Process Transformation & Automation

• Identify efficiencies and automate financial processes, with focus on Efficiency, Effectiveness, and Control.
• Lead end-to-end process transformation projects from discovery-design-implementation to controlled handover, ensuring innovations include validation, exception logging, and full audit trails.
• Enhance integrations between finance systems and broader enterprise applications.
• Develop self-maintainable, low-code automation solutions that require no specialist developer intervention, with clear user documentation.
• Cultivate a culture of continuous improvement, equipping the team adapt and scale automation tools effectively.

AI Governance & Adoption

• Evaluate AI tools (such as Microsoft Copilot or analytics agents) to assess their value in automation, data quality, and reporting improvements.
• Build sign-off processes to ensure AI outputs are auditable, explainable, and NAO-compliant, updating governance strategies as AI tooling evolves.
• Collaborate with the Head of Finance & Procurement on AI adoption policies, ensuring transparency, security, and controls.

Data Management & Reporting

• Ensure data integrity, accuracy, and security across all finance systems, aligned with LCCC obligations.
• Oversee data governance frameworks, access controls, and retention policies, preparing teams for migration to a centralised data warehouse.
• Influence finance reporting leading through risks, dashboards, and analytics, championing clear use of Power BI and Excel standards across the organisation.

Project & Vendor Management

• Lead brand-new and ongoing finance implementation and migration projects, ensuring adherence to set timelines and budgets.
• Partner with IT, Procurement, and stakeholders to align technology investments with operational needs.

User Support & Training

• Serve as the primary advocate and trainer for LCCC finance internally on system usage, functionality, and best practices, offering troubleshooting as required.

Skills & Criteria

Mandatory Qualifications & Experience

• Holder of a recognised qualified accountancy certification (ACA, ACCA, CIMA, or Commercial Finance qualification).
• Proven track record managing a Finance or Management Accounting team openly functioning on broad transformation initiatives.
• Hands-on experience leading finance automation projects, including migration, process mapping, post-implementation reviews and having embedding audit trails and detection flags.
• Robust experience translating finance controls for system specifications and requirements planning to work collaboratively with IT teams and technology vendors.
• Proven ability leading through A-B testing of innovations, training colleagues across functional teams, ensuring change management and user compliance.
• Strong stakeholder engagement skills to engage across functional groups.
• Understanding of AI in finance (including limitations, data robustness, compliance) and how such technologies can be beneficial.

Desirable Additional Attributes

• University degree or clear evidence of professional qualifications in relevant fields.
• Familiarity with scripting languages for data automation (e.g., Python/R).
• Experience with Data visualisation (Power BI), business process automation (Power Automate), or infrastructure tooling (SQL-based platforms).
• Familiarity with LCCC sector-specific aspects—Capacity Market, CfD schemes, or similar energy transition frameworks.

Why Join Us?

Beyond contributing to LCCC’s impact and legacy, employees enjoy a supportive benefits package tailored to sustained growth and wellbeing. Some benefits include:

LCCC Group Job Perks

• Annual performance-driven bonus (up to 10% of base salary).
• Generous leave policy: 25 days’ annual paid leave, plus eight bank holidays.
• Pension contribution (up to 8%).
• Study support with ≈8 days of paid leave/year, and a subsidised professional membership for qualifications related to the role.
• Employee engagement and rewards: We host referral and recognition schemes (£500–£1500 income payments incentives) for contributing colleagues.
• Friendly work-life options: Enhanced maternity/shared parental leave, confidential Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) with on-call service, mental health support, and general wellbeing resources.
• Three additional days of paid volunteer work per calendar year.
• Discounts: Subsidised Mercedes company car facilitates, cycle-to-work schemes, Seatisfaction on days out, English Heritage, gym access, and cash-back offers coupled with supplier preferences.
• Safe defences: A values-led, inclusive culture in diversity,-worklife-at-stake advocacy and progressive team-inclusive policies, opportunities to thrill your passions through volunteering.