset Base model.

You’ll be joining at a time when we’re continuing to develop and strengthen our approach to risk management and internal controls. That means you’ll have the opportunity to shape frameworks and processes, work with senior decision-makers and see the impact of your expertise across a complex organisation with significant commercial activity and an extensive physical supply chain.

Why Join Us as a Specialist Controls Manager?

This is an opportunity to take ownership of significant controls programmes and help shape how they operate across Sizewell C.

You won’t simply be maintaining existing frameworks or overseeing routine testing. You’ll be developing and embedding our approach to Fraud & Error Risk Management, while helping establish the processes, methodologies and governance needed to support effective material controls under Provision 29.

You’ll have the opportunity to work on complex and varied challenges, from fraud risks within procurement and supply chains to the design, assessment and monitoring of controls that support our most significant business objectives.

You’ll work closely with senior stakeholders, have the autonomy to exercise your professional judgement and play an important role in strengthening the organisation’s control environment.

If you enjoy solving complex problems, challenging established approaches and building practical solutions that make a difference, this is an opportunity to apply your expertise on a project of national significance.

The Role

Reporting to the Head of Enterprise Risk, Controls & Assurance, you’ll be responsible for leading the development, implementation and continuous improvement of Sizewell C’s specialist controls programmes.

Your primary focus will be Fraud & Error Risk Management and Provision 29, working closely with the wider Internal Controls team to ensure our frameworks and methodologies are consistent, proportionate and effective.

As a Specialist Controls Manager you’ll:

Fraud & Error Risk Management
Lead the development and implementation of our Fraud & Error Risk Management Framework, establishing clear arrangements for risk assessment, prevention, detection, investigation, monitoring and reporting.
Work with stakeholders across the business to identify and assess fraud and error risks, including those arising from procurement, supply chain activities, financial transactions and third-party relationships.
Develop and embed proportionate preventative and detective controls, ensuring appropriate ownership, documented procedures, supporting evidence and ongoing monitoring.
Establish effective processes for identifying control gaps, agreeing remedial actions and monitoring their implementation.
Support the development of fraud risk reporting and governance arrangements, ensuring significant exposures, weaknesses and emerging issues are appropriately escalated.
Apply your knowledge of the Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act and relevant government fraud prevention requirements to help strengthen our approach to managing fraud and error risks.

Provision 29 and Material Controls
Lead the continued development and implementation of our approach to Provision 29 and material controls, supporting Sizewell C’s readiness for evolving corporate governance requirements.
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